I am guessing he will get a restraining order when he has done this enough times?
In the UK we are going through a new interpretation of the law.
e.g. -if you apprehend somebody that is breaking into your house, you are allowed to use ‘reasonable force’ to make you and your property safe. In most cases this precludes the use of firearms and the average citizen isn’t allowed to have them. Using martial arts to immobilise the offender without causing injury is how the law expects us to act. If the offender is armed things change but ‘reasonable force’ still applies.
What I am saying is that if somebody is expected to use their vehicle to cause injury, we may be allowed to cause damage to theirs. If the vehicle is stationary, we may not even cause paint damage etc. What Yehuda did today is okay of course as there was no damage or injury. If Y keeps doing this he may be liable for harassment/stalking charges.
This completely ignores that fact that this is a comic strip and we all know that a comic is only responsible for it’s own internal logic as no laws apply
Oh yes!
She disobeyed red traffic lights (in Germany: minimum penalty 90€, i.e. about $120 today), block a crosswalk (if not disobeyd red lights: minimum penalty 50€, about $65), obstruct pedestrians (no minimum penalty, add some money). Cause an accident by disobeying red lights: penalty 360€, about $170 and dispense driving license for a month, compensation.
Yehuda’s bump into the rear mudgard is a friendly reminder, because it can’t be an accident. But if he had choosen the front …
Ms Nanny State, mind the pendular, people can make bad something you like or need.
In Stockholm, Sweden there are “cycle boxes” painted in front of the red lights giving bike riders a chanse to stop in front of the cars so that the riders are more visible. Often the cars just happen to edge closer to the lights and into the boxes (when they are empty of course).
That makes me upset and I often happen to bump into the cars that are in my way. Which makes me feel like a three year old, but I can’t help it…
We have this system in the UK also. Many drivers don’t seem to understand the meaning of paint on the ground and ignore cycle lanes.
Near my house there is a road that had cycle tracks painted on it. A 1 Metre strip on both sides of the road. This has , generally, slowed the traffic as they have a narrower perceived road, but some ignore these stripes and drive/park where they will. btw: it is a No parking/stopping’ zone.
It has a 40mph limit throughout but had a 50 limit when opened. It used to be that many (including me, to my shame) drove at 50mph+ after the limit was changed. Now most obey the 40. A few reach 50 but as the cops randomly put a speed trap out there, it is more common for drivers to heed the limit. I saw a pair of rubber tubes laid out there yesterday, just the same as is used to trap the unwary. A known distance apart it is a very accurate way to get a speed reading and, if calibrated, hard to fight in courts!
Tencon, actually the rubber tubes do nothing more then measure traffic on the road, ie how many cars there are on the road per day. Because of vehicles with different wheelbase lengths it would be impossible to easily determine speed, nor would it actually hold up in court.
As noted by Tencon in the UK drivers don’t understand what they are supposed to do with advance stop lines (or much else if anecdotal reports are to be believed). But it turns out the police also don’t know and to be honest don’t care as this article points out. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/29/cycling-advance-stop-line
When I’m a pedestrian the thing that annoys me most is the failure of seemingly most car drivers to be able to park on the road. The number of cars/vans/articulated lorries parked on the pavement (sidewalk to our US cousins) is getting worse. And of course nothing is being done about it so the behaviour increases.
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Near where I live in Coventry North, there is a road that leads to the ‘Prologis Park’ warehousing area. It is clearly marked as ‘no parking’ for all of it’s length. In the days when London’s Congestion Charging was being administrated from a unit in the park, the rule was closely policed and many lorries get huge fines.
Since CG was taken over by IBM in Warwick, the policing has stopped it seems. There is a line of trucks parked there. As many as 6-8 huge articulated vehicles are parked half on the road and half on the pavement. Sometimes ALL over the pavement. It is a popular place to take local dogs for a walk as a fairly large piece of open ground is still there. (A Colliery used to occupy the zone and the land is slowly filling up with warehousing and office units but only a small part has been used leaving a large area of rough ground that is perfect for dog ‘walking’) We sometimes need to walk on the road to get past the offending truck. Usually a foreigner (Polish?).
Note that there is only a short section of public road. Once you go past the small traffic island that precedes the actual park it is private land – wheel-clamping and big fines are commonplace up there. so no illegal parking…
If a copper wants a few tickets to add to his week’s tally he can get 3-8 any week night.
The drivers come to the end of their working hours allotment and MUST park so they do, anywhere the lorry can fit
These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin
and you keep thinkin’ that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
and what he know you ain’t HAD time to learn.
I might have been known to smack cars when they’re in the crosswalk for no discernible reason (I understand folks who are trying to turn across ‘late’ pedestrian flow, or who didn’t get through an intersection in heavy traffic) — perhaps such a tactic might scare some, esp. if they’re looking down at their phones at the time.
