I was walking to work this morning and lo and behold, some car tried to drive through this older man in a crosswalk in front of the Grand Parade. Mr. Peddie proceeded to flip out major-league, threatened him in a voice that could rival Odin’s, leaving the dumb driver sitting there with his stupid gob hanging open. Well, I say, hurrah, Mr. Peddie, there’s too many people in this town that think crosswalks don’t exist. —Would Have Jumped On Buddy’s Hood Had Mr. Peddie Asked
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2010.
When you say “peddie” I think pedophile… Not quite the same meaning.
makes the story much more interesting though…
i was thinking pedicure? either/or way to go old dude
I thought Pedo-Bear.
Was it a school zone?
mr. peddie, as in pedestrian, or pedophile? if the latter, too bad he wasn’t run over. if the first, you just have to be more alert.
Four pedestrians have been hit in HRM in the past few days by cars. Two of the drivers were charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian.
In the other two cases, the pedestrians were charged with failing to provide sufficient stopping distance for the vehicle.
So it works both ways: cars need to stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, and pedestrians need to leave enough stopping distance for cars….meaning don’t walk out without looking.
Good on the old man, if he was in the right.
How many times have I seen ppl make a dash for it when the orange hand is flashing … makes me want to floor it.
i think i know the crosswalk, it is very short and doesn’t have a flasher. right at george/barrington