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Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
I just got a phone call from Mrs Puppet, saying there's been a pedestrian hit at the intersection in front of my house. And from the sound of it there's a possible fatality. This a matter of minutes before my kids cross the same street to get to school. And while the situation is being dealt with there's at least one other near-collision with pedestrians.
since I moved into my house I've lost count of the times I've seen and heard collisions involving pedestrians at this corner; I've even had to do first aid after a collision and nearly been hit myself multiple times. And it's always the same thing: some ####ing IDIOT is so much more important than everyone else and has to hurry on a left turn and ignores the pedestrians crossing right in his path. Guess what people - that millisecond delay in turning is going to be a LOT longer and a LOT worse when you run over a kid because you have to get to work faster! Use your damn brain, swallow your damn ego and SLOW THE #### DOWN! I really don't think that poor guy you put in the hospital or the morgue shared your sense of urgency.
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Those neon green "slow down" child / turtle fishing things are useful in such intersections.
But why is it that they always show up in the most unnecessary locations instead? It's a two way street with barely enough room to have 3.25 car width, and 2.25 of those car widths are taken up by vehicles parked on the side. That sign is pointless.
Same thing with traffic control measures in the inner city. Lay that #### all over the place around schools rather than quiet residential roads with boomers angry that anyone would ever want to drive faster than 40 kmph on any road ever.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Yeah, but nobody wants to huff poo particles in real time straight from the faucet.
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Masks are great for hands free filtration of poo and pee particulates in the air. People give me weird looks when I stop to put one on before a public bathroom.
No I'm not afraid of covid in bathrooms. I'm huffing literally less #### when I put one on before entering the bathroom.