where is the “Like” button for this post.

Also, on the other hand, as a pedestrian, please walk up to the edge of the sidewalk to signal to the cars that you are in fact wanting to cross the street. If you stand 10 feet back from the street yelling at cars who dont stop for you, you in fact look like a crazy person. :)

Another, on the other hand, :) If you have NO intention of crossing the street, please do not stand at the edge of the crosswalk looking at the traffic. Then wave the car to proceed as it stops.

Can I say the obvious here? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop texting/reading your phone/reading your book/staring off into la la land as you take your sweet time walking across the intersection. I know you have the right of way. I also know that just because you have the right of way, doesn’t mean that someone driving two tons of steel and glass is paying the best attention. You’ll lose that battle every time and it may be well avoided if you just either a) payed attention to what you’re doing or b) didn’t behave like an entitled child. Get out of the damn road, you’re gonna get yourself or someone else killed!

(This is not pointed at the people with limited mobility, some of which don’t look obvious. I’m talking about everyone else…you know who you are.)

two different things today…..8am going down Admiral Way and eastbound on the bridge. Person in the car behind me steering with her left hand while leaning on the door with her right elbow, holding her cell phone to her ear, chatting away, all the way across the bridge. Bridge traffic can be a bit hairy at that time of day..starting, stopping, merging, etc. Second thing…driving east on Boren headed to 12th (approaching Yesler), woman on the right of me (pedestrian)on sidewalk walking with her nose buried in a big book. While I’m all for bettering oneself by reading various things, sometimes one needs to choose the place one reads very carefully. She was completely oblivious to her surroundings, it seemed.

We all slip, and do things we shouldn’t periodically, no one is perfect. These were just two examples today in about a 3 hour time.