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    Alberto Bar Noy
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    :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

    Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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      :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

      Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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      Are you in Israel, from experience I thought pedestrian crossings in Israel were just so the drivers know where to target pedestrians. Weiredest experience ever the first time I visited and stepped out onto what looks perfectly like British zerbra crossings (where the driver has to give way to pedestrians) to be near on run down.

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        :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

        Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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        It's been said - and I agree - that when common courtesy and respect for others ceases to be the norm, that society is doomed. It may not be soon, but the death spiral is already irreversible.

        Will Rogers never met me.

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          Are you in Israel, from experience I thought pedestrian crossings in Israel were just so the drivers know where to target pedestrians. Weiredest experience ever the first time I visited and stepped out onto what looks perfectly like British zerbra crossings (where the driver has to give way to pedestrians) to be near on run down.

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          Alberto Bar Noy
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          Usually they stop. But on a rainy day they get "blind"

          Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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            Are you in Israel, from experience I thought pedestrian crossings in Israel were just so the drivers know where to target pedestrians. Weiredest experience ever the first time I visited and stepped out onto what looks perfectly like British zerbra crossings (where the driver has to give way to pedestrians) to be near on run down.

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            Alberto Bar Noy
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            Next time I will kick a car... the driver will stop and I will claim he hit me!. The license revocation should teach them manners. Or not.

            Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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              :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

              Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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              Move to Germany. That's the only country I know where cars actually stop at pedestrian crossings.

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                :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

                Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                I'm not sure I follow that, but I assume you are upset by drivers who stop on pedestrian crossings. When I was in high school (early '80s) I often walked to and from school and was mildy miffed at having to walk around cars of idiots who did that. One day I noticed that one such offending car had a hood ornament -- so I twanged it (it was spring-loaded). :-D

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                  I'm not sure I follow that, but I assume you are upset by drivers who stop on pedestrian crossings. When I was in high school (early '80s) I often walked to and from school and was mildy miffed at having to walk around cars of idiots who did that. One day I noticed that one such offending car had a hood ornament -- so I twanged it (it was spring-loaded). :-D

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                  Alberto Bar Noy
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                  Mad at cars who don't stop. Not only that but splash water on you in the pouring rain while trying to juggle 2 kids. My daughter go a cold shower from a sunshine on an SUV who was also talking on his cell phone without a hands free (illegal).

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                    It's been said - and I agree - that when common courtesy and respect for others ceases to be the norm, that society is doomed. It may not be soon, but the death spiral is already irreversible.

                    Will Rogers never met me.

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                    An armed society is a polite society.

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                      Move to Germany. That's the only country I know where cars actually stop at pedestrian crossings.

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                      A Orozco
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                      harold aptroot wrote:

                      Move to Germany. That's the only country I know where cars actually stop at pedestrian crossings.

                      In some places in Canada, cars also stop at pedestrian crossings. Just saying... :)

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                        Move to Germany. That's the only country I know where cars actually stop at pedestrian crossings.

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                        jim lahey
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                        In Switzerland too, about 95% of the time. It's a fact that most traffic accidents involving pedestrians occur at pedestrian crossings because 5% of the time the drivers are too dozy to notice that a) there's a crossing and b) there are people in the road.

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                          An armed society is a polite society.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          Roger Wright
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                          Indeed. And usually somewhat less crowded. :)

                          Will Rogers never met me.

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                            Move to Germany. That's the only country I know where cars actually stop at pedestrian crossings.

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                            TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                            My experience in Chicago is that people stopped for pedestrians whether they were in the crosswalk or not. State law. Of course, that was 20 years ago. And I haven't been back since. Things have probably gone down hill.

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                              An armed society is a polite society.

                              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                              Alberto Bar Noy
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                              And yet I wouldn't mind my good old Glilon from the military at that moment. Just use it as a club to smash that guy's windshield... See he actually ignored us and splashed water at my 4yo. She is tiny... she got all wet. I got all :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: and still am...

