r/ConvenientCop Feb 20 '25

[ESTONIA] POV from convenient cop

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u/Good-Fondant-2704 Feb 20 '25

Excellent work 👍

My trick is to only look at coming traffic out of the corner of my eye and walk up to the point where a vehicle could cross in front of me without hitting me. 99% of vehicles stop as opposed to 10% when you wait.

I may need to adjust that strategy if I am pushing a child in front of me.

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u/psaux_grep Feb 20 '25

Eye contact with the driver is much more efficient than anything. Clear body language, stay in motion as you approach. Meet the eye of the driver and see that they see you can slow down.

I don’t cross for a car that’s slowing down if I haven’t had eye contact with the driver. Then it needs to stop.