Am I Normal?habits
I look both ways before crossing even a one-way street
This is a well-documented safety over-rule: the instinct to look both ways before crossing is so deeply conditioned from childhood that it persists regardless of rational knowledge about one-way traffic. The cost of the habit (one second) is so low that the brain never bothers to override it — and practically, cyclists and wrongway drivers make it genuinely useful.
Have you ever done this?
Be honest — have you ever done this?
Related fact
A 2012 UK study found that even traffic engineers and road safety professionals look both ways on one-way streets more than 70% of the time — despite knowing exactly how they work.