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50 — Friday, October 18, 1996 ~ North Shore News

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Attention brain-dead bi-peds

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line of a raised hand exhibited
after he entered the roadway
shall proceed to the sidewalk
as quickly as possible” (MVA
137(3)(b)}. Get it?

Now, I’m all for foot
power, but when brain-dead
bi-peds blatantly disregard the
needs of vehicular traffic
around them, and thus cause a
great deal of unnecessary con-
gestion, frustration and figura-
tive fingers, I smile and think
af the movie Dearth Race 2000,
in which pedestrians are rated
for kill-points. A lirde morbid
perhaps, bur that fantasy has
yet to blend into our reality
and it keeps me sane in the
meantime (barely).

It is also interesting to note
that “J-walking,” or crossing
the street at a place other than
an intersection or marked
crosswalk, is not actually ille-
gal. In fact the mighty MVA
declares that “when a pedestri-
an is crossing a highway (note:

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BEFORE f snap, before
I totally lose it and mow
somebosly down, let’s
get something straight:
Hey, pedestrians, there
are rules you know.

A pet peeve rapidly climb-
ing my ever-growing peeve list
('m aspiring to the grumpiest
old man in the world tide)
involves those brain-dead
pedestrians who don’t seem to
realize that my car is much
bigger than them — and
potentially lethal to them.
Visitors from out of town
almost always comment on the
brashness of our bipedal
brethren, Oh the humanity.

Look, folks, walk means
walk. Guess what DON’T

No walk signs around? Use
the traffic lights. Green means
walk; red means just stand
there. It may be of interest to
those pedestrians with their
hats on backward and their
pants on sideways — those
dudes oozing attitude from
every orifice while meandering
across the street, studying the
plethora of pebble patterns in
the pavement — that such
behavior is really quite aggra-
vating to those folks driving a
car, It may also interest rhem
to know that the mighty
Motor Vehicle Act (MVA} has
this to say on the matter: “...a
pedestrian proceeding across
the roadway and facing the
words ‘don’t walk,’ or an out-

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“highway” is MVA speak for
any road) at a point not in a
crosswalk, he shall yield the
right of way to a vehicle”
(MVA 182). Which means
that if you are struck by a car
while you are J-walking the
driver would have every right
to make you pay for his dent-
ed bumper.

However, in the Ciry of
North Vancouver, and only in
the City, there is a byiaw
restricting the fewalk (I heard
theyre working on one to
restrict the Macarena, but that
may just be a rumor).

Pedestrians, it is wise to
check for cars regardless of
right-of way laws. Too often I
see the brain-dead simply step
in, front of a car, assuming
their mere presence is going to
ersure their safety. Duh.

Come on folks, that driver
may be looking elsewhere —
probably at other cars -— and
may not have noticed you, no

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matter how good looking you
think you are. Try to make eye
contact, it may save your fife
and somebody else’s bumper.

Lift your head up, for that
matter, and take note at how
many cars you actually affect
by crossing the street. You
may be surprised. You may be
overwhelmed by feelings of
goodwill and choose to cross
the street a moment later
when traffic has cleared.

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