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SeattleUte · 04-10-2007, 04:34 PM

As a pedestrian you should always haul ass through the cross-walk till safely on the other side. It is common courtesy, good citizenship as well as a matter of self-preservation. Usually a driver is waiting to turn right. You may think that even though the walk signal is flashing red you can cheat and run across on a red light but once it turns green the cars trying to turn right have lost their chance. Even when there's a walk sign promptness is appreciated to enable the right turners to be on their way and maximuze chances for turning right. Finally, here in Seattle everyone should spend as little time in cross-walks as possible because it's a dangerous proposition whatever the signal. There are some terrible, inattentive drivers out there, and the busier things are the more of them there are and the more frazzled everyone is. I always assume I'm about to get hit when crossing the street. It's a good policy. People who amble through chit chatting are are playing the odds in an unintelligent way.

creekster · 04-10-2007, 05:32 PM

CLose call on the way to work today, SU?

myboynoah · 04-10-2007, 06:41 PM

Come to France with your Manefesto.

04-10-2007, 04:34 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Pedestrians As a pedestrian you should always haul ass through the cross-walk till safely on the other side. It is common courtesy, good citizenship as well as a matter of self-preservation. Usually a driver is waiting to turn right. You may think that even though the walk signal is flashing red you can cheat and run across on a red light but once it turns green the cars trying to turn right have lost their chance. Even when there's a walk sign promptness is appreciated to enable the right turners to be on their way and maximuze chances for turning right. Finally, here in Seattle everyone should spend as little time in cross-walks as possible because it's a dangerous proposition whatever the signal. There are some terrible, inattentive drivers out there, and the busier things are the more of them there are and the more frazzled everyone is. I always assume I'm about to get hit when crossing the street. It's a good policy. People who amble through chit chatting are are playing the odds in an unintelligent way. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster Last edited by SeattleUte; 04-10-2007 at 04:37 PM.

04-10-2007, 05:32 PM	#2
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	CLose call on the way to work today, SU? __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

04-10-2007, 06:41 PM	#3
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	Come to France with your Manefesto. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.