East York pedestrians taking a walk on the wild side

The little fur-brained creature either wakes up to its impending doom and darts back to safety, or it continues as if it is oblivious to the fate that is bearing down upon it.

Unfortunately, it often ends badly for the squirrel.

For some strange reason, it seems that a significant number of people have, as well, lost all sense of danger about vehicular traffic.

It seems that every time that I head out in my automobile I must be on the lookout for such people.

These people dart across the road in random locations along the road and often without even looking.

What’s amazing about this behaviour is that the faster cars are moving and the more congestion there is, the number of these people seems to increase.

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• Dec 31, 1969
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To make matters even more complicated, I have seen far too many people abandoning sidewalks and walking on the roadways of busy streets.

Even when crosswalks are provided, many people seem to think that these crossings possess magical powers.

You see pedestrians go up to a crosswalk, push the button to make the lights flash, then immediately step into traffic.

It seems that these people somehow expect traffic, no matter how busy or dense it is, to instantly stop for them.

Likewise, the city’s pedestrians are some of the worst scofflaws who ignore the “do not walk” signal and are still in the intersection when the light is red.

The most terrifying group of people for motorists are those who do these things at night and most often while wearing dark clothing.

Again, I can understand the squirrel's lack of understanding of the danger of our streets, but why have people come to be so reckless with their lives?