So I'm walking home; I had a later shift so it's dark out. I'm waiting at an intersection to cross, just as the lights change I see flashing blue lights coming down the road FAST; he's gonna hit the intersection right at the walk signal but I'm in no hurry so will wait for the next cycle.
Everyone else waiting to cross on all 4 corners also stops, save for one oblivious woman on her phone who decides to saunter diagonally across the intersection just as the cruiser gets to the traffic lights. Somehow, she makes it across (the cop had to slow down/weave to avoid hitting her and blips his siren; she glares at the cruiser and continues yakking on the phone).
She hits the sidewalk again on the corner I'm standing on, the person waiting next to me comments "Wow, that lady must not know what a police car is".
The cruiser was running lights-only (some weird noise ordinances in my town seem to prohibit sirens after dark), but if you're waiting to cross the street how could you NOT notice that? Especially at night? Unless she was even worse at gauging relative speeds than I am...but still. You see emergency lights hauling ass in your direction, move yer ass out of the way or stay out of the way!
Everyone else waiting to cross on all 4 corners also stops, save for one oblivious woman on her phone who decides to saunter diagonally across the intersection just as the cruiser gets to the traffic lights. Somehow, she makes it across (the cop had to slow down/weave to avoid hitting her and blips his siren; she glares at the cruiser and continues yakking on the phone).
She hits the sidewalk again on the corner I'm standing on, the person waiting next to me comments "Wow, that lady must not know what a police car is".
The cruiser was running lights-only (some weird noise ordinances in my town seem to prohibit sirens after dark), but if you're waiting to cross the street how could you NOT notice that? Especially at night? Unless she was even worse at gauging relative speeds than I am...but still. You see emergency lights hauling ass in your direction, move yer ass out of the way or stay out of the way!
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