mattgrayyes

mattgrayyes , vor 22 Tagen an Random Englisch

Todays excitement:
There’s a rocket launch scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight, and I’m “only” ~3hrs drive away.

Let’s hope the bastard doesn’t scrub!

mattgrayyes OP , vor 22 Tagen

I have booked a room in a motel to save driving back late.
From films and stuff I thought that was only allowed if you were on the run, divorced, or otherwise up schitt’s creek.
Apparently not!

JoshMurray , vor 22 Tagen an Random Englisch

@mattgrayyes 😭I have been influenced 🤣 #Photography #FilmPhotography

mattgrayyes , vor 22 Tagen

@JoshMurray damn I should have bought the stock and relisted at an inflated price.

mattgrayyes , vor 23 Tagen an Random Englisch

The American road system baffles me for many reasons. The main one being:

🔴 Traffic light red:
You can turn right.
There will be no pedestrians crossing. You have right of way.

🟢 Traffic light green:
You can turn right.
There will be pedestrians crossing in front of you. You do not have right of way.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

I’m getting confused replies.
In the UK red means stop, green means go, no exceptions.

UK Pedestrian crossings are only green when it is safe to cross because no traffic is even attempting to drive in your direction.

In most of America that I’ve visited, all 4-way intersections have the pedestrian phase at the same time and same direction as the vehicular traffic. This means when you cross, turning traffic can be attempting to drive down the road you’re crossing.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

As a driver in America this means that turning left/right on green means there could be pedestrians directed to cross the road, wonderfully obscured by your car’s frame.

In most of America that I’ve driven except NYC and Washington DC IIRC, you are allowed to drive right if the traffic light is red, if there are no cars coming.There may be pedestrians crossing in front where easily visible but they’re not being told to cross around the corner where they’re not visible.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

And don’t get me started on seven lane high streets

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

These days there are very few things I believe the UK does well, but road safety is one of them.

Pedestrians have right of way over all else. Eg. Drivers should stop if there is a pedestrian waiting to cross.

All other road users have right of way over those bigger than them.

Doesn’t always work like that in practice especially in bigger cities where there are more bellends. And London specifically where I suspect there are more drivers who learned abroad. But still.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

Today I saw a bidirectional cycle lane in a central reservation with no protection and at least two lanes of traffic on either side.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

Oh god I’ve started. Don’t put a public transit and cycling infrastructure enthusiast in the city known for its design for cars over everything else.

Here, have all the things I can think of that I like about American road infrastructure:

Road names are almost always clearly signed at every junction.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 23 Tagen

Sorry I’m grumpy because I’ve got a hurty tummy and nearly got hit by a car while crossing the road when the light told me to cross.

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mattgrayyes , vor 23 Tagen

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mattgrayyes , vor 24 Tagen an Random Englisch

I am by no means a USA-phile but one advantage of being over here is large physical shops with stock you can browse.

One disadvantage is impulse buying. I now own this guitar strap.

mattgrayyes OP , vor 24 Tagen

@ijk occasionally

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGegfPwxy/

mattgrayyes , vor 27 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 27 Tagen) an Random Englisch

People living in the UK!
British citizens living abroad!

You have until just before midnight tonight to register to vote.

https://www.registertovote.service.gov.uk/

mattgrayyes OP , vor 27 Tagen

Once you’ve done that if you like graphs you might want to go here:

https://www.registertovote.service.gov.uk/performance

And see the graph of people registering over the last 24h, month quarter and year!

foone , vor 27 Tagen an Random Englisch

I just was thinking that my mouse wasn't tracking very well and automatically flipped it over so I could try cleaning the ball.

it's 2024, of course it doesn't have a ball, this is an optical mouse!

but apparently my computer reflexes are stuck in 1996

mattgrayyes , vor 27 Tagen

@foone I do that still too!

mattgrayyes , vor 29 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 29 Tagen) an Random Englisch

Having spent Day 1 at Open Sauce speaking to lots of people, I now have a hurty throat! Lozenges to the rescue!

If you’re here in SF and didn’t catch me today, I’ll also be around tomorrow!

mattgrayyes OP , vor 29 Tagen

Most of my posting during the event is on Instagram
Https://instagram.com/mattgrayyes

mattgrayyes , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Time zones are hard.
Quite eepy.

mattgrayyes OP , vor einem Monat

@aperture I met him for the first time last year :D

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuyFwz4L4jt/?igsh=MXU2b2Q0NXk5N3p3Yg==