it's true wad they always say. u can never truly understand wad the other party feels until u are "in their shoes".
i admit. i'll even shout it from the rooftops, display it on billboards, if u want. but for now i'll just do it here.
"YES!! I AM A JAYWALKER!!"
i hate to use pedestrian crossings. especially a friggin' overhead bridge. even if i do use a pedestrian crossing, i cross at my own time. i do not wait for the Green Man. i just madly dash across the road (though i do look left-right-left first before crossing).
i was once involved in a near-accident. i was dashing across the road despite an overhead bridge nearby and was nearly knocked down by a car. thankfully the car was travelling at relative low speed. if not, i would not be here, blogging to u about this.
but did that teach me a lesson about road safety?? NO!!! i still treat the road as if it belongs to DADDY. and flicked fingers (well, just one finger actually) at drivers who beeped their horns at me whenever i cross roads.
but today, i truly understand why these drivers who beeped their horns at me, who get fingers (oops! finger..) flicked at them, hate jaywalkers like me. it's because it's causing them lots of trouble. not only do drivers have to keep a look out for potential hazards on the roads, the junctions, pedestrian crossings, traffic signals, etc, etc, etc. now they would have to keep a look-out for jaywalkers as well. wtf!?
seriously man! take for example. during my practical session just now, i saw this stupid uncle jaywalking across the road. in the past, i'll just dun care. but now that i've learnt the road safety stuff, i got mad. how can i not be!? THERE WAS A GODDAMN ZEBRA CROSSING, LIKE 3 STEPS TO HIS LEFT!! and still he decided to jaywalk.. fuckfuckfuck! since my instructor was right beside me, all i could do was slow down so the uncle could cross safely, but inside my head AND heart, only God can hear my super-colourful vocbulary.
