If the sign reads 'DON'T WALK', don't honk at me to cross the bloody road!

[Deja Q]

Cretins!

I know how to read. Don't you? x(

[MrCoffee]

1. my own personal pet peeve...

when i'm illegally crossing the street, DO NOT STOP for me! it bungs everything up and no one has any idea what to do. just go, moran! i have eyes, i know what traffic is doing.

[Nikia]

4. If you are in the street

And I am reasonably certain that I can slow down or stop without getting rear ended, I am going to. You may know that you know what you are doing, but I don't know what you are doing. I am not going to hit any pedestrians if I can help it. If it bothers you, don't illegally cross the street.

[mark414]

6. oi that bothers me too...

do they think i'm dumb enough to jump in front of their car?!?! i'm a big boy...i know how to cross a street and i know that large, fast moving steel boxes can hurt me very much if i get in their way

[Nikia]

7. Some people are that dumb

Or on our main street of town in my little town in Wisconsin, that drunk. I'm not hitting anyone if I can help it even if it is completely their fault.

[DarkTirade]

10. Being someone who spent several years as a pedestrian, and someone who now drives I can honestly say

yes. Some people ARE that stupid. On both sides of the situation. The world is FULL of stupid people. And you can't always tell who is and who isn't.

[jobycom]

9. It's not that they don't trust you, it's that they don't recognize you.

Undoubtedly if they did, they'd think "Oh, I know he's smart enough to know what he's doing." Instead they thing "He may be smart, but for all I know he's some wet-chinned Republican--I'd better slow down, just in case."

Then again, they should speed up, because if you don't know what you are doing, maybe your genes are better left on the roadside. :)

[Bullwinkle925]

2. i think part of society has certainly 'dumbed down' . . .

not sure if they are cretins or just self-centered assholes.
(hmmm - that could be redundant?) :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Nikia]

3. It depends on the circumstance

If there isn't much traffic and nothing coming from the other lane, I don't have a problem with that. I don't do that unless someone is already in the road and I don't want to risk hitting them. Are your feet firmly planted on the sidewalk when this happens or have you ventured into the street a little bit?

[Deja Q]

5. There was a lot of traffic; in every lane from every direction

If traffic was light, I may have darted across the road; jayrunning. But with heavy traffic, I won't even bend the rules for one inch.

I had remained off the road the entire time.

[Nikia]

8. I don't like that in that circumstance either

It doesn't do any good for them to stop anyway if I am going to get hit once I am past them.