<human>: Earlier this afternoon I was out cycling around town, when I came to a set of traffic lights that were out. As I was waiting for a safe time to cross and seeing many a near-miss, I remembered seeing [this] video a while ago. I finally mustered up the courage to get off my bike and stand in the middle of the road in attempt to direct the traffic; I was going to be a hero!

Unfortunately it didn't go quite as planned.. People either wouldn't see me in their cars, or would just ignore me. I got a couple of cycles going okay, but I think I was far too sporadic in my changing of direction. The number of near misses seemed to increase! After about 5 minutes of being ignored and laughed at I decided to fuck it and be on my way. I had a good chuckle to myself about it on the way home, nevertheless.

So Reddit, what attempt at a good deed didn't go quite as you had originally intended?

Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?
<bot>: Tried to be a hero, failed at directing traffic, got laughed at, came to Reddit to reap the karma and make myself feel better.