Why do drivers do this?
Pedestrians do not have death wish, they will wait for a break in traffic. When drivers stop where they are not expected to they embarrass the pedestrian, piss off the cars behind them and cause accidents.
Just yesterday I waited to cross St. Margaret’s Bay Road and just before there was a safe break in traffic some Bozo stopped for me unexpectedly causing the driver two cars behind to rear end the next car. Bozo drives off oblivious of the accident he cause thinking he is some kind of Good Samaritan meanwhile he caused a couple of thousand dollars in damage and ruined two people’s day.
When you see a pedestrian just drive by and don’t hit us, we can cross the street without your help. —PJ
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2010.
shit, why even acknowledge some of them. most walkers are shitheads anyway, with their noses either in their phones texting, or just too absorbed in themselves. run them the fuck over, and do us all a favor. yes, i know that i can be classed as one too, but who cares, right.
OP said “when drivers stop where they are not expected to”…does that mean OP was not at a crosswalk? Please, if you are healthy enough to walk a couple of meters extra, go to the nearest crosswalk. Drivers do not know that you are not suicidal, by the way. There are people who do jump in front of a vehicle.
if someone two cars back rearends the car in front of him how do you think this is someone elses fault? The person that rearends someone is at fault and shouldn’t follow so close ….
Wrong, in a case like that the driver in front would be deemed at fault for stopping on a highway needlessly. Not all rearendings are the fault of the vehicle that hit the front vehicle. That is a misconception.
though wouldn’t the onus be on the car doing the rear-ending to prove that the front car shouldn’t have stopped?
that might be difficult unless you have a camera handy…
I follow the rule that if they’re in the street already, not much I can do but stop. Otherwise, don’t encourage it by stopping for them. As OP says, most jaywalkers would rather wait for a break in traffic to occur naturally.
I was once waiting to cross a street, not at a crosswalk, patiently waiting for a break in traffic, looking both ways, like I was taught in another province, and a truck courteously (I thought) stopped to allow me to cross the street. Once I got across the street, the driver yelled at me that it wasn’t a crosswalk! Then why did you fucking stop you idgit?!?
I swear NS has more pedestrian/vehicle incidents (no I don’t have statistics just based on frequency of bitches) simply because the overly-frequent crosswalks have incorrectly empowered the pedestrians’ psyche into thinking they’re invincible once they’re between the white lines.
There were no crosswalks where I grew up except intersections with lights and I learned to look both ways, wait for break in traffic and then git yer ass across the street. How fucking difficult is that to teach people these days?!?
and today’s news said a kid crossed where he wasn’t sposed to, wanna make a bet he was also on a phone at the time, either talking or texting.now buddy that hit him, has all kinds of grief, and a bunch of damage to van, that i also bet, insurance won’t pay for. because it was not a direct result of an accident, just fucking watch and listen next week, when this is brought up. and i hope kid is okay, so the little asshole can be charged, for failing to obey the signs.
kid on his bike today. sidewalk, earbuds, no helmet, texting.. almost got smoked but oblivious. it was funny, sorta
yeah, would’ve been more funny if he got smoked. and if it were kay’s son.
When I got my first portable CD player (yes, CD, not mp3), my mom told me not to listen to it while walking, because I won’t be able to hear the oncoming traffic. Kids nowadays must have no parents with such wisdom or they must grow up with a false sense of “I can do anything I want, it is my rights”. Well, if you die because you crossed the road when the light was red and you weren’t paying attention, all the rights in the world mean nothing.
What’s the story with this kay person NGF?
aha you asked the million dollar question missy. it is a long and sordid tale, some of us poor mortals have been privy to it’s rise and fall and rise once again…beware
She’s a walking contradiction, NTH. Straight up.
Just read some of her posts and you’ll realize how out to lunch she is. It’s hilarious, she thinks she’s entitled to shit on anybody and any post but if anybody replies to her she thinks we’re stalking her or “need to get over her.”
Thanks for your answers. I think everyone who wishes to criticize others must be prepared to receive some criticism back.
That’s the thing. When she does it she’s “making a point.” When we do it in response we’re being bullies or ‘typical Nova Scotians’, or ‘have to get over her’. Weedhog called her a coke head and she freaked out so I think that’s her issue.
Oh, another hilarious thing is she claims to be married to a local but incredibly famous rock star and we’re all just jealous of her.
Or how only she is privy to “the truth” of the world’s circumstances, and how we can’t tread on her, because we live in a communist country.
If you ever want to see a case study in extreme narcissism caused by internet anonymity, she’s a prime example.
Ha ha ha… I wonder when Kay will read this. She still lurks sometimes… Her posts are good for a laugh, but never bother reading past her first paragraph or two or your eyes will cross and your brain explode from trying to understand her logic.
“If you ever want to see a case study in extreme narcissism caused by internet anonymity, she’s a prime example.”
Bingo. It explains our “need” to get over her. Then two minutes later it’s our “need” to stop bullying her – but she’s not a victim somehow.
I should have been a shrink.
I am sure I could contribute much to this hijack discussion but I decided a lonnng time ago that a certain individual wasn’t worth the time of day…or the regurgitation of stomach contents. So this is my ‘ten foot pole’ response. ‘Nuff said. ‘Nuff time wasted. Stomach contents intact.
She’ll find a way to call you a victim somehow still.
And Feves, you should have but marrying a rockstar is totally your dream. You could claim to be married to Josie from the Pussycats.
Are there any hip, quasi-famous, rocker type girls in the HRM area that I can claim to be attached to?
Ha..ha..ha… Just read the description of Kay, I have no idea who she thinks she’s married to but is she aware that there are NO local famous rock stars?
Is she married to Anne Murray? That’s about as famous as musicians get around here.
and this comes from someone who has a job working with many of the local rock bands…they all think they’re famous btw, maybe one of them hypnotized her into actually believing it.
When this happens when I am out walking I wave the car to go on. It’s even more prudent where there are double lanes. It’s better to wait for a break in traffic than be the cause of an accident or one’s own fatality.