Today I was in a bit of a rush to get home from the grocery. That parking lot is always busy and I proceed with great caution getting out of it. Not only cars but so many people everywhere. So I am driving slowly down the main artery of this parking lot - toward the exit when a woman with very short blonde hair begins, several feet ahead of me to walk - diagonally - across it. And she turned to look at me. And she continued to walk, diagonally, blocking my way for far longer than it would have taken had she just walked in a straight line. And she was S-L-O-W.
But...
When you stop your car to let someone get safely across the street - an adult - and they have with them no child holding their hand, no heavy bags to carry, no seeing eye dog, no wheelchair or walking cane, no impairment - and they see you - acknowledge you even - and then make not even a pretense of picking up their pace so that you can get on with your day - and then if you should lose your mind at the arrogance of it and hit the accelerator, I believe it becomes a case for justifiable homicide.
Now that didn't happen today, but I'm just saying.
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Actually, pedestrians do NOT have the right of way all the time. It just looks bad if you mow them down as they're jaywalking.
ReplyDeleteReminder to all you "amblers" out there. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, PERPENDICULAR to the road or aisle you're walking down.
The diagonal is called the hypoteneuse. And we'll call you something similar if you walk along it.
Ha! KILLED 'em with geometry!
I feel so cleansed ...
Love you, Val.
--Ted
I actually like to wait for peds because i am still amazed by the courtesy of it all. In Michigan where I grew up cars went by and people stopped. It was quite a rude culture.
ReplyDeleteJulie H.