Artist tracks one NYC intersections traffic

[talisman]

Looks worse than being in a 3rd world country. Some pretty close calls, especially with the nuts on cycles.

[idrivea4banger]

Lol @ the car hitting the semi

[Osiris]

Good post! Holy cow that shit is crazy up there!

[Cooter]

doesn't look that bad really... more 3rd world than DFW, but nowhere near 3rd world! LOL

[GAP]

The drivers were the biggest problem in that vid. Most of the interactions between bikes and pedestrians really weren't that close.

[SS Junk]

Looks far worse from the above/far away perspective. Wonder how many of those bikes were couriers. Those bastards are crazy.

[barronj]

I was there last weekend, and that intersection looks tame. The throngs of people/bicycles/cars all trying to negotiate at the same time is impressive. The video said "4 people a day are seriously injured/killed", out of 8 million people living there... I'd say they're doing great, percentage wise.

Pedicabs are probably the biggest danger on the road, since they have live cargo & can give no warning of lane change, aside from the cursory glance over the shoulder.

Cabbies straddle two lanes until they figure out which one is the winner.

[CexMashean]

The drivers were the biggest problem in that vid. Most of the interactions between bikes and pedestrians really weren't that close.

Did we watch the same video?

[Big A]

Did we watch the same video?

Apperantly not. I can only assume that it's the same there, but here in SoCal pedestrians and cyclists feel entitled to do whatever they want, regardless of what the signal/law says.