Do you get mad when jaywalkers occupy roads while you drive?  | |  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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| | | | | | | | 11.  rdadey (331) | 6 months ago |  There's always a problem with walkers here where I live. Brazen kids will walk side by side as far out on the road as there are kids. On girl that lives here is famous for doing that and it is irritating, I've told her parents but they just laugh it off. She's old enough to drive now and I pity anyone who tries what she use to do when she comes barreling down the road, she drives like a lunatic.
I wouldn't touch anyone wiyh a car, it's asking for trouble. The law here says the pedestrian has the right of way. It's up to law enforcement to fine anyone for jay walking. That seems like a forgotten law.
When I was 6 years old, three of us were running home for lunch from school. We ran out around some older kids who were walking in the road and the RCMP came along and saw it. We ended up getting letters sent home to our parents and that was a big thing back over 40 years ago. Never got in trouble at home but never ran out in the road anymore after that.
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 jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | hello Rdadey,
It is a real pity that jaywalkers hardly get punished for breaking the law but a car driver will have more chances of landing up in jail when he breaks the law to somewhat the same extent, isn't it?however, we have to live with it all the time. | |
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| | | 12. ShirleyBillingsley (898) | 6 months ago |  You hit someone? On purpose? You really need to get control of your road rage!
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello Shirley,
I know I sounded like someone who can't control his anger but its not like that. Actually I had been honking at the person for a good 30 seconds and he would just continue walking in front of my car. It really did get irritating and I hit him just forcefully enough to make him aware of it, not to hurt him.
Thanks for responding. | |
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| ShirleyBillingsley (898) | 6 months ago | I don't know where you are from, but here in Texas, you would have gone to jail, for intentionally hitting a jay walker. | |
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| jshekhar (1157) | 6 months ago | Hello Ramesh,
Thanks for the feedback. I do think that may be I got over the line a little bit but then, I wasn't really afraid of having my windshield broken or something. It was because this is Delhi and the incident appeared in "my area". Had the man tried something smart, we were 3 people in the car to take care of him;)
Cheers! | |
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