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Old 12-18-09 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
^on foot... on foot... nope don't get it^

Good one Twitcho, you did indeed do more than most would have. You suffered that fool very well, went above and beyond. I'm hoping due to how freaked she got that'll be the last blind sidewalk step she ever makes. I'm all for jaywalking but holy crap some folks can be downright suicidally disengaged when they step into traffic, it'll never fail to baffle me. I had a herdo'ped just streaming across Yonge at that weird area just north of Front street yesterday. I think there is a subway exit from Union on the west side and the building on the east side contains M2, the ad agency. Due to the cars being stopped, it's treated like there is a crosswalk with a green light. Along I come on the yellow line as the Front street intersection is the right turn of death, I scream NOT A CROSSWALK as I carve through them. One coffee dropped, no freak outs but some audible breath intake and stifled screams. It's worse than any intersection I've encountered in the core. Your lemur, I hope, is counting her blessings.
So confession - I've hit three pedestrians and had about two close calls. I dunno if it's coincidence, but every one was a woman. Maybe they just don't look before stepping out into the street? Who knows.

I'm really starting to enjoy my cross bike brake squeal. It keeps fools on their toes.
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