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Aug. 18th, 2013 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioYesterday I and a fellow congregant approached Forbes and Murray while walking home from Shabbat services. The all-way red light was on and the big obvious walk signals were active. We watched a car come toward us on Forbes, turn right despite the pedestrians crossing Murray -- one of whom had a guide dog -- and then proceed to blast her horn at them, more than once.
No one was hit, fortunately. We (and several other onlookers) hastened to the car to confront the driver. Did you not see the red light? Did you not see the "no turn on red" sign? Did you not see the crosswalk with the big white "walk" signal? Did you really think it was the (presumably) blind man's job to get out of your way?
She looked annoyed, not embarrassed, and because I tend to think of the right thing to do only after the moment has passed, I did not lead the crowd in blocking her car until the police could be summoned. So she drove off, and will probably do this sort of thing again, and none of us even got a photo of the car. :-( (It being Shabbat, I wasn't carrying a cell phone.)
The driver's attitude disgusts me, but I am pleased that half a dozen people stopped what they were doing to get involved. Those are the kind of people I want in my neighborhood.
No one was hit, fortunately. We (and several other onlookers) hastened to the car to confront the driver. Did you not see the red light? Did you not see the "no turn on red" sign? Did you not see the crosswalk with the big white "walk" signal? Did you really think it was the (presumably) blind man's job to get out of your way?
She looked annoyed, not embarrassed, and because I tend to think of the right thing to do only after the moment has passed, I did not lead the crowd in blocking her car until the police could be summoned. So she drove off, and will probably do this sort of thing again, and none of us even got a photo of the car. :-( (It being Shabbat, I wasn't carrying a cell phone.)
The driver's attitude disgusts me, but I am pleased that half a dozen people stopped what they were doing to get involved. Those are the kind of people I want in my neighborhood.
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