Sunday, July 5, 2009

Motorists and the "F" Bomb

It was supposed to be a nice quiet evening walk down our street, but instead our peace was screamed away by enraged motorists. Granted, neither episode was directed at us, but we were definitely witnesses in the line of fire.

Episode 1: "Kids taking back the streets vrs enraged "F" Bomb dropping SUV driver"
Children frequently play on the streets in this neighbourhood. It isn't uncommon to see upwards of 10 children riding bikes down Tims Ave. Today we actually witnessed one girl fall off her bike near the middle of the street. As she was still lying on the road (uninjured, just slow to get up. Don't worry, her mother checked), MR. SUV driver came barrelling down the road from one of the neighbouring buildings. The mother yelled at the driver as he drove by, "Slow down! There's kids on the road." The SUV driver stopped his car, put it in reverse, backed up aggressively, stopped in front of the mom and yelled (we will remove all expletives for your reading pleasure), "This isn't a park, your kids shouldn't be playing on the road." The mother shouted back, "Can't you see the kid lying on the road?" A few explicative from the SUV driver and he drove off aggressively (yet again) down the road.

Episode 2: "Cyclists verses South Fraser Way"
A mother and her son were biking down South Fraser at about 9:30pm. Along came aggressive young male in sports car (with two lanes available for driving), who drove right next to mother on road. His passenger yelled out window, "Get on the sidewalk. Use the bike lane, "as his driver road off enraged. Mother yells back, "Go to hell, you expletive"

Comments from observers (aka Amanda and Dan)
1. Where are the bike lanes? This town is distinctively lacking bike lanes, wherever they are remotely necessary. This is not the first time we've heard these comments about bike lanes and South Fraser Way from motorists.
2. Why can't children play on a nice quiet street? What's wrong with that? They are merely taking back their childhood and choosing more constructive behaviours than sitting in front of a TV for 14 hours a day.
3. Since when did the "F" bomb become an intelligent phrase? Don't people know what that means? And if they did, don't you think that propositioning someone for sex is counter productive to venting your anger towards said person?
4. Why is it that it is commonplace to see drivers of SUVs/Trucks and sports cars screaming obscenities at random people? We know you have an inferiority complex, but MUST you share it with the world? (This is just a generalization and by no means is this inclusive of all SUV/ sports car drivers)

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