To the senile old man in the silver car: You were inches from hitting me as I was crossing the street at a crosswalk on a walk light at the corner next to the Halifax archives as you walk into the Dalhousie district. I believe you were trying to make a LEFT turn on a RED light, then you proceeded to yell out your window that you somehow thought you had the right of way and not only was I wrong for walking; but apparently I’m also a “Fatso”.
First of all, I realize that you probably got your license when dinosaurs ruled the earth but that is no excuse for not following the rules of the road. At a crosswalk, pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way regardless of what colour the walk light is… BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S FLASHING GO.
Secondly, calling me fat does not negate your requirement for being a responsible driver. I am not fat for no reason, I am 6 months pregnant. So not only were you inches away from endangering my life, but that of my unborn child.
I hope you get in a car accident. I bet the way you are driving now there is a pretty good chance that will happen too. At least that way though, you might learn just how fucking stupid you are being. Lucky for us all, I wrote down your license plate number and reported you to the police for wreckless driving. Suck on that, you worthless piece of shit. —Pissed Off Parent
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2011.
I sure hope this old fuck doesn’t get into a car accident — he could end up killing some innocent person because of it.
You had me up until then, OP, but wishing potential harm on some innocent person is kind of really shitty (even if you didn’t explicitly say so, you actually kinda did wish just that).
Who knows, that accident you wish he gets into could be with your baby’s father who could end up dead.
Shame on you.
luckily they’re usually driving very slowly
Wait a minute… pedestrians always have the right of way “espcially when the light is flashing go”… like as in an advance green for the vehicles turning left? Ummm, not sure if this is what OP means, but if the light was flashing go… (not the walk light) the car has the right of way.
There is nothing wrong with stating the inevitable F.I.W.R.K.
Yes some innocent bystander could “potentially”be killed in the car accident which may or may not involve said innocent person hypothetically in this hypothetical situation but unfortunately when you are an innocent bystander who in fact ALMOST got killed; it leaves a little bit of a bad taste in your mouth (Speaking from personal experience thanks to numerous other assholes on the road)
Reading between the lines and taking things out of context is not cool. Shame on you for wishing ill of the babies father. Hypocrite.
S.S- I think what OP means is when the walk light is has the little white man insinuating that it is ok for a pedestrian to walk across the marked lines of a crosswalk said pedestrian has the right of way, I’m also pretty sure there is no such thing as an “advanced green light” when the drivers light is red, they can’t turn left…when the drivers light is red there car should be in a completely stopped position.
im curious how the man can be making a left turn while the light is red, yet the OP is crossing the road legally??
I suspect the car was stuck in the intersection (that intersection is huge) trying to make a left hand turn as the light turned red and he was trying to finish his left hand turn but el prego had decided to waddle across while the red hand was flashing telling pedestrians not to start walking, (and to hurry up and finish walking if yer already in the crosswalk) and is now not only crossing illegally too but stopping all traffic in the intersection.
That seems to make more sense, and while its kind of a tossup about who is technically right…… as a courtesy the op prolly should have held up at the center median until the next green light.
But as we all know, the world stops for preggos (according to them) and we should all keep out of their way at all times.
Ummm, if you cross the road on a do not walk signal you WILL be issued a jay walking ticket, just before they load you into the ambulance. Just because it’s a cross walk doesn’t mean you always have the right of way.
Does anyone actually read?
She even stated that she was walking across the street on a walk light; not a do not walk light.
You can’t turn left on a red light. period. in that situation he should have not had the ability to get stuck in the center of the intersection because you are suppose to creep ahead and be ready to make the turn on the green light, not sit in the center waiting at the last second to make a break for the other side of the road; especially since usually after a green light there is that lovely yellow one which means yield, as in to yield to someone who is walking at a cross walk when they have the right of way.
read it again…. he was “I believe you were trying to make a LEFT turn on a RED light,” how is he turning left into her path on a red light yet her way is lit up “clear”?? if she was in his way… then she was also walking across on a red light.
and if you know the university/robie st intersection at all you know that you HAVE to pull way out into the intersection if you want to have any hope of ever turning left.
Once you are out there and the light changes you have to go forwards….
im not saying his language was appropriate, but the logistics of it suggest she was as much to blame for the situation as the driver.
DivaDarling darling, just admit it, you’re the OP :P. And yeah this doesn’t exactly make sense to me either, it’s probably the dyslexia I had for dindin :). Usually if pedestrians are allowed to cross, cars are allowed to make left turns providing there aren’t any people in the way. If the left turning car had a red light, that means the other direction of cars would have a green light which wouldn’t give the pedestrian a walk light because they would get creamed… If you have a walk light it means you should first look to see if any left turning vehicles see you and then proceed into the crosswalk. If the hand is flashing, do not enter the intersection because the lights are about to change and vehicles are trying to clear the intersection. From my experience both as a driver and pedestrian, it seems most people were sick that day in elementary school when we learned not to cross when the hand if flashing. Some believe it means “OMG DART OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION AS FAST AS YOU FUCKING CAN BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ARE CHANGING AND WILL NEVER CHANGE BACK!!!”
Not only that but the flashing do not walk light flashes long before the vehicle light turns amber and in fact goes solid as soon as the amber light comes on, so that tells me the stupid pedestrian was in fact jaywalking. Nice try but no cigar OB, you pretentious twit (probably was twittering or texting too).
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the uncle could shoplift because he was a senior. Same must apply to senior drivers…..they can hit you and claim it’s their new medication.
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