It’s called a “Cross walk”!!!..not a “Cross jog”, or “Cross bike” or “Cross run”. Do you people really not understand that?. Really?. You people jogging across cross walks are idiots. You are suppose to approach a crosswalk, stop, look both ways, try and make eye contact with any drivers then WALK across the street when it is safe. It’s very simple, there should be no confusion about how to cross a cross WALK!!!!!!!. Honestly…some of you deserve to get hit if you can’t figure out to use a cross WALK!!!!!!!!…..and take your headphones off and put your phones away for 10 seconds while you cross the street. Sheeeesh. —Smarten up folks, it’s not hard
This article appears in Dec 5-11, 2013.
I’ll bet you were that woman who threatened to call police after claiming that you’d been locked in your hotel room by the hotel staff… (she had mistaken the “DO NOT DISTURB” sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room)…
OP, Most think they’re invincible 🙂
I see it all the time. If it’s a cross walk with flashing lights and they don’t press the lights, I don’t stop.
Ummmm, it’s a “crosswalk” right? Why the fuck would you drive on it then?
Good for you for being an asshole AND disobeying the law, Randomness 🙂 Ur sew random! lol
I don’t have any issue with anyone in crosswalk…whether they walk, crawl, dance or slither across. The issue I have is those who come out from behind trees and parked cars who think it’s their divine right and privilege to do so and think vehicles have instant brakes. They could be proved dead wrong.
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I think Meaty can help you with that nukka, lol.
I meant the ones I’m not wearing.
Randomness is right, the pedestrian is breaking the law by entering the crosswalk without activating the overhead light. You people need to brush up on your Motor Vehicle Act.
My name is Spurious, not you people.
‘kay, Spurious. Randomness is still right, you are still wrong.
And you are a coward.
Of course there is nothing more fabulous than to watch an idiot, dressed in all black, at night, jaywalking on a four lane road with traffic coming both ways. And of course there was that cyclist the other night, again dressed in all black, riding a POS bike with no reflectors or lights.
Or Zwarte Piet in black Lycra chimney sweep clothes?
What in the….
Are you seriously bitching because someone jogs or runs through a cross walk just because it’s called a cross WALK?
If I’m at a cross walk and it’s not a stop light and cars have stopped for me (yes I wait until they stop), I will give them a wave to say thanks and I’ll either speed walk or jog through if it’s not slippery out of courtesy. I’m mobile enough to get through a cross walk quickly enough and it’s nice they stopped for me, so I extend the same courtesy that they’ve extended me.
And another thing: just because someone has headphones on, doesn’t mean they’re not aware of their surroundings. I walk almost all the time with headphones on and OH HAY I’m still capable of looking around and being aware of my surroundings, so fuck off, OB.
There are lots of people out there who are hearing impaired that are able to get through a cross walk or walk down a street safely, that a simple pair of headphones is not a death sentence.
PS: go fuck yourself, OB.
does this mean people should only walk on a sideWALK? God forbid a child scooting, a disabled wheeling, and an athlete running on the sideWALK!
The reason why i jog across the cross walk is to get to the other side before some idiot runs me over. Enough said.
Fuck it, there should be a honking big limb across the middle of the road with a rope hanging from it so you can do a Tarzan across the street.
This morning you don’t have to worry about pedestrians…worry about the 4 wheels slip sliding around, lol.
Like ive said before about bitches similar to this. The term “right of way” was devised for insurance reasons to protect the pedestrian in case of injury due to collision with a vehicle What right of way DOESNT give a pedestrian is the right to ignore proper protocol when transiting a crosswalk(assuming it is a marked crosswalk or an intersection and not jaywalking).
First…on the walker side, walker must look both ways to assure it is safe to cross, EVEN IF you have a sign that says so you still should look…things happen. Second, ensure that you have made eye contact with the driver(s) to ensure they see you…for me if no i contact, i wait just a bit longer to make sure. Then when all the bits add up to the go ahead to walk, i briskly cross so as to not impede the flow of traffic.
now the drivers side…if you see someone on the side of the fucking road, pay EXTRA attention to these goons as they seem to do whatever the fuck they want…and lots of them are looking for the almighty payout so they dont have to work their depressing jobs anymore. the stopping distance for a car is not that large while driving the posted speed limit in the city(50 in majority of areas right guys and gals?) so when someone puts the lights on in a crosswalk, pay attention and stop properly…acceleration should be avoided. Lastly, GET THE FUCK OFF THE CELL PHONES!!! is your call that fucking important to risk a major insurance fucking nightmare and possible jail/fine?
at the end, yes pedestrians have the right of way, but pedestrians, is it better to be dead right? be careful out there children..its a mad, crazy self entitled world out there. dont be one of them.
PK headphones take a substantial amount of your situational awareness away. wearing headphones makes you a valuable target for people sneaking up on you…look at all the people who get robbed while wearing headphones…they have no idea whats going on behind them. i dont wear headphones when i run, go for walks etc and my head is always on a swivel….those headphones MAY be blocking the sound of the car skidding out of control and about to hit you from behind…stranger things have happened. take the self entitlement helmet off your head and think about the safety aspect of being denied one of your senses. will it happen, maybe not, but it might JUST happen too…better to be aware of everything around you than just whats in front of you.
