An Oh So True Article
11-20-08, 11:45 AM
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An Oh So True Article
Article in the new Urban Velo, the top 10 pedestrians we love to hate...they got them nailed pretty good!
https://urbanvelo.org/download/
https://urbanvelo.org/download/
11-20-08, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by urban velo article
8 - The Stupid Mother and the Baby Carriage This is where seemingly intelligent people sometimes do incredibly dumb things. This is where a mother will push their baby stroller between parked cars right into the street without comprehending that the stroller will stick out into the flow of traffic.
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11-20-08, 01:01 PM
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I think the best thing is to respond as you would to mentally disabled people. Because they are.
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2 - The Assumer This is the type of pedestrian that assumes that just because the cars have come to a stop it’s clear to cross the street, not considering that there might be a bike flying between the cars. Bam! Those are always major takeouts as they get hammered, ricocheting off of multiple cars, before they finally meet the pavement in an ugly way. Can you say pinball?
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They do a terrible job, while trying way too hard, not to say "black people" in number 5. In an effort to be PC, it comes out looking rather ugly.
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In a way I agree with you ews, but around my parts most of the "bad ass" kids are white. Puffy jackets and sagging dickies have no color affiliation, but they do have a definite type.
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I don't agree with either of you. Gangsta wannabes defy color and economic barriers and are just poseurs buying a ready made identity at the mall.
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11-20-08, 02:42 PM
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You could go on automobile forum and see cagers making these same kinds of comments about us.
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Yeah, I was with them on most of them, but not that one. Pedestrians have the right of way, especially if cars are stopped which means there's a red light. Blowing into pedestrians on your way to blowing a stop light has no excuse. If you want to filter through peds and blow the light, that's your choice, but the cyclist has to make any and all allowances in this situation. If they can't handle ANYTHING the ped does in this situation, then they should just stop.
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I see people like this all the time, just keep walking goddamn it!
4 - The Back Stepper These are the pedestrians who react badly upon noticing at the last minute that they just stepped into your path. The problem is that you’ve noticed and planned avoidance by changing your path to veer behind them, but so much for the plans of mice and men as they get spooked seeing you, and with delayed reaction, back step right into your path that you intended to avoid them with. The Two-Step Slam Dance.
4 - The Back Stepper These are the pedestrians who react badly upon noticing at the last minute that they just stepped into your path. The problem is that you’ve noticed and planned avoidance by changing your path to veer behind them, but so much for the plans of mice and men as they get spooked seeing you, and with delayed reaction, back step right into your path that you intended to avoid them with. The Two-Step Slam Dance.
11-20-08, 11:46 PM
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11-20-08, 11:48 PM
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Yeah, I was with them on most of them, but not that one. Pedestrians have the right of way, especially if cars are stopped which means there's a red light. Blowing into pedestrians on your way to blowing a stop light has no excuse. If you want to filter through peds and blow the light, that's your choice, but the cyclist has to make any and all allowances in this situation. If they can't handle ANYTHING the ped does in this situation, then they should just stop.
Last edited by chephy; 11-20-08 at 11:52 PM.