                              Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                                :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

                                Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                                Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                When I run, I will hit cars that crowd the walkway instead of stopping if they violate the 3 foot law. One man, who was driving a large truck who, not only ran the stop sign but clipped the sidewalk were I was about to cross stopped his vehicle to confront me, my only response, "You ran a stop sign and hit a pedestrian on a sidewalk, your move" he left. People are an inconsiderate lot. But, also, keep in mind that most pedestrians are just as inconsiderate. While in the Acadia National Park in Maine on Summer a park ranger was standing partly in the road facing the near-side direction with no intention of crossing. I slowed to idle and creeped past and not only did she decide to step in front of my vehicle at the last possible second, she tried to give me a mouth full for not yielding to pedestrians. Let's just say I yell louder.

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                                  Next time I will kick a car... the driver will stop and I will claim he hit me!. The license revocation should teach them manners. Or not.

                                  Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                                  A buddy of mine has OI. He's 2'6" and obviously in a wheel chair. He used to ram cars that were in the cross walk and purposely do a "gimp flail" (meaning he made it look like the impact nearly threw him out of the chair). It was very funny, and we both had laughs watching their faces because there wasn't much to be done.... they just looked horrified He also used to flat tire people on the sidewalks. Very funny. This post made me think of that, thought I'd share.

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                                    Next time I will kick a car... the driver will stop and I will claim he hit me!. The license revocation should teach them manners. Or not.

                                    Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                                    Not. I had a taxi accelerate from a stop towards me so I jumped back and banged on the bonnet. I crammed onto the crowded pavement (sidewalk) and he started up again and I had to twist to avoid the wing mirror. I banged on the roof, as it turns out, a little hard. He jumped out the car, assaulted me then called the police. They weren't interested in his using a big black mercedes as a weapon, they were only interested in charging me with criminal damage. Took about 6 months to get to the point where they would just let me pay for his dent to get pulled out again. But he never replaced my shirt. Only bright side is he had to drive around 6 months with a dent in his roof and the thought that if he'd been more patient it wouldn't be there. /edit: this wasn't on a crossing, it was in a tiny narrow crowded street.

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                                      Not. I had a taxi accelerate from a stop towards me so I jumped back and banged on the bonnet. I crammed onto the crowded pavement (sidewalk) and he started up again and I had to twist to avoid the wing mirror. I banged on the roof, as it turns out, a little hard. He jumped out the car, assaulted me then called the police. They weren't interested in his using a big black mercedes as a weapon, they were only interested in charging me with criminal damage. Took about 6 months to get to the point where they would just let me pay for his dent to get pulled out again. But he never replaced my shirt. Only bright side is he had to drive around 6 months with a dent in his roof and the thought that if he'd been more patient it wouldn't be there. /edit: this wasn't on a crossing, it was in a tiny narrow crowded street.

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                                      sweavo wrote:

                                      He jumped out the car, assaulted me

                                      :mad: Other people always get all the luck. I never get people assaulting me.

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                                        :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

                                        Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                                        Didn't you had the phone number of JSOP? He will help you with that... for sure...

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                                          :mad::mad::mad::mad: What does it take for a driver to stop on the pedestrian crossing? What do I need to do for the damn cars to stop and let me cross apart from holding one kid on me, the other next to me and it is raining cats and??? dogs Whom do I have to elephant with for them to stop their freaking water splashing (on my 4 yo) cars!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

                                          Alberto Bar-Noy --------------- “The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!” (C3PO)

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                                          The thought of desinging pocket-sized nail strips (like the one's police use to stop a suspect's vehicle) crossed my mind after my last trip to India. There it seems the lower on the social spectrum you are, the faster vehicles drive at you. In fact, poor people in the cross walks happen to have the same effect as yellow lights here in the US have on drivers. Until then, my advice is to keep a nice rock in your pocket and know when and how to use it and get away with it.

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