Alright as you know im a cabbie on the streets of glasgow and im getted mighty peed off with the amount of emergency stops im doing due to adult pedestrians totally ignoring the wee red man and walking out in front of oncomming traffic. Sometimes its not even at the lights, they just walk out into the road without even looking. Often they are on the phone or texting away oblivious to the dangers. Is it time to bring in Jaywalking laws such as they have in Germany and the U S A before someone is killed.
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you aving a ~~~~in laff m8
you are no safer on the pavement than the road nowadays due to every t0sspot driver texting or with a mobile phone stuck to his/her lug,they consider that indicators are an optional extra or not relevant,every b@stard thinks they can stop anywhere at anytime and the following traffic consist of ~~~~in mind readers.
stuff jay walking laws,put more traffic cops on the road to catch speeding,texting,mobile talking,ignorant,retard drivers from and get em off the road -
Maybe if the police could enforce the laws we already have it would be worth considering but there again if there were not so many bicycles riding on the goddam pavements and cars parked on it there wouldn't be so many people walking in the road.Comment
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I've ranted about this before. And come up with a solution that will solve a lot of societies problems.
Remove the pedestrian right of way laws.
Make pedestrians responsible for their own actions, not the drivers who hit them. Unless drink or drugs are involved on the drivers side. Then it's 50/50.
If a person wants to step into the road where there isn't a pedestrian crtossing that gives them right of way, then they do so knowing they take their life into their own hands.
Should they get knocked down & killed, taking the the driver is not under the influence, the driver can claim compensation from either the family or a government fund.
I'd be armor plating my car & adding spikes & scythes to ensure death is certain, & hopefully painful.
My weekends would be spent cruising the streets looking for a way to increase my body count.
After about 3-4 months the chav population would be on the brink of extinction. Smackrats would already be a thing of the past. As would all those boys who think they are harder than a 2 tonne car.
The savings for the Benefits Service & NHS would be huge. Meathead motors would have so much work on their hands it would become a national company overnight. The average IQ level in the UK would increase with every dead pedestrian.
This may seem a bit harsh. But people would learn real quick to stay off the roads, or if they don't learn...they'll die.
Once the idiots are gone pedestrian accidents would almost be a thing of the past.
Canker
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Canker maybe pedestrians who walk onto roads while on mobile phones should be charged. I would like that.Comment
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Yes we fooooking should, I get really really really really pee-d off with people walking into the road when they just feel like it, they really really take the piss, the same with zebra crossings, years ago people were told to wait at the crossing till the car stops and lets them cross, nowadays they see a zebra and just walk straight out regardless, Ive had ~~~~~ing idiots just step straight out, Ive had to brake hard to stop and when looking in the rear view mirror there has been ~~~~~ all behind me, if the idiots had waited a second longer the road would have been free to cross, so ye yes yes they should bring in jaywalking laws & they should bring all the troops back from troops in iraq & afghanistan have them stationed at the side of the road and shoot anyone in the foot that steps foot in it, roads are for cars, us drivers would soon get knicked if we drove on the footpath so people on foot should stay on the footpath (thats why its called a footpath) and keep out the ~~~~~ing roadComment
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Jaywalking is illegal, through a city by law, in Dublin.
It and a whole raft of recent motoring laws are fine if you have people who actually bother to do their job.
So , you can still see hundreds darting across the road on the capitols main thoroughfare unhindered.Comment
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liteace
nowadays they see a zebra and just walk straight out regardless, Ive had ~~~~~ing idiots just step straight out, Ive had to brake hard to stop and when looking in the rear view mirror there has been ~~~~~ all behind me
zebra crossings should be approached at a reasonable speed and if someone does step out the need to slam your ~~~~ing brakes on is then negated
oh and johnboy my post was relevant cos the law will always side with a injured cyclist or pedestrian when in a collision with a motor vehicle on a public road.
in short the onus in law is on the motor vehicle driver to be aware of his surroundings and respond accordingly to any apparent dangersComment
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This is what needs to be changed. Why should drivers be held responsible for the actions of another person? If someone pulls out on another driver at a junction, it's their fault, not the driver of the car already on the road doing 30-40mph.
It doesn't take a genius to work out if you're hit by a car it's going to hurt. We need to educate the mutha' ~~~~ers like we were in the 70's & 80's. Then allow us drivers to knock the coonts over.Canker
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I don't think you're getting into the swing of this. It's because of those stupid laws that this thread was started.
That & the belief that some people have super human powers & the power to claim for injuries sustained when they step in front of a bus when pissed.
On a different note,
Many years ago I'd parked my car while eating some food. One of the local 'hard boys' I'd kicked out of the place I worked came along. He stood in front of my car like nothing could touch him, then started to kick my car in an attempt to either annoy me, or try to get me out the car & beat me up
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Guess he didn't see me put it in first gear & remove the handbrake.
I turned the key & hit the gas. He bounced up my bonnet until his face on my windscreen stopped him. Then I hit the brakes.
Didn't see him for a long time after that. And I'm dam sure he didn't step in front of any more cars.Canker
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