I was in San Francisco a long time ago and, at least at the time, CA must have had a death penalty on driving through cross walks when someone was in them. Otherwise aggressive drivers would come screeching to a halt if you even looked at a cross walk.
My friend and I watched an elderly (probably 70s or 80s) Chinese man start to enter a cross walk and a car tried to sneak through before he got to the other side. The man literally ran out in front of the car, started banging on the guy’s hood, yelling at him in Chinese. My friend and I just laughed. I was impressed by how quickly the guy could move.
Just before visiting Los Angeles, I was told by a (native) friend, “There are two rules of the road here. 1) The pedestrian owns the road. 2) He should be willing to ‘sell’ it on a moment’s notice.”
e.groves over 3 years ago
I’m not sure that “Jerk” was what the old man said in the last panel.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Shirley ☺, everyone has seen this by now:
https://youtu.be/u2zgr_Gg11U
uniquename over 3 years ago
I was in San Francisco a long time ago and, at least at the time, CA must have had a death penalty on driving through cross walks when someone was in them. Otherwise aggressive drivers would come screeching to a halt if you even looked at a cross walk.
My friend and I watched an elderly (probably 70s or 80s) Chinese man start to enter a cross walk and a car tried to sneak through before he got to the other side. The man literally ran out in front of the car, started banging on the guy’s hood, yelling at him in Chinese. My friend and I just laughed. I was impressed by how quickly the guy could move.
Michael G. over 3 years ago
Why not teach him sign language? He needs a lesson. Churlish oaf.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
We were all young once and we will all be old sometime barring unforeseen events. How you treat others now is how you will be treated later….
IshkaBibel1 over 3 years ago
Famous last words. “I have the right of way”
gammaguy over 3 years ago
Just before visiting Los Angeles, I was told by a (native) friend, “There are two rules of the road here. 1) The pedestrian owns the road. 2) He should be willing to ‘sell’ it on a moment’s notice.”