Down with Pedestrians
February 13th, 2007
They get in my way.
Nooooobooooody walks in LA, they say.
Pffffffffft.
Then why are there all these pro-pedestrian regulations, pray tell?
Now in Miami, where you can really say no one ever walks, there’s a good reason for it.
There, it’s an At Your Own Risk kind of activity thing.
What I’m trying to say here is I am simply not used to stopping when I see a pedestrian in my way. And it’s particularly frustrating when the car in front of you brakes all of a sudden because there’s a pedestrian in his way.
I’m in a car, therefore I’m bigger.
Bigger trumps smaller, I say.
Therefore, get out of my way.
That’s all I’m trying to say.

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