Whatever. I run, jog, walk, and dance through intersections. Sometimes I even side-roll on my bike through a cross walk. No matter my mode of entering a cross walk, I always follow my dear grandmother’s advice and look both ways first.
All these people getting bent out of shape and writing vitriolic and troll-like bitches and comments probably have serious road rage or passive aggressive driving habits. They’ll likely be in jail soon.
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Hey, thanks for laying it for us Cuja. That was not one sided at all. Real breath of fresh air.
You are like Stephen Colbert but serious.
People like Randomness scare the shit out of me. There are many lights in this stupid city that don’t work. Does this mean I can never cross? Have a heart and everybody use common sense. I make a big theatrical production out of crossing the street so that all you car assholes (sorry I’m not sorry if you have a car you are a car asshole) can see me and see that I’m trying to fucking do something over here.
I’m with PK, I wear my headphones all the time. Just so happens I can’t afford to hook them up to anything because of all the Kardashian style fruit I eat.
They’re bootleg beats by Dre, too.
There are lots of people with hearing impairments that do just fine, Cuja. Walking around with earphones is no different.
To assume those with earphones are a menace to themselves is like saying the deaf are a menace to themselves and that’s just ridiculous pre-1950s backward thinking.
Yeah but those with hearing impairments are also more aware of what’s going on around them because they are hearing impaired. In other words they look and see what’s around them, not listening to their IPods and their faces in their IPads.
Idiots are born in masses these days…
^^^^idiots are born during mass these days.
I mastered the art of listening to music and walking ages ago. I can even chew gum, pat my head and rub my tum at the same time while breathing and blinking…in a crosswalk.
Yes but can you stop, signal, look both ways, wait for traffic to stop, and then cross, watching for errant traffic?
Im sorry PK i can only base my assessment on a little thing called experience. Here is what i have learned from Niagara Regional Police investigation on assaults sexual assaults occuring on the Welland Canal Fitness trail….HUGE majority of people assaulted were wearing headphones and had no idea there was a person near them. Then theres the vast amount of people assaulted in this city and robbed of their ipods with headphones(read the papers?) all based on having no situational awareness because of auditory distraction. Hearing IMPAIRED people are naturally more cautious, and rightfully so. Apples to oranges is your comparison vs sensibility. you dont have to agree with me thats your right…but would it be so hard for a jogger to take off their headsets around an intersection or crosswalk…that 1.5 seconds of DRAMATIC personal inconvenience vice getting smoked by the person you didnt hear screeching the tires or accelerating to bounce you off their hood? hmmm id choose the former vs the later thanks.
Thanks for the compliment there Spurious. I dont like seeing people hurt for bad choices or self entitlement issues….makes me sad.
Oh are you a cop? I guess that would make sense, since you made a pathetic attempt in your first post to APPEAR to be addressing the concerns of both parties, and then went on to explain that the onus is on the pedestrian because they could die. Yer a putz. At least if you just plainly stated your opinion without trying to maintain an appearance of objectivity, I would have some respect for you…but that isn’t the case, Slugger.
not a cop at all there Spurious and in no way did i put the onus on the pedestrian. i simply stated that its better to be right than dead right. if you like jumping out and risking your life to the boneheads that drive around in this city thats your business. but if what i stated serves to protect one person then id be happy with that result. as a walker/jogger and driver my head is always on a swivel. just because i mentioned a police report doesnt make me a cop or take anything away from what i said. in my line of work i must be objective, hence my propensity to cover both sides of the argument in order to not appear impassioned either way. which is why i covered both sides of the equation. for without the whole equation Spurious, people are going to continue to become street pizza.
Yes, goons is an objective descriptor.
I don’t usually listen to tunes but even when I do…
If I’m getting mowed down by some sporadic asshole who can’t control his car,
at least my fam is getting a payday.
Wrongful death pays triple.
win/win
Holy shit! I’m up to 16 Likes! But one of them is mine though 🙁
And who the fuck is disliking my shit? And my phone autocorrects fuck to Rick, interesting…..
PS- And if you switch the mobile app to desktop version it no longer says posted by mobile. Very tricky Nukka 🙂
I would think that one should be less concerned with the ways in which pedestrians cross the street at a crosswalk than with the ways that drivers treat intersections in general. Contrary to popular belief, drivers, not pedestrians, should exercise the greater responsibility as a) two tons of metal and plastic will generally trump the typical human being in any collision between them, and b) driving is still a privilege in this province, not a right.
The spate of accidents involving cars hitting pedestrians (including the hit ‘n’ run yesterday) should not go unaddressed. Perhaps insurance companies need to start withholding car insurance from drivers who’ve hit a pedestrian – one strike and you’re gone. Or, a few rocks through moving windshields will send a message.