12.13.2007

Pedestrians = friends (not roadkill)

Holy shit, people of Wisconsin.

There's this law. It says that, while driving, you need to YIELD to PEDESTRIANS in the CROSSWALK. I, as a frequent pedestrian, would greatly appreciate you doing so. The rest of the pedestrians would appreciate that as well. The city realized this, and decided to put a big, fancy, bright yellow sign in the middle of the crosswalk reading "STATE LAW: YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS WITHIN CROSSWALK," in the hopes that the people of this city would obey that sign.

They did not obey the sign.

In fact, they RAN OVER IT.



Yep, that's the sign on my street. Poor sign, all tattered up from being RUN OVER by a careless Wisconsinite driver. I especially like the nice chunk taken out of the picture of the pedestrian by the "incident." Is this what Wisconsin thinks of its pedestrians?

I ask: if a fluorescent yellow sign can sit in the middle of the crosswalk each day, in the same spot, and it gets run over... what will be the fate of me, crossing at that same crosswalk everyday on my way to school?

More than being LAW, isn't it just polite to yield to pedestrians, especially if it is snowing or windy or cold or raining, or otherwise uncomfortable to be outside? Especially since they are not releasing excess amounts of carbon into the atmosphere by walking, but your car does by driving it?

This is my rant for the day. Yield to pedestrians!

love, allie

6 comments:

une fille said...

oh f them all, i will sue their asses someday so bad they'll be on the streets.

Jamie Lovely said...

so inconsiderate!

Unknown said...

aww poor pedestrian sign! looks like he had surgery. please dont die. I'll miss you

The Ex said...

Cuntwaffles.

The Ex said...

Who am I? Just another blogger who found your blog through someone else's blog.

Shelley said...

I'm guessing you don't live in Madison... there are pedestrians EVERYWHERE and for the most part... cars watch out for them/us. Cool blog! Found you on 20something bloggers.