Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here you are, Mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6LahtrxVhg You can thank me later. On 2/22/2014 11:59 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > There is a scandal going on now where I live on the Upper West Side of > Manhattan NY cars are moving down pedestrians like bowling pins every five > minutes and at the next intersection from the last one.. A cab driver who > kills a little boy and knocked down his dad was back on the street the next > day driving his cab. Death by car means you get sent to the principles > office. > The new Mayor and police responded by handing out pedestrian tickets to > hundreds of people the next day. Crossing without the light is also > considered J walking. They dragged a very old Chinese man down the the > ground for not stopping to get his ticket and someone got shots of his > bloodied head. > > The reasons are now said to be two fold. > The speed of the cars and the cars "failing to yield the right of way". > We take it that "failing to yield the right of way" means they mow you > down > like a dog in the street because they think they have the light and you > don't. > Or "this guy is annoyingly texting in the middle of the crosswalk lets see > how far he goes flying when I neglect to break." > Or "death by GPS" > Or the driver was texting. > > > On 2/22/14 9:40 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > >> Keep in mind that she was arrested for "failure to identify" meaning she >> would not show them her ID... Since she was a college student, wearing gym >> clothes, and out jogging, it is not surprising she had no ID with her.... >> >> Another idiotic display of Police power.... Do it my way or else.... >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> Generally, in the US, "jaywalking" is defined as crossing the street any >> place except at a marked pedestrian crossing. It was something that was >> invented back in the 1920s or 30s for the convenience of car drivers. I >> think in Texas it is a capital crime. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >