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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006World's worst road users?
Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders and garbage truck drivers. > Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, > big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > > Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders > and garbage truck drivers. Chickens  SignatureLes >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Chickens Why do chickens cross the road? SignatureRobin Herts, England > >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Why do chickens cross the road? Like hedgehogs: to show their guts. SignatureMike. > >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Why do chickens cross the road? To show the possum it can be done. > -- > Robin > Herts, England >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Chickens "Soccer Moms" in mini-vans loaded with Soccer Kids, tailgating and cell-phoning at 70mph. The only time they look at traffic in another lane (such as the one they are likely to switch into without reason or warning) is to sight-in the finger they are about to shoot you with their steering hand. The couple who dodged around me at 75mph while the were in a full-scale shouting argument-in sign language. >Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, >big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > >Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, Yes, they have this habit of riding under your car and dying. Most annoying. SignatureBrad Germolene >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Yes, they have this habit of riding under your car and dying. Most > annoying. There is one of those who pass me and my dog on the National Capital Commission recreational (not "bicycle") paths, at high speed, from behind, without bothering to touch their bells or speak a word of warning, who will be inconsiderately ridden into the ground, the day he* finally manages to hit him. *The practice appears limited to behelmetted males in rubber suits. The resemblance is probably not accidental. > Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, > big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > > Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders > and garbage truck drivers. Just for a moment it sounded like one of the stock excuses used for invading, bombing or otherwise ethnic-cleansing and expelling the Inferior Races. Well, it still does. >>Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >>motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > invading, bombing or otherwise ethnic-cleansing and expelling the > Inferior Races. This is known as bringing democracy to the unenlightened whether they like it or not. The former is simply reminding space-wasters that there are certain rules to be followed if they wish to remain alive. SignatureRob Bannister >>> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >>> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > like it or not. The former is simply reminding space-wasters that > there are certain rules to be followed if they wish to remain alive. Bringing religion used to be somewhat similar. Still is in places. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ >>>> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >>>> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Bringing religion used to be somewhat similar. Still is in places. Smiting someone with a cross-shaped sword or a crescent-shaped scimitar is a time-honoured way of bringing in willing converts. Later inventions like the rack, the fire, cluster and car bombs were perversions of the true way. SignatureRob Bannister > >>Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > >>motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > like it or not. The former is simply reminding space-wasters that there > are certain rules to be followed if they wish to remain alive. Well then, let's apply a similar solution to the OP's problem: Let's raze the cities, tar the whole area and declare it reserved to private cars only. Pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, public utility vehicles like garbage trucks, busses and the rest will be moved to reservations. They have no business interfering with the private car drivers' God-given rights. Private car owners could then play in their cars day and night, blissfully free of the offending species, stopping only to refuel and performing their periodic mental hygiene by venting their road rage against each other. > Robert Bannister wrote: >> > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > refuel and performing their periodic mental hygiene by venting > their road rage against each other. Funny you should mention this, because my university has done exactly this. Starting this semester, no vehicles except private cars allowed on campus. Bicycles and motorbikes are all consigned to outlying reservations. Pedestrians proceed at their peril. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. Unmunged email: /at/easypeasy.com "Impatience is the mother of misery." > Let's raze the cities, tar the whole area and declare it reserved to > private cars only. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > performing their periodic mental hygiene by venting their road rage > against each other. So you've seen L.A., then? SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. > > Let's raze the cities, tar the whole area and declare it reserved to > > private cars only. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > So you've seen L.A., then? I live nearby. Wonder when they'll issue a ''shoot on sight" order for pedestrians. > Pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, public utility vehicles like garbage > trucks, busses and the rest will be moved to reservations. They have [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > performing their periodic mental hygiene by venting their road rage > against each other. Excellent idea, and move those speed humps at the same time. SignatureRob Bannister > > Pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, public utility vehicles like garbage > > trucks, busses and the rest will be moved to reservations. They have [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > Excellent idea, and move those speed humps at the same time. You live in an area with speed bumps? Luddite! >>>Pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, public utility vehicles like garbage >>>trucks, busses and the rest will be moved to reservations. They have [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > You live in an area with speed bumps? > Luddite! Huh! We even had speed restrictions. SignatureRob Bannister > Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, > big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > > Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders > and garbage truck drivers. Judging by the TV films I have seen, the worst must be the cops. > Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, > big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > > Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders > and garbage truck drivers. I would add drivers of smallish trucks that carry sand or builders' waste. Also the small couriers' vans. Oh, I forgot pizza deliverers. SignatureRob Bannister > Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, > motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, > big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > > Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate Indeed. They habitually ignore stop signs, for example, which is one of my greatest peeves against cyclists. > "irwell" <hook@yahoo.com> wrote >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Indeed. They habitually ignore stop signs, for example, which is > one of my greatest peeves against cyclists. Don't come to Taiwan, then. Stop signs and red lights are commonly understood to be suggestions: "You might consider stopping here, but if you see even a nanometer of daylight and think you can squeeze through, you might not want to stop. It's up to you". To save money, almost all drivers and riders here refuse to replace burnt out running lights and stop lights (they trust in reflectors) and have stripped the vehicles of brakes. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. Unmunged email: /at/easypeasy.com "Impatience is the mother of misery." >> Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >> motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Indeed. They habitually ignore stop signs, for example, which is one > of my greatest peeves against cyclists. The most dangerous habit is riding on the wrong side of the street, facing vehicular traffic. Several times, when making a tight right turn, I have almost wound up with a bicyclist on my hood. Idiots. There were the days when it was suggested that pedestrians and bicyclists should proceed along the side of a road, facing vehicular traffic. That might work on country roads, but in the city it's suicide. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ irwell filted: >Pedestrians, skateboarders, rollerblade skaters, cyclists, >motorbicylists, automobile drivers, taxicab drivers, bus drivers, >big vehicle drivers, garbage truck drivers. > >Cyclists seem the most inconsiderate, followed by skateboarders >and garbage truck drivers. If characterization of road-users is made on the basis of the vehicle used, there is independent research to suggest that drivers of the Volkswagen Jetta are the worst...either this vehicle appeals selectively to the dimmest people, or there's something about owning one that sucks the intellect out of you....r Signature"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. |
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