Comment 105787

By calder12 (registered) - website | Posted October 31, 2014 at 07:06:57

oh for crying out loud. Yes, "evil" was an exaggeration it's this:

"In other words, once again what should be a simple, pedestrian-activated crosswalk has been deformed to the point that we need a traffic engineer to explain it to us so that it can continue to prioritize people in cars over people walking."

attitude I'm talking about. This idea that people in cars somehow should have less rights than anyone else. And read that again PEOPLE in cars. People in vehicles that are going places too, in vehicles that actually spew toxins into the air while they sit idling, you know unlike someone standing at a street corner waiting for the light.

As to strawman arguments, where does that article discuss safety? It's a rant about having to wait 26 seconds not safety, safety only came into it in the comments and at the end of the day, whether ideal or not the crosswalk made it safer. Exactly what it was supposed to do.

Wait... what? If people have to wait they'll jaywalk and you justify that? Seriously? Does that mean if I have to wait in a car it's okay to run the red? Not even sure why I addressed a concept that foolish.

I get angry at the attitude here and in the city in general. That crosswalk IS safer now. Three people that live there have said it was never an issue at all and yet you're all ranting about how awful it is. You want awful? Walk downtown and see all the homeless and hungry people. The obviously mentally ill that are wandering around. Then come back here, to this respected and powerful forum, this place with so much potential because Ryan is so well respected in our community (and deservedly so) and listen to people whine about waiting at a crosswalk.

Such a huge waste of such a powerful resource. THAT is why I'm annoyed (angry is too strong a word).

Does that make sense now?

Comment edited by calder12 on 2014-10-31 07:07:24

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