Originally Posted by
Zum1
Here is the scene: In Philly (or any city i imagine) The traffic light still green at my (or all) intersection. Throngs of pedestrians, with their don't walk sign still engaged, look in my direction FOR CARS only apparantly, dont see or hear me despite my flashy bike lights and gym teacher whistle. I am suddenly, unexpectedly, bobbing and weaving thru heedless, unperceptive simpletons.
"I want them dead, i want their families dead, i want their houses burnt to the ground, I wanna g there in the middle of the night and piss on their ashes" (see DeNiro-untouchables)
What do you do bothers? What is your course of action?
I'm with ya... I'd say start taking one out once in a while... soon enough they'll learn if they occasionally see one of their lemming brethren flapping around on the pavement like a fish out of water. ...eh... they probably won't notice actually...
I personally like to sneak up on 'em and scare the bejeezus out of 'em if they never saw me. I'll wait until I'm right next to them, slightly behind them and shout 'LOOKOUT!!' Ah, makes me feel like I got 'em back kinda...
One thing though I should say that's more serious is to be extra watchful & careful about people who actually do notice you at the last second & try to take some evasive action, often right into your path. I've heard of many many people taking out peds in crosswalks during a turn because they thought the bike was heading straight at them. They jump backwards, right into the cyclist's line and bam! I tend to give people an extra couple of feet if I'm going pretty fast.