More jaywalking

I used to get off the bus at George St in front of the Queen Victoria Building. Then, about a year ago, I thought hang on, I could walk faster than this bus is going once it hits the city. So now I get off the bus at the bottom of Druitt St and walk up the hill. In the last twelve months, the bus has only beaten me up the hill once. I reckon the driver saw me jaywalking and decided to run a red light so that he'd get to the top of the hill first.

When I realized he was getting ahead of me, I was tempted to run and catch up, so I could try to persuade him to let me back on the bus. It would have slowed both of us down, but at least my record would've remained intact.

Jaywalking in Berlin-Spandau

Jaywalking. I know I shouldn’t but I do. It saves time, keeps me alert, stops people from confusing me with a role model, and develops reflexes and anticipation. For no good reason at all I thought this morning of a late night schtroll in Berlin-Spandau, back in December 1992. As I crossed the strasse against the lights I heard a guttural Teutonic voice bark out “Halt!”

I looked over my shoulder expecting to see a German in a uniform, but saw instead a middle aged man in a hat. I accelerated from a saunter to a walk. If I’d stopped as he commanded I could’ve been hit by a car. What was he trying to do, kill me?

At least I didn’t mention the war.

APEC madness

A man was arrested for jaywalking in Sydney yesterday and spent 22 hours in jail!

A moment of APEC madness. You worry about the police who did this.

Jaywalking

This article says that Sydney's pedestrians are treated as second class citizens and that the traffic laws encourage them to jaywalk.

But surely if we had APEC style laws in place all the time, then this problem could be solved by the simple expedient of crash tackling the jaywalkers, wrestling them to the ground and holding them in prison without a lawyer for 22 hours?

It would certainly make me more watchful, and add new interest to my morning walk up Bathurst St.