Ok, first of all, let me say I do not wish to intentionally, accidentally or otherwise hit someone with my vehicle.
I was driving down Quinpool in the right lane, some twit slows in the left lane to let some guy cross the street… which in all honesty is fine, if all the vehicles required to stop notice that there is a jay walker not walking but running from between the other cars.
When you said thank you for not hitting you and I said your welcome… regardless of what I said, you should have continued across the street. Not stop in front of me in the middle of the road with some warrior attitude asking’ “WHAT? What’d you say?” And when I reply you’re lucky I didn’t run you over and kill you, you do not reply, ” no YOU’RE lucky.” Let me tell you buddy, exactly what I did stop and tell you then, YOU’RE the lucky one, because I am the one in the 2000 lb truck and you were jaywalking.
Not only would you be lying injured on Quinpool rd, but you’d likely get a ticket for jay walking too. I’d be on my way in my truck with a new found dent likely, and you’d still be lying on Quinpool rd, injured and scratching your head over a jaywalking ticket. So to everyone on the roads… DRIVERS, do NOT stop to let people jay walk on busy multi-lane streets, you then become somewhat responsible if and when they get hit by another car.
PEDESTRIANS, stop running across in front of moving vehicles… and if you’re going to jay walk, don’t freak out at startled drivers when they almost hit your dumb ass… Dumbass!!
And to clarify, I was paying attention, I did see him in time… barely, he just didn’t seem to care whether I did or not and would have kept running had I not yelled at him. —I look for you if you look for me too…
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2010.
yeah, don’t hit them, jaywalkers are only worth 2 points at best, unless they are under 10, then they go up to 25 big points.
Believe it or not, even when a person is hit while jaywalking, if you drive away after hitting them, it is STILL a hit and run. And you WILL get charged with it.
RAWR…but if you stop.
THEY GET A TICKET.
Plus they are responsible for any damage to your vehicle…priced getting a dent fixed & painted lately ?
A new grill ?
Marker/headlight & bracket…not one thing mentioned under $200.00
So yeah, take the asshole out, your doing the gene pool a favour.
I agree with this bitch 100%, there is nothing more dangerous then stopping to let someone jaywalk, especially when there is more then one lane.
i have seen many near-misses because of this behavior, on the bike and in the rust bucket…fortunately i have yet to collide with any bags of skin
I would seriously just not stop. I’m more of a pedestrian than a driver, but I understand the rules of the road (doesn’t mean I obey them all the time, but that’s another story). I do jaywalk all the time, but never expect cars to stop to let me jaywalk.
And as a pedestrian, I actually get a bit ticked off by drivers who stop in the middle of the street to let me jaywalk! Just obey the rules of the road, keep driving, and I’ll wait my turn. Stop fucking up the flow, yo!
The thing about Quinpool in particular, though, is that between Vernon and Preston Streets there are a lot of shops and restaurants on either side, but no properly marked crosswalk! Technically though, all drivers are supposed to stop if you try to cross at any intersection though.
If you hit them, it is not your fault. A few months ago a jaywalker was hit by a delivery van running across Quinpool. The jaywalker was charged, the driver not charged. Crosswalks are there for a reason. If you chose not to use them, you have nothing to gain but could lose your life.
Ok, to clarify: If you hit someone and drive away, it is considered a hit and run. If you stopped, they probably CAN be ticketed.
I would have mowed them over, then stuck around. There was my point.
Quinpool is the worst, but what makes it even more hazardous are the silly arseholes in the outside lanes who pander to the jaywalkers. I love the smell of roadkill in the morning!!
And the pukestain who was jaywalking this morning was probably on his way to the bike shop to become a bigger shitbag on the road.
Last nights drive home took longer than normal because of a collision between a bike and a car – the CBC were slanting it as if the car driver was the culprit – any updates?
at least we can’t be charged with ‘failing to assist a person in need’ like some places…
were we to just barrel them down, pull over, sit, and wait it out.
screaming getting to ya? turn up the stereo.
Jaywalking is a privilege that is to be taken by mature walkers when the road is clear. All come from aways know that.
I’m the OB and I would NEVER drive away from an accident, especially if I was involved. I should have said, “once the police and ambulance arrive, I’d be driving home and you’d likely be ticketed.” I understand that some streets are extremely busy with both pedestrians and vehicles(includes bicycles) and that there are not always crosswalks or enough of them, BUT, at least be sensible about running across the traffic make sure everybody has noticed that you’re there!! And for goodness sakes people, when it really comes down to it, in a pedestrian/vehicle collision, the pedestrian will likely be the one with the worst injuries. It does not take a genius to figure that out. My cat and dogs know not to run out infront of cars!!!!
I thought it was illegal to drive away from an accident.
One time on a snowy winter day, my dad was driving and turned a corner. There was a kid who was skiing in the middle of that residential street, and my dad slammed on his brake. He didn’t hit the kid, but he jumped out of the car, ran to the kid, and asked if he was okay. The kid looked a bit shaken but he was fine, and my dad did not drive until the kid was safely out of his way.
No matter which way you look at it, jaywalkers or not, if you hit someone with your car going 50km/h or whatever, you will hurt that person. I would rather not live with a guilty conscience, so I do my best to watch out for pedestrians/bicyclists. But I do joke when I see a jaywalker running across a busy street in heavy traffic: “turn on the windshield wiper”.
Just got treated to the sight of about 5 frat-boy patio lizards ambling diagonally through a Barrington intersection without a care in the world. Made at least 3 cars that had green pull to a full stop. Man I’d love to pull a Bernie Goetz, put 2 in each of them and say “Hey, Chad, Jeremy, DID YOU REALLY FUCKING WELL THINK THAT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN?”
Man I’m getting too old for this shit.
It’s funny I don’t drive – I walk and bus everywhere and as a frequent padestrian I find I’m just as annoyed with jaywalkers as drivers. It is really not that difficult to find a crosswalk, and if for some reason you really must jay walk, so to now be hit by a big ass car you should try to wave a car to slow down or something of that nature. It’s so frustrating for me seeing not only adults doing it but when they yank their kids along with them. This I find happen’s especially on Dentith road, when people are trying to get from the mall side of the street to around the Uncle Bucks. It is twenty feet from a cross walk but instead you choose to bolt through FOUR lanes of traffic! I feel bad for guilt of teh eventual driver who is going to hit someone who does this.
That’s the point; I wouldn’t shed tear one for any of the spacktards I saw (as a pedestrian, too)if they got struck. Rugby season was over and these goonads had nothing left to contribute to the world but jager-bombs and date rape. But the consequences, psychological, financial & legal for the poor driver who obeys all the rules of the road and still can’t avoid removing one of these shitstains from the gene pool are immense. And not one bit fair.
it is not worth it colonel. swerve for the wee ones and the 4 legged critters
Nope, it’s not. Didn’t see any yellow hummers downtown today either. Unless it’s camouflaged and mounting an M2 – 50cal.MG on the turret ring I got no use fer dem tings either.
they’re such odd things to see in a small duchy, plus they are not of much use
Unless you’re tear-assing across the Great, Grand Erg of the Bottomless Satan putting warheads on the foreheads of the honor-killing, girl-circumcising, Buddha-blowing, Kalashnikov-toting heroes of the Aizheet Medrorz Martyr’s Brigade, no, they are not.
zigackly my point…rawk