Re: If You Won't GIVE Me Courtesy, Then I'll Just TAKE It From You!
- From: Jim Yanik <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:23:21 -0500
Alexander Rogge <a_rogge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:7knme6F37eq4eU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Scott in SoCal wrote:
Last time on rec.autos.driving, Alexander Rogge <a_rogge@xxxxxxxxx>
said:
Why can't they speed up or go behind
the other vehicle?
Because MFFYs (think they) always have the right-of-way.
Then why don't they speed up and cut in front? Maybe because they are
oblivious and lazy!
it's much easier to brake and drop in behind the thru vehicle.
Cars always slow faster than they accellerate.
So,the reason must be "oblivious" or unthinking;Out To Lunch While
Driving(OTLWD)
Pedestrians only have right-of-way in the direction of the green
signal!
They may not walk against a red signal and hope that everybody
stops
for them!
In California, drivers must always yield the right-of-way to a
pedestrian in a crosswalk; this particular section of the law makes
no mention of the color of the traffic signal.
Maybe it's time to update your traffic laws. I don't understand how
it could possibly be the driver's fault for not guessing that a
pedestrian would walk out in front of his car when the driver is
facing a green signal. I won't deliberately run over a foolish
pedestrian, but that's more the same consideration that I give to all
other animals, particularly animals that weigh more than people.
This example of absolving pedestrians of personal responsibility
wouldn't have helped the foolish pedestrians that I saw, because they
had exited their crosswalk and were about 4 m from the crosswalk in
the adjacent direction, and the traffic signal in that direction was
red. It was an obvious violation of right-of-way. Why couldn't they
simply walk to the corner and then walk behind me when the signal
turned green?
No, they were going to walk in front of everybody, hope that the
traffic stopped for them, and then walk Slothily across the street.
I have another example from last week about the lack of personal
responsibility. There have been a few MFFY Sloths and oblivious LLBs,
but the one incident that really infuriated me was some idiot on a
bicycle that was riding against the direction of traffic, and then
zoomed into the crosswalk as I was slowing to make a right-turn.
Bicycles are not pedestrians,
what's the difference between a bicycle and a wheelchair? Or a Segway?
Or a kid on a Razor scooter?
Do you get angry if you have to pause for a (electric)wheelchair? Or should
they stop and yield to you?
Sorry,but bicycles are not motor vehicles and not "equal" to them,no matter
what the laws say.Now,when -I- ride my bike(every day),I ride mostly on
sidewalks,and slow before crossing drives or roads,stopping if necessary.
and a bicyclist must follow the same
traffic laws as other drivers. No, riding on the wrong side of the
street is illegal, and then make it worse by forcing me to choose
between stopping halfway into my turn or crashing into you! I suppose
that I could've continued driving in front of him and dented my car,
but then he could've tried to claim that he was really walking his
bicycle across the street when I turned in front of him.
Other than that, driving has been rather pleasant lately. Drivers
have been following KRETP surprisingly-well, there have been no
merge-impaired incidents, traffic at intersections has been moving
forward at the same time when the signals turn green, red-light
running has decreased, and traffic jams have been minimal. I can
assume that this return to normalcy will not be permanent.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
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