Do you get mad when jaywalkers occupy roads while you drive?  |
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 I was going to the market today with my mom and there was this guy who was walking casually in the middle of the street with his friend. I blew the horn gently to overtake but he just did not listen. I kept getting closer and closer but he was just too busy with his gossiping to hear the horn. I decided to teach him a lesson and deliberately rammed the car into him, although I had cut down on the speed to about 20-30 kmph. The moment the front of my car got him behind the knees, he lost balance and then turned back in anger. Before he could utter a word, I gave him a piece of my mind and then he did not say anything and retired to a corner.
Has this happened to you? Was I right in doing it? Do you get irritated when people do this while you drive?
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1.  OConnell87 (754) | 7 months ago |  this hasn't happened to me, but these days you cant do that because you can easily be sued for touching someone the wrong way, if he didnt hear i would just beep the horn louder and louder till he moved because an accident could be caused by you having to cut your speed
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 jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello friend,
I understand your point of view but I had been trying to do that for a long time. The person was walking right in front of my car and in the same direction for more than 20 metres, with me blowing horn all the time.. what do I do in such a situation??
Thanks for responding. | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Thanks a lot, Zandi,
You are probably the only person who's supported me so far for my act. I've nothing against others but they somehow made me feel guilty. I believe if everyone uses his bit of common sense, such instances can be easily avoided.
Thanks for supporting me,
Cheers! | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello hsofyan,
the point I am trying to make is that sounding horn loudly just did not work and the person kept on walking in front of my left headlight for a distance of more than 20 metres.. and he was walking in the same direction as mine! | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello Bon,
Yeah, it is the best scenario to have, when you do not have to confront such a situation. However, things are a bit different here and I am sick of such idiots. | |
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| 5. gcorp09 (548) | 6 months ago |  Well, I do not drive, but I often sit besides my husband when he drives. Over here in my country, people do also jaywalk as well. For us, we will usually horn the jaywalkers when we saw them from a distance away. Most of them will quicken their pace to cross the road. Only a small minority will still continue to walk slowly to the other side of the road. My husband usually had to slow down in order to prevent hitting these people. We do get mad at this type of jaywalkers. They behave as though they own the road, and sometimes even walk in the center of the road.
Well, I do think that sometimes if you had done all to get their attention, but they did not get it, it's in a way "good" to teach them a lesson, by just stopping just in front of them. We don't have such experience though, as they did finish crossing the road when we pass by them in slow cruising speed... It's quite irritating when people just take their own sweet time crossing the road, especially when you are in a rush of time to go somewhere.
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello gcorp,
Thanks for taking out time to respond. Actually in my case, the jaywalkers were not crossing the road. In fact they were going in the same direction as me. I tried to warn them several times by blowing out horn loudly but they just would not step on the pavement. It was then that I decided to give them a gentle push.
Have a good day! | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello gcorp,
Thanks for taking out time to respond. Actually in my case, the jaywalkers were not crossing the road. In fact they were going in the same direction as me. I tried to warn them several times by blowing out horn loudly but they just would not step on the pavement. It was then that I decided to give them a gentle push.
Have a good day! | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello gcorp,
Thanks for taking out time to respond. Actually in my case, the jaywalkers were not crossing the road. In fact they were going in the same direction as me. I tried to warn them several times by blowing out horn loudly but they just would not step on the pavement. It was then that I decided to give them a gentle push.
Have a good day! | |
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| Kenneth66 (3) | 6 months ago |  Well I drive sometimes when I am on a holiday, and do get quite agravated with pedestrians, but I completely disagree with you, That is the most terrible thing you could possibly do banging into someone. The most you could have done was honk several times. Just because you drive/own a car does not give you the privelege to drive in to somebody and sounds like an extension of your thoghts of violence. Relax and be patient. Cheers
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| gcorp09 (548) | 6 months ago | Hehe, I guess you have some problems with the submission of the comments as well. I also had the same problem earlier too.
