do you ever feel guilty overtaking?
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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
>> Edited by ocean1 on Friday 21st November 13:23
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?
No, Mr Bean, it is quite normal.
I used to work just off of Oxford Street in Central London. Everyday when I went for lunch I'd have to wade through crowds of dawdling nupty tourists. After a few years in the job I became the master of numpty overtaking!
Anyway on another note, I do remember reading plans in The Standard, from a couple of years ago, where somebody want to put a slow and fast lane on the Oxford Street pavements, but it was scrapped
>> Edited by marvelharvey on Friday 21st November 13:48
Anyway on another note, I do remember reading plans in The Standard, from a couple of years ago, where somebody want to put a slow and fast lane on the Oxford Street pavements, but it was scrapped
>> Edited by marvelharvey on Friday 21st November 13:48
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
I'd hate to see what you're like in the supermarket, in charge of a trolley!
The old Hungerford footbridge by Charing Cross station in London was perfect for pedestrian overtaking.
It was just like an NSL country lane, only wide enough for 2 persons across and to overtake you had to line up behind someone, wait for opposing pedestrian traffic to pass and then quickly downshift, turn out and cut back in before a head-on collision!
My colleague and I used to load up our laptops bags with extra weight on our shoulders just to use them to "nudge" people out of the way!
I regularly try and touch the apex on corners of pavements :lol:
It was just like an NSL country lane, only wide enough for 2 persons across and to overtake you had to line up behind someone, wait for opposing pedestrian traffic to pass and then quickly downshift, turn out and cut back in before a head-on collision!
My colleague and I used to load up our laptops bags with extra weight on our shoulders just to use them to "nudge" people out of the way!
I regularly try and touch the apex on corners of pavements :lol:
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