FamousNYLover Posted February 18, 2009 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2009 I know I ask too much questions and how do you feel about pedestrians when you"re riding buses or driving cars? Everytime when I'm crossing on crosswalk or J-crosswalking, I always look both ways, even on green or red light. Pedestrians are not paying any attention to cars, buses when they're crossing streets. I remember one time when NYPD Police Car had siren blaring and it was approaching 86th St along 5th Av, and people were still crossing and police were yelling to megaphone, "DON'T CROSS IN FRONT OF POLICE." Even on lightrails, they do not look both way to see if lightrails are coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted February 18, 2009 Share #2 Posted February 18, 2009 You think that's bad? Try Flushing. People cross against the light without looking all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted February 18, 2009 Yes, everywhere including Flushing. I have seen in Westchester/Rockland County, NY Philadelphia, Connecticut, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA 8th Avenue Posted February 18, 2009 Share #4 Posted February 18, 2009 I think many pedestrians and people for that much are lacking common sense and are imbecils. You really can't be serious with the amount of stupidity you see everytime you drive around. Women especially with their cell phones or just trying to catch a cab... Unbelievable how dumb folks are because they do it right in front of you. They are practically almost a hood ornament and they go about their business like they are the only person alive. Eventually they will get theirs though. I yell out to people so they won't get hit but they look at me like i am crazy. i walk everywhere because i live in midtown born and raised and i never have had an incident like that but then again i'm not that stupid I have common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broad St. Belle Posted February 18, 2009 Share #5 Posted February 18, 2009 You really can't be serious with the amount of stupidity you see everytime you drive around. Women especially with their cell phones or just trying to catch a cab... Unbelievable how dumb folks are because they do it right in front of you. :eek:That's horrible! I mean, yes, I have seen females be a bit careless (others of course, definitely not me ), but men are just the same, especially when thier neck is practically doing a 360 to look at a female . What's really bad is this "text walking" craze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted February 18, 2009 Share #6 Posted February 18, 2009 I agree 100% with 7LineFan. NO ONE follows the lights there. I'm not even kidding. Not a single person. It's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted February 18, 2009 Share #7 Posted February 18, 2009 I've seen some real stupidity in manhattan involving both people and cars. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1111 Posted February 18, 2009 Share #8 Posted February 18, 2009 It doesn't matter if they're walking or driving, people in general are just horribly stupid. They're in their own little world where everything revolves around them and when something happens to these special snowflakes, they sue and mostly end up winning. You think cops and emergencies mean anything on Planet Mr. Self Important Blackberry User or on one of the many moons of Planet Ms. My Makeup Deserves More Attention Than You(which I've seen from both female drivers and pedestrians.)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Glen Posted February 19, 2009 Share #9 Posted February 19, 2009 It's a two way street (no pun intended). Some cars block the box and make it impossible to cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted February 19, 2009 Share #10 Posted February 19, 2009 It's a two way street (no pun intended). Some cars block the box and make it impossible to cross. It makes me want to jump on the front and smash their windshield. Is this normal? - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 19, 2009 Share #11 Posted February 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted February 19, 2009 Share #12 Posted February 19, 2009 I disagree, my family goes to flushing a lot of the times as well as friends (all chinese). And they look both ways and rarely Jay Walk unless if it is a long street and the crossing is like a couple blocks away... But we always Jay-Walk around the corners... I have seen few people also Jay-Walk but looks both ways (mostly one way though)... That's just you. There are billions (exaggerating, and no pun intended) of other people who don't. Trust me, I'm there almost every single day when there's school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 19, 2009 Share #13 Posted February 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted February 19, 2009 Share #14 Posted February 19, 2009 ?!?! I don't know what is happening when you go there... ?!?! Then allow me to explain. Especially along the intersections on Main Street, if there are no cars coming, people will cross, even if there is a red light. If there is a car coming, people will continue to cross against the light until the car has to stop right in front of the crosswalk because there are so many people crossing and the driver doesn't want to run anyone over. If there are a line of cars turning on a green light, but they are stopped because of a traffic buildup, people will cross between them. Visit Main Street on weekends or on weekday afternoons. Then you'll see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 19, 2009 Share #15 Posted February 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted February 19, 2009 Share #16 Posted February 19, 2009 I do all the time... I know only one part of Flushing that happens most like this... Around the LIRR tracks... Not any other area... But, you gotta look at everyone, some people look both ways... Some. Not all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 19, 2009 Share #17 Posted February 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted February 19, 2009 Share #18 Posted February 19, 2009 Could you make the statement more clear please? Some people look both ways. Not all people look both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 19, 2009 Share #19 Posted February 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted February 19, 2009 Share #20 Posted February 19, 2009 Well here's the thing, I'm the typical New Yorker when it comes to being a pedestrian and I admit it: I jaywalk, no matter how much you like it or hate it. However I do it with care as I watch for cars in every direction. And believe me, everyone in Manhattan does it at some point. Even tourists jaywalk. And it is not just in Manhattan, it's done everywhere. IMO, it's instinct for them to just dart across the street when they think there are no cars around. Quote from The WPA Guide to New York City (1939, reprinted 1992) "Let us conclude with a look at the most elemental of New York's attractions- the life of its streets. Visitors of every era have remarked on this but never has the street life been more vigorous. The pace is set by New York's pedestrians and it is fast, now averaging about three hundred feet per minute. They are skilful, too, using hand and eye signals, feints and sidesteps to clear the traffic ahead. They are natural jaywalkers, streaking across on the diagonal while tourists wait docilely on the corner for the light. It is the tourists, moreover, who are vexing, with their ambiguous moves and their maddening slow gait. They put New Yorkers off their game."-from the introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MTR Admiralty Posted February 19, 2009 Share #22 Posted February 19, 2009 I would have to concur... Even people on Queens Blvd., the Boulevard of Death, does it! Yes I see that myself when driving on that road. IMO, only those bound for the asylum would do such a feat. I wouldn't even dare attempt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 19, 2009 Share #23 Posted February 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted February 19, 2009 Share #24 Posted February 19, 2009 Me too, too dangerous, too life-threatening to cross the whole stretch... Anyways...... the main point is How do I feel about pedestrians? I am a pedestrian myself, I don't hate other pedestrians just because of their recklessness. Because in essence, I am amongst them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share #25 Posted February 19, 2009 Yes I see that myself when driving on that road. IMO, only those bound for the asylum would do such a feat. I wouldn't even dare attempt it. Even on Tarrytown Rd in White Plains, because traffic light is SO LONG. One time I counted how long Ardsley Rd traffic for crossing Depot Plaza-Gartha Rd was 92 seconds while Depot Plaza-Gartha Rd traffic only gets about 50 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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