A note to the drivers of the world:
Oct. 9th, 2011 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Two notes, really, but I'll combine them.
1. Please do NOT rush the wrong way down our little one-way street to beat the light. Kids play there! Bad enough that you're doing it at all, but go slowly like a civilized individual.
1a. And when somebody stops you and points out that you're going the wrong way, the appropriate response is "Oh, sorry" not "Don't worry, I know". We're not telling you for your benefit, you ass.
2. Those pretty lines on the street are the crosswalk. You don't get anywhere faster just because you're two feet ahead of where you were. The crosswalk is for pedestrians. YOU wait on the other side of it.
2a. (Also, a word of advice, if there's a little line painted just below the crosswalk? Wait there. Otherwise, when the bus turns, you'll find yourself frantically trying to backtrack. Use your head, stupid!)
3. If you're hanging out in the crosswalk waiting until you can turn, please recall that you must look BOTH ways before going anywhere.
And if you disregard both points 2 and 3, you may end up hitting somebody. Don't worry, I'm not hurt. But I've checked it over and the only thing I did wrong was assuming that this idiot lady wasn't dumb enough to try turning when there wasn't even a break in traffic for her to turn into. If it hadn't been me, she'd've plowed right into somebody else's car, and it would've served her right.
But maybe she at least would've gotten out of her car and, you know, checked if people were okay had she done that....
(I should've gotten the license, but I was too busy cursing loudly and resoundingly. Also, I swear to god, the next loser I see speeding down the one-way, I'm throwing eggs.)
1. Please do NOT rush the wrong way down our little one-way street to beat the light. Kids play there! Bad enough that you're doing it at all, but go slowly like a civilized individual.
1a. And when somebody stops you and points out that you're going the wrong way, the appropriate response is "Oh, sorry" not "Don't worry, I know". We're not telling you for your benefit, you ass.
2. Those pretty lines on the street are the crosswalk. You don't get anywhere faster just because you're two feet ahead of where you were. The crosswalk is for pedestrians. YOU wait on the other side of it.
2a. (Also, a word of advice, if there's a little line painted just below the crosswalk? Wait there. Otherwise, when the bus turns, you'll find yourself frantically trying to backtrack. Use your head, stupid!)
3. If you're hanging out in the crosswalk waiting until you can turn, please recall that you must look BOTH ways before going anywhere.
And if you disregard both points 2 and 3, you may end up hitting somebody. Don't worry, I'm not hurt. But I've checked it over and the only thing I did wrong was assuming that this idiot lady wasn't dumb enough to try turning when there wasn't even a break in traffic for her to turn into. If it hadn't been me, she'd've plowed right into somebody else's car, and it would've served her right.
But maybe she at least would've gotten out of her car and, you know, checked if people were okay had she done that....
(I should've gotten the license, but I was too busy cursing loudly and resoundingly. Also, I swear to god, the next loser I see speeding down the one-way, I'm throwing eggs.)