Yeah, I know "they have the right of way".Well, If you're not at the corner, and I start turning, and you walk out with your smug little "I'm a pedestrian, so fawk off" smirk...
Don't be surprised if you get skwitched!:D:D

Ahh, just a little Moron County traffic venting, thank you! :)

no-one got squished, but almost!

Move someplace where they don't have the right of way, like most of europe ;)

i got hit IN a crosswalk last year, if she wasnt 75 years old i would have beat the fawk out of her. :flipoff2:

Hit me when i have the right of way you better put me out or i am going to lay your neck back :D

I almost flattened a kid one day in the Cruiser.

I pulled up to the stop sign. Looked left. All Clear. Looked Right and all was clear. I looked left again and then started out into the main road when I heard a bump. I slammed the 4 disks on and there was a little punk skater kid who had just rode right out in front of me with out ever making eye contact or anything.

I mean I didn't even see him and he just thought it was O.K. to ride out in front of me! I read him the riot act and he was very appologetic.

I explained to him that if he doesn't make eye contact with the driver then the driver doesn't know he is there.

Damn kids. I would have been very upset had I hurt or killed him.

Jimmy :beer:

Originally posted by usmcdoc14
i got hit IN a crosswalk last year, if she wasnt 75 years old i would have beat the fawk out of her. :flipoff2:

Hit me when i have the right of way you better put me out or i am going to lay your neck back :D

Well, yeah, if your in a crosswalk, of course you have the right of way. Dude wasn't even close, I was halfway thru my turn, he just blows off the sidewalk, with one of those "I'm pretending I don't see you, cause I'm a superior pedestrian" smiles...

On a side note, was watching some british humor show on Comedy Central the other nite.Guy dressed in a snail costume "crawls" thru the intersection on his tummy...Funnay -if you aren't waiting for him :D

Originally posted by Dog House
I almost flattened a kid one day in the Cruiser.

I pulled up to the stop sign. Looked left. All Clear. Looked Right and all was clear. I looked left again and then started out into the main road when I heard a bump. I slammed the 4 disks on and there was a little punk skater kid who had just rode right out in front of me with out ever making eye contact or anything.

I mean I didn't even see him and he just thought it was O.K. to ride out in front of me! I read him the riot act and he was very appologetic.

I explained to him that if he doesn't make eye contact with the driver then the driver doesn't know he is there.

Damn kids. I would have been very upset had I hurt or killed him.

Jimmy :beer:
Thank goodness you stopped! In my old cruiser, if I heard a *bump* I would just be glad it wasn't a *rattlerattleclang*and keep on going! :eek: :laughing: :D

Depends on the vehicle, people turn and run if they see my trail rig on the street. My motorcycle is a different story, people walk in front of me all the time. Have no baffles now, the extra noise helps but not enough. The tow rig is even worse, can't see them if they are short, I am so scared I will run over a kid or short person some day.

here in Maine, there are signes EVERYWHERE stating that whatever community you are in follows the state law that pedestrians have the right of way.

I think it's mostly for the Canadians, but whatever.

The other day, I was sitting at a red light watching Miss Dunkin' Donuts 1986 standing at the corner on the other side of the street having her mid afternoon snack. She was stuffing her face with what was probably a powdered jelly and washing it down with a swig of her 96oz coffee.

So, the light turns green for me. I start to get on the gas. Get halfway through the intersection she starts to cross. Mind you, she stood there eating her jelly donut while she had a WALK sign and I had the red light. I get the green light, she gets a DON'T WALK sign so she figures it's time to moooo-ve out. I squeek the tires a bit while trying to not dent my hood.

She looks at me, makes a nasty face (like she had a choice) and proceeds to point at the sign. I gave her the finger. As did the guy in the lane next to me.

Originally posted by usmcdoc14
i got hit IN a crosswalk last year, if she wasnt 75 years old i would have beat the fawk out of her. :flipoff2:

Hit me when i have the right of way you better put me out or i am going to lay your neck back :D

same here, I had the green to cross, driver of the car wasn't even paying attention to me and nailed me.

I put a good sized dent in their fender/hood when my elbo "hit it".

they were pissed at me, I told them to go ahead and call the police. They shuttup REAL fast.