Philip A. Contos will not be down for breakfast (Another SGT)

[DonutGoddess]

And how about cap guns? I had a burp gun that ran through a whole roll of caps in about ten seconds.

I had a cap gun until my mom found it, LOL.

[PatchOBlack]

But the money is spent on an investigation regardless. They would still be removing themselves from the gene pool (hopefully before breeding) which would eventually lead to improvement.

If there is a law making helmets mandatory, sure, there are still going to be idiots that disregard the law. Happens with any rules. However, it is still going to increase the number of people who wear helmets, thus reducing the amount that has to spent investigating and cleaning up after an accident, as it probably cost less to deal with survivors than with dead bodies. Also, the cost can probably be more easily billed to a living person.

[shilohmm]

AND it usually did! We were tougher back in the day.

One of my roomies back in the day got the "quit making such a fuss about it" routine after goofing around on a trampoline -- he'd actually injured his back quite severely and was still dealing with the pain ten years later. He's still furious with his mom for making him take the trash out that night.

We have a stray cat that adopted us. That cat would (and still does) run over to greet us when we came home. She always stops at the edge of the street, looks both ways, and then continues on across.

We had one of those! Currently we have a black cat who I suspect thinks he can outrun a car. Cost us more in vet fees than all the rest of them put together.

Yesterday, were going down the road (one of the major traffic areas) and this stupid woman just walks out into the street to cross.

It is a rare week when I don't see this while taking my daughter to ballet. The guy who really boggled my mind was actually strolling across at a crosswalk, however he chose to do this against the light, with all four lanes of cars barreling at him. I expect that sort of behavior around there and hit the brakes, but the guy beside me was having none of it and hit the gas. I'm amazed he didn't mow the pedestrian down, and from the screams on the sidewalk I was not alone. The pedestrian did then demonstrate he could move quickly when his survival depended on it, though.

[Goofyernmost]

One of my roomies back in the day got the "quit making such a fuss about it" routine after goofing around on a trampoline -- he'd actually injured his back quite severely and was still dealing with the pain ten years later. He's still furious with his mom for making him take the trash out that night.

Well, that just proves how tough he was, but I'm still not sure why taking the trash out involved a trampoline accident, unless, of course, they store the trash on the trampoline.

It is a rare week when I don't see this while taking my daughter to ballet. The guy who really boggled my mind was actually strolling across at a crosswalk, however he chose to do this against the light, with all four lanes of cars barreling at him. I expect that sort of behavior around there and hit the brakes, but the guy beside me was having none of it and hit the gas. I'm amazed he didn't mow the pedestrian down, and from the screams on the sidewalk I was not alone. The pedestrian did then demonstrate he could move quickly when his survival depended on it, though.

This comes from the mistaken thought that pedestrians have about "right of way". Many local authorities have made a big deal about how pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk. This, of course, is true, but, it doesn't say that stepping out into moving vehicles is what they were thinking. The idea is that if a driver sees a pedestrian starting to enter a crosswalk and has the time to stop, then they should. However, what type of brain dead individual thinks that just because they have the right of way automatically means that no one will hit them. I suppose their headstone could read..."Hey, I had the right of way!"

[hobie16]

I suppose their headstone could read..."Hey, I had the right of way!"

That one will be next to the headstone that reads, "Hold on, I saw this done in a cartoon!" :D:

[felinefan]

I see people walk across the middle of the street all the time. Why they can't walk a few hundred feet when they are obviously healthy is beyond me. And nearly all of them are yakking on their cell phones or texting when they go across the street. I keep waiting to hear someone getting killed by a car doing that, and the cops find the cell phone with the person on the other end yelling, "Joe, are you still there? Hello?" or a text asking why they stopped texting all of a sudden. :mad:

Once, when I was living in the San Fernando Valley, I was on a bus that was passing by the now-former Gemco store. It was night, I had a window seat, and suddenly we slowed down--disco lights everywhere. In the street was the body of a man, his groceries splattered around him, and a woman was kneeling over him, obviously sobbing. Whether he lived or died I don't know. He was wearing dark clothing, and in the dark, he must've thought he was Casper the Ghost and could pass through cars, buses and trucks. He probably ended up as a ghost.

[hobie16]

So, if you're out tonight, don't forget, if you're on your bike, wear white.
---Rolling Stones, Something Happened To Me Yesterday

[Big Wallaby]

Sort of like this one me 'n my posse took in the middle of World Drive?

This comes from the mistaken thought that pedestrians have about "right of way". Many local authorities have made a big deal about how pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk. This, of course, is true, but, it doesn't say that stepping out into moving vehicles is what they were thinking.

Drive in Portland, Oregon while using such logic, and you should enjoy the ticket. They actually do traps and pull people over. I remember one time when the governor was involved.

[JugglingFreak]

Drive in Portland, Oregon while using such logic, and you should enjoy the ticket. They actually do traps and pull people over. I remember one time when the governor was involved.

Here, in my hometown, they recently did a crackdown on jaywalking. They policed it like crazy and the jaywalking fine was $250.

Then two of the city aldermen got busted jaywalking and suddenly it was decided that $250 was "out of line" and the fines were reduced.

Prior to that, there was actually a two month period of little to no jaywalking in the downtown area (where it's the most dangerous).

Funny, the aldermen all that it was a "wonderful idea" when it first started and praised the Police dept. for making the streets safer.

[hobie16]

If jaywalking was ever enforced in Lahaina the national debt could be paid off in a month.