In a world gone mad, speed bumps rule the day. Three in the morning, 99.99999% of the populace asleep, drivers have to drive over speed bumps so pedestrians (too stupid to look both ways) can be safe.
Now hybrids are too quiet. I suggest we put cards on the wheels like we did our bicycles. Yes it’s juvenile, but the fix to quiet cars is certain to be just as juvenile.
There was a battery run device you could put on your bicycle when I was a kid. It emitted a sound like a motor, so you could feel like a big shot when you rode around. Ah, the manufacturer was ahead of his time...
Do you ever wonder who it is that sits around thinking this s—t up? Personally, I just look before I walk. I guess personal responsibility being what it is these days, I’m an idiot. Someone certainly is.
I live in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, and there are some towns up here where they aggressively prosecute drivers that do not stop at crosswalks.
The people are complete idiots. They arrogantly (and stupidly) step out into the crosswalk at dusk and dawn, from behind parked cars and so on. If you have to stop fast (as you sometimes do to avoid running them over) they stare at you.
Just unbelievable. When I go to a crosswalk, at the very LEAST I will wait for a break in the traffic both ways to keep from being run over in case someone just cannot see me, and often I will just stay back away from a crosswalk until I can cross without even slowing down traffic.
These people sometimes get up to the crosswalk and stop after stepping off the curb, talking on a cell phone or whatever. The worst two towns are Lexington and Concord, both complete liberal bastions.
The birthplace of the American Revolution indeed. How embarrassing.