I just saw the most amazing thing!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238294)
Walnut Creek, California
October 30, 2017 7:05pm CST
I had to get my exam printed out for tonight's class, so I headed over to the College at about 4 PM today. As I was heading toward home, I wondered why there was a back up on Willow Pass Road, the major surface street that heads toward I-680, the main North-South Highway East of Berkeley.
And then I saw him. It was a kid of about 20, riding a motorized skateboard down the right side of the road, looking at his cell phone. He was swerving slightly, and drivers didn't know whether to pass him or wait behind him. One by one, they swerved around him. I did the same.
Drivers were so shocked, nobody even bothered to honk. He was an Asian kid, wearing those round glasses the Japanese bad guy Generals always wore in WWII movies. As I passed him, I tried to give him a look of incredulity, but he was so glued to his phone, he didn't notice.
What's the most bizarre/clueless thing you've ever seen on the road? I hope someone phoned him in. I didn't have my cell phone with me.
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Oct 17
Some people, huh? He's lucky he wasn't hit.
The strangest thing I've seen on the road was a guy on a bicycle carrying a live chicken under his arm. This was in Hamilton, Ontario, very close to the downtown area, a few years ago.
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Oct 17
@TheHorse It was. Definitely a "Wha?" moment.
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 17
@BarBaraPrz Did the guy and the chicken look happy together? You know that I like chickens.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 Oct 17
What an air-head thing to do, on a major highway! If anyone hit that young man, they would have been in big trouble. One time I was heading towards town, on the main road. A bunch of kids, about six of them, were walking down that road, blocking the entire street! When I told them they needed to make room for my car to get through, they acted put out about it!
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 17
@kobesbuddy Cyclists sometimes do it too, but this is the first time I've seen a kid on a skateboard blocking traffic.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 Oct 17
@TheHorse It's terrible, when a car has to come to a complete stop, while the kids cover a road, from one side to another:(
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
31 Oct 17
Cell phones seem to absorb their attention to the point where they are oblivious to everything around them...so dangerous,
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 17
Yeppers. A kid looking down at his cell phone literally walked right in front of my on the bike path a few months ago. He was about 18. I don't Know if he was playing Pokemon Go or texting or what. Lucky the brakes on my old Trek 820 were still working well.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
5 Nov 17
@TheHorse very unreasonable and irresponsible kid
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
31 Oct 17
@TheHorse Probably, but it still might be the best wake up call.
My younger brother got hit by a car when he rode his bicycle through a stop sign. He was knocked out and remembered nothing.
He stepped out in front of a car another time and saw the car heading for him. He wasn't knocked out and was terrified so then he learned something. Some of us require that school of hard knocks.
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@toniganzon (77121)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
Kids these days. They do things unmindful of the dangers and of others.
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@toniganzon (77121)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
@TheHorse I don't think so. I heard my parents complaining about me not studying too hard.
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 17
@toniganzon My parents complained because my music was too loud.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
31 Oct 17
Oh, man, that was so dangerous, not to mention stupid!
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Oct 17
Kids diving off Highway 78 bridge. This is a very narrow bridge that you pray you do not get sideswiped when two cars pass. Yes I called police.
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@teamfreak16 (43581)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Nov 17
I once saw a guy juggling while driving.
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@teamfreak16 (43581)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Nov 17
@TheHorse - Only about 20, but still. It's rare that I ride in traffic, but when I do, I have have faith that he's not behind me.
@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
31 Oct 17
now that is very dangerous act, that is not cool at all , could cause accidents
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
4 Nov 17
@peachpurple "Cool" I call such an act as outright foolish and ridiculous and such guys ought to be fined by the traffic police. Its better to get aside and not cause obstruction. One should not show such apathy and cause an accident prone situation.
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