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And the Athens Darwin Award goes to...

Mon, 01/12/2009 - 19:47
Annoyance, General

1. The guy on the bike that passed me on the right to turn left on his bicycle, stopping oncoming traffic and nearly hitting pedestrians in the crosswalk on Broad.
2. The girl on the scooter who wears a bicycle helmet.
3. The guy on the scooter who wears a batting helmet.
4. Anyone who texts while walking and crossing the street (there are several)
5. Anyone who texts while DRIVING. Wow!

Congratulations on defying nature and cheating death! So far, anyway.

01/23/2009 - 15:37

When it comes to pedestrian right of way, you may be right, but you may be *dead* right.

01/23/2009 - 14:46

Even if you have the signal you should be paying attention while crossing the street. Just because you have the right of way doesn''t mean that drivers are paying attention (see number 5 in the OP''s list). The driver might be otherwise distracted or even drunk.

01/15/2009 - 21:08

to 1/13- no, it took a couple of weeks to compile my list

to 1/15- I should have been more clear. Of course, pedestrians should have the right of way whenever they are in a crosswalk (really, I walk to/from work through downtown and campus everyday, I''m on the ped side of this). I meant when there is no signal, when the signal says don''t walk, when cars are trying to make their turn while they have the arrow (and the sign says don''t walk), and just when I''m trying to get on my way, but there''s some kid who I''m sure can''t walk and chew gum at the same time, writing an epic novel on a cell phone keypad.

01/15/2009 - 18:51

I think if you have the walk signal, it shouldn''t matter if you''re looking or not while crossing the street.

01/13/2009 - 15:09

hopefully you didn''t encounter all of these people at once right?

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