There needs to be justice for those pedestrians that deliberately walk slowly across the street after you wave them on.
The only easily accessible form of vigilante justice for these rapscallions, however, seems to be a quick little bumpskies as a sort of “this is what happens when you abuse my politeness” type-maneuver, but that seems too extreme.
It shouldn’t be too extreme, though.
You’re giving them the right-of-way, mutually agreeing that, if you didn’t give them the right of way, there COULD be an accident that MIGHT not go well for them. As a result, in giving them the right-of-way, they should give it a bit of a hustle on their way across as a sort of “thank you for not hitting me, because that’d be a battle I could not win.”
Cars: only give pedestrians the right-of-way if they look like they’ll be appreciative.
Pedos: only accept the kindness of cars if you will reciprocate their kindness with, at the very least, one of those “half-hearted jogs” across the street.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
