LOL moment @ Zebra crossing in Lakeside

Substance said:
Pedestrians should thank me for allowing them to cross the road, I pay road tax, they don't
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I know (hope) it's a joke but you don't pay road tax... :p

You pay to emit more CO2 when you move around. Pedestrians, cyclists and horses have just as much right to be on the roads as you but don't pay anything because of the pitiful amounts of CO2 they emit...:D
 
For me it doesn't matter if they are required to do so, I still thank drivers for stopping at zebra crossings, and I appreciate it when a pedestrian thanks me for doing so too. I don't see what the big deal is, some people will thank you, others don't. If someone didn't thank me for stopping I'd just carry on with my day like any other functional human being.
 
I always acknowledge when someone has stopped at a zebra crossing. It takes literally zero effort and usually is appreciated by the driver.

By law you have to stop at a zebra crossing and yet so many people don't if they are in a hurry so I like to thank those that do. I always think the people that can't be bothered to raise a hand to the drivers stopped are probably quite rude in general. Everyone I know that I would consider having good manners acknowledges when someone does something that benefits them regardless of whether it is a law.
 
Scuzi said:
For those of you saying that manners cost nothing, that's not the point. Thanking a driver is fine. The question is, would you be annoyed if someone didn't thank you if you were the driver in this situation? If your answer is yes then you are retarded.
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Not really. I think that was resolved at the beginning of the thread? Something along the lines of "Women"? :p
 
timmy85 said:
You should have thrown her a D-X chop.


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LOL :D If this scenario ever happens to me - They will definitely be getting the "DX Chop" from now on :D

But yeah I don't understand the need to thank or be thanked at a Zebra Crossing - Isn't the law that you need to stop anyway?

One thing that really annoys me is when you go out of your way to let another car out of a turning and don't get no thanks :p
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pioneer2000 said:
So, walking back to the car park, the girlfriend and I stopped at the zebra crossing waiting to cross. A car (clearly doing quite a pace) slowed relatively quickly to stop for us to cross. We cross.

Here comes the weird bit. The woman driver of the car proceeds to shout "THANK YOU!" (rather sarcastically) and drive off at pace.

Now cool story obviously... But what sort of weirdo a) expects to be thanked at a zebra crossing, and b) who actually gets bothered enough/ has anger management issues bad enough to shout at a stranger for not thanking them...?

The world worries me sometimes.
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if you knew this particular car was hurrying (within the legal limit) to help somebody, you would probably wave them on so they got there a little quicker would you not? unfortunatly we cant mind read at distance so i think your bang out of order not for lack of acknowledgement to the driver, but for coming on here talking about it without knowing the circumstances the driver was in. she might of deserved a small wave because she thought of your right to cross when something bad could have been happening.
 
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mangobreeder said:
Section 195 of the highway

"You MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing"

Why would you say thank you for someone obeying the law? they are obliged to stop they are not doing you a favour.
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Of course you give way to someone once they're ON the crossing, otherwise you'd be running them over or swerving to avoid them.

It's a case of if you see someone waiting to cross and slow down / stop in order to let them before they step out.
 
jakesnake said:
if you knew this particular car was hurrying (within the legal limit) to help somebody you would probably wave them on so they got there a little quicker would you not? unfortunatly we cant mind read at distance so i think your bang out of order not for lack of acknowledgement to the driver, but for coming on here talking about it without knowing the circumstances the driver was in.
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Wut?
 
Some people talk about "they have to stop" a lot, "it's the law"
Here is video of a country where the law says you have to stop but people have no manners at all ;)

Explicit content
then why post it!
 
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Thought I'd update with some additional info on this to keep the thrilling ball rolling!

Car came from the right, I was standing closest to the car with a bag in my right hand and holding my g/f's hand in my left. So the only "free" hand we had anyway was my g/f's left hand, which was clearly never going to wave at her unless she did some weird spin around whilst crossing the road... So this just makes the mad cow who was driving even more ridiculous.
 
pioneer2000 said:
Thought I'd update with some additional info on this to keep the thrilling ball rolling!

Car came from the right, I was standing closest to the car with a bag in my right hand and holding my g/f's hand in my left. So the only "free" hand we had anyway was my g/f's left hand, which was clearly never going to wave at her unless she did some weird spin around whilst crossing the road... So this just makes the mad cow who was driving even more ridiculous.
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Well since we're still playing this "game", there's many ways to express acknowledgement. If both your hands are busy you can always nod.
 
A2Z said:
+1

OP is the one that failed tbh. If your hands are busy..just nod?
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:rolleyes:. Failed because he didn't thank someone for obeying the law? I thank people occasionaly for stopping at a Zebra crossing but I don't even blink an eyelid if somebody doesn't thank me for stopping for them.
 
I always thank people at zebra crossings... I thought it was polite? Sometimes I catch myself thanking stopped cars at pedestrian crossings, but that's just me being silly.
 
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