Comments on: Sidewalk Etiquette http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/ Now With 100% More Rant! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:05:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: BlaphCag http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-43769 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:56:25 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-43769 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> by: Scott http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-23423 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:13:32 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-23423 I think this should also apply to the Seawall. The Seawall is another mess - people walking in bike paths, rollerblading on pedestrian paths, etc - but the irony is that the Seawall has big orange and green circles and traffic pattern directions painted right on it. Not in English, French, or Swahili...but in universal symbols that are easy to understand. And still they ignore it. I think this should also apply to the Seawall. The Seawall is another mess - people walking in bike paths, rollerblading on pedestrian paths, etc - but the irony is that the Seawall has big orange and green circles and traffic pattern directions painted right on it. Not in English, French, or Swahili…but in universal symbols that are easy to understand. And still they ignore it.

]]> by: Maximus http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-21952 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:17:56 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-21952 I would like to see a continuation of the topic I would like to see a continuation of the topic

]]> by: Wendy http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-20982 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:29:40 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-20982 you're so right, robson is THE WORST for this! i dread going to robson for this very reason. and bikes on sidewalks? jeez! fine, if the traffic is INSANE, i can forgive breaking the by-law (stick to the road), but if you insist on biking on the sidewalk, make room for the pedestrians first!! don't just plow your way through and force the pedestrians to walk in the mud, or even worse, on the busy street, the very one you were trying to avoid! it's called the sideWALK, not the sidebike!! (nor the sidestand, re: loiterers that take up the whole width of the sidewalk) you’re so right, robson is THE WORST for this! i dread going to robson for this very reason. and bikes on sidewalks? jeez! fine, if the traffic is INSANE, i can forgive breaking the by-law (stick to the road), but if you insist on biking on the sidewalk, make room for the pedestrians first!! don’t just plow your way through and force the pedestrians to walk in the mud, or even worse, on the busy street, the very one you were trying to avoid! it’s called the sideWALK, not the sidebike!! (nor the sidestand, re: loiterers that take up the whole width of the sidewalk)

]]> by: Norm http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-14497 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:08:12 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-14497 So many of your comments are right on target, especially the philosophy of staying to the right. I exercise this rule when I walk; the same rules of the road. I love the idea of sticking the elbows out when crossing the crosswalk. When someone approaches me, I just put my right arm over my front pointing "Move That Way" -- (to their right -- or just stop in my tracks and let them run into me. It's better than being accused of assault. You are not permitted to walk on my side of the sidewalk! Move to your right and learn how to share the sidewalk. I still cannot understand why people line up at crosswalks waiting to cross instead of stacking up 2 across. I do not understand why people don't "get" walking 3-4 abreast is inappropriate. At least one in their party must move forward or drop back to give me the part of the sidewalk I am entitled to. So many of your comments are right on target, especially the philosophy of staying to the right. I exercise this rule when I walk; the same rules of the road. I love the idea of sticking the elbows out when crossing the crosswalk. When someone approaches me, I just put my right arm over my front pointing “Move That Way” — (to their right — or just stop in my tracks and let them run into me. It’s better than being accused of assault. You are not permitted to walk on my side of the sidewalk! Move to your right and learn how to share the sidewalk. I still cannot understand why people line up at crosswalks waiting to cross instead of stacking up 2 across. I do not understand why people don’t “get” walking 3-4 abreast is inappropriate. At least one in their party must move forward or drop back to give me the part of the sidewalk I am entitled to.

]]> by: CDB http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-5505 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:03:37 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-5505 Finch this is a common issue. Very few people know how to walk properly in this city. And yes, I have come to the point where I just body check people for always expecting me to move when they are 8 abreast on a side walk. My other favourite is groups of people stopping and chatting in front of an exit door like at Safeway on Davie. This is a a pervasive thing that maybe we stem the tide on. So Finch: Attacking people for ranting on a rant site is pretty swift. What next? Jumping on people for banking with a bank or watching TV on a TV or voting when they want a say? Finch this is a common issue. Very few people know how to walk properly in this city. And yes, I have come to the point where I just body check people for always expecting me to move when they are 8 abreast on a side walk. My other favourite is groups of people stopping and chatting in front of an exit door like at Safeway on Davie. This is a a pervasive thing that maybe we stem the tide on.

So Finch: Attacking people for ranting on a rant site is pretty swift. What next? Jumping on people for banking with a bank or watching TV on a TV or voting when they want a say?

]]> by: Finch! http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-4677 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:53:38 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-4677 Holy crap! You are clearly incompetent. If someone's in your way, either say"excuse me" or beat the ever-lovin' piss outta them if they won't move! Come to think of it, you should beat the crap out of yourself for being such a whining pussy that you have to blog about the sidewalk etiquette in Vancouver. i wonder if there are any more pressing issues in the world you could write about like, "i hate pastel colours", or "why do my neighbours have to have white blinds"," I asked for a venti, no fat, soy, easy whip, room for cream, americano"....cry me a f***ing river! Holy crap! You are clearly incompetent. If someone’s in your way, either say”excuse me” or beat the ever-lovin’ piss outta them if they won’t move! Come to think of it, you should beat the crap out of yourself for being such a whining pussy that you have to blog about the sidewalk etiquette in Vancouver. i wonder if there are any more pressing issues in the world you could write about like, “i hate pastel colours”, or “why do my neighbours have to have white blinds”,” I asked for a venti, no fat, soy, easy whip, room for cream, americano”….cry me a f***ing river!

]]> by: kitser http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-3824 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:25:22 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-3824 Agreed. I suffer from some serious walk rage in this city! Agreed. I suffer from some serious walk rage in this city!

]]> by: citizen vancouver http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-2646 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:18:37 +0000 http://www.rantvancouver.com/2007/02/09/sidewalk-etiquette/#comment-2646 Now this is a good old fashioned rant - i concur absolutely :) Now this is a good old fashioned rant - i concur absolutely :)

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