Dear Assholes who drive down Robie St as if it was a Nascar track,
There are people who actually (gasp!) live on Robie between Cunard St. and Quinpool. Just because the lanes get wider between these streets DOES not give you the license to drive like a maniac. Some people actually still walk in this city and its a pain in the ass when we ‘almost’ get run over on a daily basis due to you having zero respect for pedestrians. And don’t give dirty looks to us who need to cross the street at designated crosswalks–I know it will put a three second delay in your day but seriously? Have some respect dudes.
—Signed, Almost Roadkill.
This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2009.
People probably drive fast down Robie street to dissuade pedestrians from crossing the street wherever they please. It seems Haligonians believe they have the right to cross any street anywhere, and its making the retard drivers who have never left this tiny city stop in the middle of highways to let people cross. That is what causes accidents.
yeah, its times like those where i really just want to sacrifice myself and get hit so that maybe at least 1% of nascar kids will slow the fuck down. everyone has to be a martyr these days to get some fucking progress.
oh I agree… it certainly DOES not ‘almost’ suck.
You know what, I think people walking have to take some responsibility too, ever heard of look both ways before you cross. If you do this you will never get run over or have close calls even , it may take an extra second to stop and look, you know make sure cars are actually stopped for you before you step out.I see it all the time people just walk across with their head up their ass thinking because they are between the lines they should be safe, then give you a dirty look if you have to put the brakes on quick to stop for them. Quit blaming other people put your life in your own hands. Its something we learned when we were 5 people “LOOK BOTH WAYS” make sure nothing is coming then cross.
I love looking before I cross the street. I promise I will do it all the time. When you drive around, your job is to stop your car when you see me standing and looking at the road from any corner, crosswalk or not. You even get to stop for people who would like to look but can’t, like blind or old people. In fact why don’t you assume that people might be old or blind and in areas where there are a bunch of people, like the city, you slow down your big ol’ hitting mobile so you can stop when you see pedestrians crossing.
What electricmayhem says is true. Often you will stand at the curb at a crosswalk, attempting to make eye contact with approaching drivers, and they will stare you down. They will only stop if you actually step into the crosswalk and force them to do so. They see you. They know you want to cross. They have plenty of time to stop. They just refuse to stop unless you get aggressive.
I take the one-and-a-half step approach.
look at the oncoming car and one step…. they slow down and I take another half step just to be sure they aren’t clutch and shifting into “I’m in a hurry and I’m going to see what your insides look like” mode. If all is well after the half, I make my way along. Otherwise I mumble to myself (as I’m prone to do) and wait to go.
Yes they’re pricks but they have a tonne of steel on their side.
That’s my approach too, zZz. A lot of the time, it’s the only way to get across the street. I wonder if this is what so many drivers refer to as “running out into traffic as if the crosswalk was a force field”.
it seems the only way to get across…I’ve read every day or two in the paper of people getting mowed down.
Screw that, I used to take the “I’ll fuck your front end up if you hit me” approach, but people seem to treasure time more than my sturdy-yet-fleshy frame hitting their cars. Spending some educational time in Wolfville taught me students are psycho… I know, I’ve been ‘invincible’ before but at least there I only had one street to cross.