I slid over a guy’s hood once when he was blocking the crosswalk. He was outraged but I pointed out to him that there was no other way for me to cross. And I saw him blowing the light, it didn’t have to happen if he waited patiently without blocking the intersection. So I told hime to STFU. Drivers’ sense of entitlement is mind-blowing.
I’ve done this. I suspect a lot of people have. Personally, when I’m piloting my steel cage I don’t suffer from a sense of entitlement due to my lengthy experience outside the cage as a cyclist and pedestrian before earning my driver’s license at age 32. Part of the trouble with drivers is they’re getting behind the wheel as teenagers, making it seem like kid’s play. It’s a pity we can’t restructure so that persons under 21 don’t need to drive nor appear to need to drive, and we could ask people to mature more before piloting tons of steel at high speed across our landscapes.
In my case, my Father taut me to drive. He had been an instructor in WWII, driving and teaching all forms of transport from m/c to tank transporters. He drove the amphibious DUKW of D-Day. SO we were schooled army style how to drive. Drills and drills on each item until it was second nature. I learned clutch control on a steep hill, holding the car still, letting it slip back a foot then stopping, a foot forwards and stopping. Rest the clutch and repeat until Dad was sure I had the task off pat. (For those who don’t understand stick-shift driving, it is the third pedal on the left that dis/engages drive to the gearbox ) Similar drills in reversing etc.
He schooled us on traffic etc and was fierce on Law, as he became a policeman after the war!
I think that many parents today feel that teaching their kids (anything?) is ‘somebody else’s problem’ and their responsibility ends with clothing and feeding them…
On local television in Amsterdam (NL), a few years back (using a rather thick local accent, after knocking on the car window): “Hey, open the door, I’d like to pass”.
Sometimes I wish I had a BIG hammer for people that block the crosswalk with a car or (especially) SUV
i need a hammer, a hammer, a hammer, to hammer them down *sing*
Did you all see this story about a cardboard bicycle? http://www.good.is/posts/cycle-on-the-recycled-a-9-cardboard-bike-set-to-enter-production-in-israel/
No. Nobody in the world has seen that 11 week old article, much less a bunch of people who like bikes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvEy3dlyCFc&noredirect=1
Oh no! Not Nanny State again..?!
I am guessing he will get a restraining order when he has done this enough times?
In the UK we are going through a new interpretation of the law.
e.g. -if you apprehend somebody that is breaking into your house, you are allowed to use ‘reasonable force’ to make you and your property safe. In most cases this precludes the use of firearms and the average citizen isn’t allowed to have them. Using martial arts to immobilise the offender without causing injury is how the law expects us to act. If the offender is armed things change but ‘reasonable force’ still applies.
What I am saying is that if somebody is expected to use their vehicle to cause injury, we may be allowed to cause damage to theirs. If the vehicle is stationary, we may not even cause paint damage etc. What Yehuda did today is okay of course as there was no damage or injury. If Y keeps doing this he may be liable for harassment/stalking charges.
This completely ignores that fact that this is a comic strip and we all know that a comic is only responsible for it’s own internal logic as no laws apply
Oh yes!
She disobeyed red traffic lights (in Germany: minimum penalty 90€, i.e. about $120 today), block a crosswalk (if not disobeyd red lights: minimum penalty 50€, about $65), obstruct pedestrians (no minimum penalty, add some money). Cause an accident by disobeying red lights: penalty 360€, about $170 and dispense driving license for a month, compensation.
Yehuda’s bump into the rear mudgard is a friendly reminder, because it can’t be an accident. But if he had choosen the front …
Ms Nanny State, mind the pendular, people can make bad something you like or need.
@HCA – Well said
Yehuda on foot, wearing long trousers and heavy boots:- he must have planned this.
I hope he repeats this trick all over the town and uses the words “Sorry mate, I didn’t see you”…
Where is that darned Like button?
Like
Like
Appreciated (which while not the same as “like” it does carry similar connotations)
How well i recognize this.
In Stockholm, Sweden there are “cycle boxes” painted in front of the red lights giving bike riders a chanse to stop in front of the cars so that the riders are more visible. Often the cars just happen to edge closer to the lights and into the boxes (when they are empty of course).
That makes me upset and I often happen to bump into the cars that are in my way. Which makes me feel like a three year old, but I can’t help it…
We have this system in the UK also. Many drivers don’t seem to understand the meaning of paint on the ground and ignore cycle lanes.
Near my house there is a road that had cycle tracks painted on it. A 1 Metre strip on both sides of the road. This has , generally, slowed the traffic as they have a narrower perceived road, but some ignore these stripes and drive/park where they will. btw: it is a No parking/stopping’ zone.
It has a 40mph limit throughout but had a 50 limit when opened. It used to be that many (including me, to my shame) drove at 50mph+ after the limit was changed. Now most obey the 40. A few reach 50 but as the cops randomly put a speed trap out there, it is more common for drivers to heed the limit. I saw a pair of rubber tubes laid out there yesterday, just the same as is used to trap the unwary. A known distance apart it is a very accurate way to get a speed reading and, if calibrated, hard to fight in courts!
