Sunday, March 4, 2012

Rather Pedestrian

According to my recent observations, people just have no idea in hell about what the deal is with crosswalks.  Here are a few pointers to help everyone out.

For Drivers:
1) If you see a pedestrian standing on the curb waiting to use the crosswalk, slow down or stop to enable them to use it. Especially if the weather is less than ideal. You're in a climate controlled vehicle, they have snow down their shoes - you can wait for a few seconds.

2) Avoiding eye contact or otherwise feigning distraction doesn't excuse you from stopping for pedestrians. They're still there. If you're really so distracted that you can't see people in the crosswalk, you really ought to pull over and get things straightened out.

For Pedestrians:
1) Don't milk it. Just don't. That's a total dick move, and it makes it all the more tempting for drivers to speed through crosswalks leaving all your fellow pedestrians unable to cross the next time.

2) If you want to cross, look like it. Don't stand on the corner gazing off into space. That's what hookers do.


There.  Not that hard.  Am I missing anything?

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