Where I work, the parking lot is across the street. Every day I park and walk to the building. On the left is the sidewalk. On the right is the road to the front of the building. Clearly posted is a sign, much like the one on the right, "Pedestrians Prohibited." Every day someone walks down the road instead of the sidewalk. Do they get to the front door faster? No, they are just morons who can't read simple signs. I can't tell you how often I just feel like yelling at them like I would correct a dog who is acting out. How tough is it really? There is a sidewalk and a road. You walk on the sidewalk, not the road.
I have to extend this little complaint further, to the idiots who think that walking on a major road makes more sense than walking on the sidewalk. I'm not talking about the days where there is a snowbank, or some "real" reason to step into the road, but instead those who just walk there, risking hundreds of dollars in damage to bumpers, when they will inevitably get hit. Just like those people who won't wait for the cross walk. Hmm, lets see, it is 10:30 p.m., pitch black. Our brilliant pedestrian has gone out in black pants and jacket, then decides he can run across the street before the light changes. Unless, of course, he trips or some bigger moron doing 75 in a 40 plows him down.
Come on people, it's really simple. The signs and sidewalks are all there for a reason. Use them. I don't drive like a maniac, but I don't need to take a chance on getting a person for a hood ornament.
-Uncle Walter
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