Gav the Felon

[giftederic]

So, I was trying to get to the bus stop before the bus (actually Transit) got there. So I got there and stuck my hand out to wave it down, when a twenty/thirtysomething guy alongside me cried out "First J walking, and now hitch hiking!!" Apparently you don't have to wave down transits, and yes, the more I think of it the more I realise that whilst I am flagrantly crossing streets everywhere and anywhere I choose, no one else is. At all. I wonder if I should stop? Its so hard to do though, alot of the streets are one way so you can see that there is nothing coming. I suppose I'll stop if I get pulled up for it by an RCMP... :)

Comments

j-walking

[(Anonymous)]

I felt guilty in Japan because I would arrive at the lights on a traffic-free street and stroll across, causing some of the Japanese people who were patiently waiting to furtively cross too and others to almost do it but then not.

I feel no such guilt in Ireland, most of the traffic light sequences in town are arsed up. Everyone who could possibly cross that patch of road has a red light and will have for the next 3 minutes.

J-Walking

[(Anonymous)]

It is so common in Ireland and Britain though, that it comes subconsciously.

And as the previous commenter said, the light sequences aren't always the best so it is encouraged.

J-Walking

[(Anonymous)]

It is so common in Ireland and Britain though, that it comes subconsciously.

And as the previous commenter said, the light sequences aren't always the best so it is encouraged.

Brian O