Tencon, actually the rubber tubes do nothing more then measure traffic on the road, ie how many cars there are on the road per day. Because of vehicles with different wheelbase lengths it would be impossible to easily determine speed, nor would it actually hold up in court.
As noted by Tencon in the UK drivers don’t understand what they are supposed to do with advance stop lines (or much else if anecdotal reports are to be believed). But it turns out the police also don’t know and to be honest don’t care as this article points out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/29/cycling-advance-stop-line
When I’m a pedestrian the thing that annoys me most is the failure of seemingly most car drivers to be able to park on the road. The number of cars/vans/articulated lorries parked on the pavement (sidewalk to our US cousins) is getting worse. And of course nothing is being done about it so the behaviour increases.
Ah, but something can be done:
http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com
Be sure to let us know when you post the photos
@VJ – Like
Near where I live in Coventry North, there is a road that leads to the ‘Prologis Park’ warehousing area. It is clearly marked as ‘no parking’ for all of it’s length. In the days when London’s Congestion Charging was being administrated from a unit in the park, the rule was closely policed and many lorries get huge fines.
Since CG was taken over by IBM in Warwick, the policing has stopped it seems. There is a line of trucks parked there. As many as 6-8 huge articulated vehicles are parked half on the road and half on the pavement. Sometimes ALL over the pavement. It is a popular place to take local dogs for a walk as a fairly large piece of open ground is still there. (A Colliery used to occupy the zone and the land is slowly filling up with warehousing and office units but only a small part has been used leaving a large area of rough ground that is perfect for dog ‘walking’) We sometimes need to walk on the road to get past the offending truck. Usually a foreigner (Polish?).
Note that there is only a short section of public road. Once you go past the small traffic island that precedes the actual park it is private land – wheel-clamping and big fines are commonplace up there. so no illegal parking…
If a copper wants a few tickets to add to his week’s tally he can get 3-8 any week night.
The drivers come to the end of their working hours allotment and MUST park so they do, anywhere the lorry can fit
Yehuda Moon – 1
Nanny State – 0
Volume 5 collected edition still not fully funded! Only 6 days remaining!
Thanks for reminding me. Now it’s only 114$ which are still missing.
These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin
and you keep thinkin’ that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
and what he know you ain’t HAD time to learn.
Are you ready boots? Start walkin’!
(by Nancy Sinatra)
I might have been known to smack cars when they’re in the crosswalk for no discernible reason (I understand folks who are trying to turn across ‘late’ pedestrian flow, or who didn’t get through an intersection in heavy traffic) — perhaps such a tactic might scare some, esp. if they’re looking down at their phones at the time.
http://iparklikeanidiot.com/submit
I ordered Volume 5 to take us over the GOAL!
@Mike S – Like
I slid over a guy’s hood once when he was blocking the crosswalk. He was outraged but I pointed out to him that there was no other way for me to cross. And I saw him blowing the light, it didn’t have to happen if he waited patiently without blocking the intersection. So I told hime to STFU. Drivers’ sense of entitlement is mind-blowing.
I’ve done this. I suspect a lot of people have. Personally, when I’m piloting my steel cage I don’t suffer from a sense of entitlement due to my lengthy experience outside the cage as a cyclist and pedestrian before earning my driver’s license at age 32. Part of the trouble with drivers is they’re getting behind the wheel as teenagers, making it seem like kid’s play. It’s a pity we can’t restructure so that persons under 21 don’t need to drive nor appear to need to drive, and we could ask people to mature more before piloting tons of steel at high speed across our landscapes.
Well said Yolanda.
In my case, my Father taut me to drive. He had been an instructor in WWII, driving and teaching all forms of transport from m/c to tank transporters. He drove the amphibious DUKW of D-Day. SO we were schooled army style how to drive. Drills and drills on each item until it was second nature. I learned clutch control on a steep hill, holding the car still, letting it slip back a foot then stopping, a foot forwards and stopping. Rest the clutch and repeat until Dad was sure I had the task off pat. (For those who don’t understand stick-shift driving, it is the third pedal on the left that dis/engages drive to the gearbox
) Similar drills in reversing etc.
He schooled us on traffic etc and was fierce on Law, as he became a policeman after the war!
I think that many parents today feel that teaching their kids (anything?) is ‘somebody else’s problem’ and their responsibility ends with clothing and feeding them…
On local television in Amsterdam (NL), a few years back (using a rather thick local accent, after knocking on the car window): “Hey, open the door, I’d like to pass”.
Now, I’m waiting on Ms. State to try to pass a law restricting pedestrians from crossing the streets at peak hours and only when safe.
Wil, try harder ok? You can do it.