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I see a brave activist staying off the roadway in order to create more walkable space.
A restaurant called me “Mee Kee” and a car screaming “Key Me”
edit: improved the joke
Had I been walking up that sidewalk I most definitely would not have moved out of his way unless I felt he intended to hit me.
I do this all the time with cars, and in much more dangerous pedestrian locations than Scotland. If some driver is being a dick, I regularly take pleasure in fucking with them.
They need to know that pedestrians are here. I loved the idea of carrying around a foam brick as I walk, but I haven’t yet seen them in the countries that I frequent.
I admire your commitment to your principles, as I most definitely would have jumped out of the way. The driver is absolutely hammered and has little idea what he is doing. I’m not getting injured, crippled or worse to make a point. I’m not sure what the law is like in Scotland but where I’m from, drivers who kill people with their car basically get a slap on the wrist. It would be kind of pointless.
I don’t think he’s hammered. It looks like he was using the drop curb to avoid damaging his wheels.
Why or how he got on the pavement in the first place is anyone’s guess.
You could be right. What we know is the driver is horrible at making decisions and is not considering the consequences of his actions. Which is why I wouldn’t stand right in front of him.
I think this, umm, technique that I employ definitely has at its core an extreme vigilance regarding any type of moving vehicle. I like to know where everyone is at all times. I even look both ways before crossing one-way streets.
In the places where I spend most of my time, traffic is chaos and whatever rules may exist will never be enforced. So, keeping my head on a swivel is compulsory. Of course it’s no absolute guarantee of safety.
Humorously, I once punched the door of a car that was driving through a pedestrian area in Istanbul, and that is my only car-related injury so far.
Just a normal evening stroll on the sidewalk. Nothing special
As a Canadian, I did not realize he was on the sidewalk at first because there are double yellow centre lines on the sides of the road and the white road side lines are in the middle.
Wonder if this dude is from North America
Keep death off the roads, drive on the footpath.
