Dynamically Distinct Discourse » Rules of the road http://www.jonocono.ca/ramblings Here you'll find a piece of my mind, one piece at a time! Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:30:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 You got tagged http://www.jonocono.ca/ramblings/2008/08/26/you-got-tagged/ http://www.jonocono.ca/ramblings/2008/08/26/you-got-tagged/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:46:53 +0000 Jono Cono http://www.jonocono.ca/ramblings/2008/08/26/you-got-tagged/ I was just driving west on Catherine St. waiting on a red light at Lyon when I glanced in my rear view and saw strobe lights go off. I knew right away what that meant and watched the unwitting vehicle approach that had just burned a red light going west at Catherine and Kent. Now the owner of a mini van with license plate: AHMP 301 will get a tidy $190 fine in the mail. All that cause they were in a hurry. Guess that won’t pay off in the end.

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Today I went for a walk after work and as I approached an All-Way Stop there was a car waiting to turn right at the corner where I was going to cross.  As I reached the curb there was no gap in traffic that the car could turn into so I started to cross.  Once I was in front of the car it started moving and I thought, WOW this guy really isn’t paying attention.  Luckily he had the window rolled down so I put my hand down on the hood and said “What are you doing?”.  The guy shrugged his shoulders with an “I meant to hit you” look on his face.  I took the time to let him know that I had the right of way.  I don’t think he cared much since he tried to hit me on purpose in the first place.

Most people don’t realize that in Ontario at any rate the signs such as Yield and Stop signs do not apply to pedestrians.  They only apply legally to road-users.  The only intersections where pedestrians have to obey the same signs as vehicles are intersections with lights.  Well, I have survived yet another day, lol.

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