Comment 70956

By Henry and Joe (anonymous) | Posted October 30, 2011 at 10:48:16

I am not sure I agree with the above statements that it is unsafe to wave pedestrians by. We make these split second decisions mostly for the sake of safety. At the Westdale bottleneck (Bond St. N), it is safe to courteously wave pedestrians across, when they are waiting to cross at the painted cross walk. Perhaps I am wrong to do that, but it is not unsafe. Queenston is a different story. Sometimes people begin crossing (J walking) and you have to decide whether it is safer to speed past, or slow and allow them to pass in front. Sometimes not waving them may result in them hovering precariously on a thin yellow line with traffic zooming on both sides. It is a no-win situation for the motorist on some occasions. Nevertheless, the passing curb lane driver should be passing with caution, given that a car is stopping for no apparent reason.

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