Doing the Zebra

[steepholm]

Okay, I'm doing this mostly to see whether I can work out how to post a poll, but I am interested in the results, as it's a moral quandary that has stumped me for years...

[Poll #1808368]

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[gillo]

I generally nod or make a polite hand gesture, much as I do if a driver has let my car out of a junction. Politeness costs nothing, even if the driver was legally required to stop.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I think what got me thinking about this again, was a radio piece recently in which someone mentioned as one of his pet hates zebra pedestrians who don't thank him for stopping. That sense of entitlement got my dander up, and an ornery part of me wants not to thank any driver lest they turn out to be of his mind. I do like the camaraderie of human-to-human friendliness, but am afraid of having it read as pedestrian-to-driver forelock tugging. Hence my quandary!