Kindly be on the lookout for me. I’ll be the guy in the crosswalk.
—Ped
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2009.
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Kindly be on the lookout for me. I’ll be the guy in the crosswalk.
—Ped
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2009.
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Oh lovely. Not only is this bitch severely overplayed, there’s no hilarious lingo to keep us entertained.
Thought he might have been the ass with his wife, GF, or whatever, who walked right out on Portland St at Settle (the crosswalk with light was on the other side of Settle, too damn lazy I guess) without stopping and me maybe 20 ft away. Smart dude. My car may be small but it will ruin your whole fucking day.
Chill out, folks.
He said, “kindly,” and not something like: yo, seriously, alright, what the fuck, fuck sakes or ‘you pretentious fuck!’.
Dear Ped,
Thank you for the notice. I will avoid you in the crosswalk. However, should you be out of the crosswalk, or decide to walk out in front of me without looking; kindly be on the lookout for me.
See the cross walk can go one of 2 ways
-> cars just speed through
OR
-> people hit the button and assume its okay to cross
Ped. Kindly look both way before entering the crosswalk. It is possible that myself or someone else may not see you right away. This “can” happen. Keep your eyes open. Make sure the traffic sees you and stops before walking.
Thanks! 🙂
I was crossing at a very obviously marked crosswalk near the hospital on robie street, I pushed the button and waited. 5 cars went through the cross walk while I patiently stood on the side for them to stop and let me go. And these were cars that had been far enough back when I pushed it to see the lights going and stop, so finally when I had enough time before a car was coming I went, I got to the halfway point, where I stopped again, and lo and behold, no intentions of stopping by cars on that side either. Finally a bus was coming and jammed on his breaks to stop so I could go.
There are too many occasions like this in Halifax where if you’re not half way into the street to indicate that you’re trying to cross, IN A CROSSWALK, cars either “don’t see you” or don’t care.
Dear Ped, Kindly be on the lookout for me. I refuse to slam on my brakes if you dart into the road because you desperately need a latte.
Dear jerk drivers that assume that because we’re pedestrians, we’re idiots that just run into the street –
Not every single one of us has some sort of death wish. I’m pretty sure most of these ped. bitches are to the drivers too busy texting, talking and/or rocking out to their way-too-loud music to be bothered with sharing the streets. There are some of us out there that DO follow the rules and do what we should!
It really makes our day when you pay attention, too, and obey the signs.. sometimes we’ll even wave to thank you for it.
Exactly PAS. I try and wait at crosswalks, but if they aren’t stopping I will cautiously begin my walk so that they are forced to see me. Otherwise I’d be standing there all day.
I remember the other day, this kid who couldn’t have been any older than 7 stops at the cross walk on the opposite side of the street and pushes the button. So here I am stopped on the other side of the street and not one fucking car stopped to let this kid go. It was a fucking Kid for Christ sakes.
When at cross walks I always make eye contact with drivers and I especially hate the fuckers who make eye contact with you, have ample stopping time but instead fucking speed up.
Fuck I think I’m going to just change my name to “people piss me off”.
I drive as much as walk and I can say with confidence that there are a hellaofa lot more assholes out there in cars that don’t stop to let people cross then there are pedestrians jumping out in the road.
Dear Ped,
Fuck you, I’m going through the crosswalk if I don’t see you, and I’m not jamming my brakes for your ass. Cross when the goddamned coast is clear, much like *I* do when crossing the street whilst walking.
Love,
The Bigger Unit