do you ever feel guilty overtaking?
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ocean1 said:
I tend to walk much faster than other poeple. I must admit that sometimes I pretend to myself that im a car, even making all the noises (to myself!) and leaning around corners and when braking/accelerating. On a busy pavement overtaking is great pull up behind them in "top", change down to 3rd wait for a gap then lean back and accelerate past them changing into 4th as I go. Is this the behavior of a mad man?
>> Edited by ocean1 on Friday 21st November 13:23
PMSL - I thought it was only me that did that. You are not alone!
agent006 said:
Walking slowly, not paying attention, not looking before pulling out of shops.....
Yep. I keep wanting to yell. USE YOUR MIRRORS. Then I remember they don't have any...
Maybe they should become compulsory in public places. I'm thinking of a pair of mirrors affixed using an elasticated harness (worn like a jacket - not around the head) so they stick out six inches on either side of the pedestrian and about a foot in front.
Well I found at lunchtime that the soundtrack affects your walking as well as your driving. For example :
Pumping techno makes you step out quickly and purposefully. Whereas walking back from the shops at lunch listening to AC/DC live (Highway To Hell) I found myself swaggering along.
nurse! time for my pills!
Pumping techno makes you step out quickly and purposefully. Whereas walking back from the shops at lunch listening to AC/DC live (Highway To Hell) I found myself swaggering along.
nurse! time for my pills!
ocean1 said:
I tend to walk much faster than other poeple. I must admit that sometimes I pretend to myself that im a car, even making all the noises (to myself!) and leaning around corners and when braking/accelerating. On a busy pavement overtaking is great pull up behind them in "top", change down to 3rd wait for a gap then lean back and accelerate past them changing into 4th as I go. Is this the behavior of a mad man?
I do this to, somtimes I'm a speed boat though.
My pet hate is when you overtake to the left, the overtakeee, (who was up to that point walking arrow straight) will then start to drift to the left. So you slow down, (nearly trip over the heels of the slow sod (who has suddently got slower)) and accelerate to the right. As if by majic, the g*t will now speed up and start a slow right turn !
>> Edited by tonto on Friday 21st November 17:22
In a previous life I walked from London Bridge station to Old Street every morning, which was fine, unless it was raining, in which case the pavements magically filled up with selfish tossers equipped with 5-foot wide spiky 'I'm more important than you' souvenirs of their last visit to the golf shop.
Few things have ever made me so cross.
Umbrella = pedestrian BMW X5.
Few things have ever made me so cross.
Umbrella = pedestrian BMW X5.
ScoobyZoom said:
Few things have ever made me so cross.
Umbrella = pedestrian SAAB.
couldnt agree more
Arse!
When was the last time you saw an umbrella with even a trace of the grace and pace - not to mention the skill and consideration for others in the performance of its appointed task - of a SAAB?
Were I a foolish guy, I may have decided one night to run to a mates house rather than walk, as fast a possible just like a kid, complete with driving thoughts and actions. Also, maybe, just maybe, running alongside a wall and trying to get your head as close as possible as you run to increase the sensation of speed
Oh yes - I always walk faster than most people it seems. Most fun in a busy shopping centre where there are plenty of numpties moving in all different directions. Blasting past them and taking the racing line through the automatic doors just as they are about to shut, and out onto the high street in a perfect drift into a gap on the pavement...
Anyone feel like they are walking much faster after drinking alcohol?? I certainly do, maybe it just enhances ones sense of speed
>> Edited by AJLintern on Friday 21st November 23:58
Anyone feel like they are walking much faster after drinking alcohol?? I certainly do, maybe it just enhances ones sense of speed
>> Edited by AJLintern on Friday 21st November 23:58
Interestin, this. My driving instructor always told me he could tell someone's driving style from the way they walked. I always walk in straight lines, take loads of short cuts and walk quickly. I have a nasty habit of cutting people up on the pavement, and when jogging/running, I have trouble turning corners.
He said, however, that the worst walking-driving style is to mither around, dithering as to where you're going to go. Aparrently these people will leave you sitting, exasperated, at the lights.
May be a sign of forthcoming regulation, but I always stop walking when I'm typing a text message
He said, however, that the worst walking-driving style is to mither around, dithering as to where you're going to go. Aparrently these people will leave you sitting, exasperated, at the lights.
May be a sign of forthcoming regulation, but I always stop walking when I'm typing a text message
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