I'm sorry for getting you wrong. Oh, I think that's even worse. I do think that the jaywalkers should not occupy the road when it's obviously for cars to drive on. I do agree that it's irritating that these people like to walk on the road instead of the pavement. Well, I do see before such cases too in the car park near my home. It's a narrow road which is linking the car park and the main road. A lot of people like to walk on the road instead of the pavement because it's a slight detour if you walk on the pavement. Some even like to walk in the center of the road. Vehicles which are coming out of the car park sometimes had to horn these people before they will move to one side of the road. | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Lol... yes! I realized it now. Actually sometimes you hit the "post comment" button and the system seems to have hung up. Then you hit that button again and again and eventually you have the same thing posted multiple times.
Cheers! | |
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| gcorp09 (548) | 6 months ago | Yes, that's what happened to me too in one of the other discussion. I press the button "post comments", and the system just seems to hang up too. I waited for some time, and it's simply not responding at all. I end up going back and post again...
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6.  ShellyB (3008) | 6 months ago |  Has this happened to you?No, I do not drive. Or been hit by a car because I was blocking the road Was I right in doing it?My opinion is no, what if you have lost control of your car and done more damage than what you just did? Do you get irritated when people do this while you drive?I do not drive, I do not get irritated, I get upset when people let their dogs run, and cross the streets, it is weird to me that I lost a dog this year, and I had him on a leash when he got run over, to me it is very upsetting to see dogs cross the street like that.
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello Shelly B,
Thanks for your concern and making me aware of how things might have gone worse had I lost control even a wee bit. sorry to hear about your dog. I hope you have recovered a bit from that.
Cheers! | |
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| 7. zhuhuifen46 (2677) | 6 months ago | I agree it is hard to control temper in such cases. Some people just ignor when and how they should walk on the roads. In stead of using the pedestrian, they walk on the streets, and some bicyclers like to talk in parallel taking a big portion of the road. The car drivers are the victims of taking a lion share responsibility, so in whatever situation, control of temper is needed just for their own sake. | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Thank you for your advice, friend.
yeah, the bicycle riders are another headache.I tried to control my temper but somehow I decided to take law into my own hands, which was wrong.
Cheers! | |
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| 8. lazeebee (4536) | 6 months ago |  Hi Jshekhar, these are usually inconsiderate people, who feel that they are kings of the road; so cars must give way to them, despite the fact that it is them who are obstructing traffic. However, be careful about 'ramming' them down. Over here, we have people like them, who deliberately obstruct traffic, testing your patience. If your car should even touch them a bit, they will pretend to have serious injuries (broken kneecaps or whatever), raise a hoohah, and try to get money out from you.
I get very irritated, annoyed, angry  with these morons, but the only thing I can do, is lean hard on my horn, and hope it will annoy and embarass them as well.
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello Lazeebee,
yeah, you are right. Those kinds of people are here as well, who would scream and shout and threaten to call the police at the earliest possible opportunity, in an effort to extract money. However, I was lucky that in my case the victim wasn't like that.
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| 9. doryvien (966) | 6 months ago |  In my country where most prefer to take the public transport due to bad traffic, this is very common - people crossing the streets even when they see bold letters saying 'No Jaywalking". It's annoying, yes, and it's tempting to do that sometimes, but I won't even dare try. If you bump another person with your car even if it's his fault, you will still be the one liable for physical injury resulting from reckless imprudence, and you're sure to end up in jail and pay the damages caused to that person.
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello doryvien,
Thanks for the advice. And yeah, when I think about that incident now I think I took it over the line a bit. I should have been more patient probably. | |
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| 10. entrepinoy (543) | 6 months ago | I don't have a car but I a really annoyed whenever people seem to occupy the road even if the sidewalk is clear of vendors and other stuff.
I don't think that what you did with the passersby is correct since it is against the rule of man and the rule of God to hurt other people no matter what is your reason and no matter how small is your intention.
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello Entrepinoy,
Thank you for your concern and feedback. Yes, I think I was a bit impatient and unethical. Hurting that man seriously was not on my agenda but still, I did not have any right to hit him.
Cheers! | |
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