Are all you people who get off the Ferry at Lower Water Blind? Can you not see street signs and automated traffic signs? Contrary to what most Haligonians think; city by-laws DO NOT entitle you to walk where you want, when you want… holding up who you want. When faced with lights that dictate car and pedestrian right-of-ways, you have to defer to the light and not written by-laws. No wonder traffic is a mess here, you can’t make a left hand turn because regardless of what lights tell them to do, pedestrians ignore it and keep right on going. For those of you that do this; I hope you get hit and I hope it cripples you because most of the time… it’s you by-law breakers that are the biggest bitchers about automobiles!!!!!!! Oh and spare me your anger and pitiful retorts; go to any other city and you’ll quickly find that people are NOT sympathetic to your “plight” as one might call it. In fact, the stupid people with lack of common sense will be the first to bitch about this post. I call you stupid because I’ve never seen a city where people just dash out in front of a 3000 lb car without any thought for their safety. What if the breaks fail?? What if something unexpected happens that prevents a driver from avoiding you?? I know the thought of a “Pedestrian City” is nice in theory, but this is reality and you people need to get smart and do it fast! God help any of you that visit Montreal (or any other normal city); you’ll be dead within 5 min of hittin’ the streets. Oh yeah, speaking of streets … they’re not for walking eh!!!! —Tired of The Pedestrian Mentality
This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2011.
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Pedestrians can’t make a left hand turn?
Actually, while the different tones for different directions at Halifax pedestrian crossways is kinda cool, I prefer the crosswalks where traffic stops in both directions so pedestrians can walk diagonally. I love to cross obliquely.
I think what you are saying is that lowly pedestrians, and people are “The most Spoiled & Self-Entitled People in Canada”.
Ya, so you are referring to just about everybody.
Perhaps it is you that is “The most Spoiled & Self-Entitled Person in Canada”?
“I hope you get hit and I hope it cripples you” FUCK YOU ASSHOLE
If they are not on a crosswalk, and they get hit for failing to provide sufficient stopping distance for the vehicle and jaywalking, the pedestrian is charged. Guess it’s open season on them downtown. I bet they’ll love their physical pain and suffering for life.
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I love to cross obliquely.
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I love to cross ironically.
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Meh, I pay insurance. So I guess the worst thing that could happen to me by someone walking out in front of me is I might get a fine, if its proven in court that it’s my fault. Big deal, seems to me I don’t lose that much, especially with first accident forgiveness. Sure beats being wrong or right in a wheelchair!!!
I know!!!:D I was driving through university ave at slow speed because people jamming to their ipods and smart phones walk directly out in front of your car! It’s crazy! If I would have been a more careless driver they would have been accidental pancakes!
@Life Is Great: NO … FUCK YOU! It’s people with your attitude that I’m talking about. More often than not; I’m both Pedestrian and Driver … so I understand the complaints on both sides. However, the most unjustified is that of the pedestrian. In case you haven’t noticed, common sense is not so common in this city. Pedestrians have more control over their body to stop and turn around compared to a 3000lb vehicle that has to come to a screeching halt. Be real and think about it, why would anyone be so CARELESS with their lives.
I cross the road everymorning to take my kid to the bus stop. Typically, 3-6 vehicles will drive by and NOT STOP to let us cross, and that is with my child holding out his hand signalling to cross.
Drivers need to lighten up and show a bit more courtesy to pedestrians.
Well there’s nothing you can do about it OP. It’s sort of like the man versus woman law. Women can molest men. They can hit men. They can be as sexist and mean and vile as they wish to be. And men can’t do shit.
I don’t know whether to agree with you or laugh heartily at the whole thing.
Either way, as a pedestrian AND a woman, life, for me, is too damned sweet to worry much about either way.
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ajdube: hey asshole, you can have all the opinions you want but as soon as you hope people get crippled you can go fuck yourself, so again, FUCK YOU.
o.p., my two feet tell me where to go, and when. if i wanna walk in the midle of the street, so be it. if they wanna try to walk on water again( it’s been so long) so be it also.if i wanna give you the finger(see it here now, midle hand digit upraised), i will.
xeno.. I too am a lover of the hypotenuse…
I used to walk across downtown quite often like that.
happy kombacha, that happens near every university.
I don’t mind making that sweeping generalization because I’m pretty sure I’m spot on.
I think it’s because students are immortal…
“Women can molest men. They can hit men. They can be as sexist and mean and vile as they wish to be. And men can’t do shit.”
I_K….’Ow YOU doin’?…*whispers* “call me” 😛
@Life Sucks: Who cares what you think. Listen to your hateful self. I’m just bringing attention to a problem that has been crated by PEDESTRIANS! in addition you ignoramus, you completely deserve a wheel chair in your future … if your fucking RETARDED enough to step out in front of a moving car and expect it to stop in a dime for your undeserving ass. Sounds like you have issues with most of life, hell your screen name says it all. So do us all a favour and and go jaywalk in front of a bus if that’s what you want! Fuck you and everyone like you!!! I’d dare you to say any of this to face you wimpy peace of crap. Most of the time people like would never speak up if it were not for the anonymity of the internet. At least I stand behind what I say and am willing to defend it. Piss ant!
Did you seriously just pull the “say it to my face” line on the internet?
@Jubei: Yeah I did! Unlike most people on this forum and others like it, I don’t say anything on here that I wouldn’t be willing to say to ANY ONE’S FACE. I’m not a hypocrite about what I write … that’s the message I was trying to get across.