Monday, August 3, 2009

Why do people walk in the middle of the street?

Are the sidewalks secretly booby-trapped? Are they against your religion? Do you get some sort of crazy frisson of satisfaction from sticking it to the man by being a moron?

Motorists are totally entitled to beep at you. Cyclists are entitled to give you a weird look.

Roads are for vehicles. Sidewalks are for walking. I'm not entirely sure, but I bet there's a reason for this. It might be safety. Maybe? No, surely not.

2 comments:

melodious b. said...

A related issue: why do groups of people stand still in the middle of the sidewalk? As you say, sidewalks are for walking. It's even right in the name.

teawithbuzz said...

I asked myself this very question not two days ago as I watched a woman walk down the middle of the street I live on. A street that has very nice, serviceable sidewalks, I might add.