How do you cross the road?

supernova84 · 13-08-2012 10:28PM #1

So if the lights are green for pedestrians do you still look left and right or just take it for granted that the coast is clear? If it's orange do you make a mad dash like me to get across before it goes red again? How do you go about getting to the other side?

**Timbuk2** · 13-08-2012 10:29PM

Still look left and right - it'd be mad to assume that all Irish drivers obey traffic lights.

Casillas · 13-08-2012 10:30PM

Look both ways if only to ensure a flippin' bike doesn't hit me..

woof im a dog · 13-08-2012 10:31PM

like a chicken

Dave0301 · 13-08-2012 10:32PM

I still cross just like I was thought from my Tara and Ben reading book in national school!

johnayo · 13-08-2012 10:33PM

When I am stopped at the lights in the car, I hate when someone presses the pedestrian light button and then crosses the road without waiting for the green light.
They are long gone, and I am waiting for the green man to go off.
Rant over.

13-08-2012 10:34PM

I sing this, every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEssgMQ1O_k

The_Kew_Tour · 13-08-2012 10:35PM

Legs and feet.

Shryke · 13-08-2012 10:35PM

Like a crab.

admiralofthefleet · 13-08-2012 10:35PM

like a boss

crazy cabbage · 13-08-2012 10:37PM

i jail walk. No point in having cars putting more sh1t into athmospere than needed. :rolleyes:

WumBuster · 13-08-2012 10:38PM

The other day i watched in horror as two drunks staggered out of an off license straight onto a busy street with loads of cars which had to hit their brakes and horns to prevent injury and death and the two men just keep walking/staggering oblivious to it all. Gotta love this country but its not good for your heart sometimes.

Lando Griffin · 13-08-2012 10:41PM

I drive cross the road.Why waste precious time parking away from your destination when you can simply pull up outside it and dash in.

FatherLen · 13-08-2012 10:49PM

i am a stupid scumbag so i just strut out in front of cars and then get pissed off when they beep at me cause i am deadly.

iwasonbwh · 13-08-2012 10:50PM

By crawling

supernova84 · 13-08-2012 10:54PM

I hate when your starting to cross when some scumbag/scumbagess starts revving his/her car trying to be funny

Pensivepuca · 13-08-2012 10:59PM

I jay walk, but always look right and left to be safe.

Colmustard · 13-08-2012 11:27PM

I drive across the road.

languagenerd · 13-08-2012 11:33PM

It depends on the road :P
If it's a busy road or a junction that I don't know well (i.e. I don't know what sequence the lights go in), I'll wait for the green light, even if nothing appears to be coming my way.

If it's a road/junction I know well and/or a straight road (no turns/crossroads) so I can see that nothing's coming, then I'll cross away.

I also occasionally hop across roads with my ankles tied together, but I'll keep that in the "What's the most retarded thing you've ever done?" thread :P

randylonghorn · 13-08-2012 11:35PM

To get to the other side.

Oh, wait, thought there was a chicken in there somewhere ...

Zab · 13-08-2012 11:35PM

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Still look left and right - it'd be mad to assume that all Irish drivers obey traffic lights.

Do you stop at every crossroads when you're driving too?

Papa_Bear · 14-08-2012 04:10AM

well Sir. I step in front of cars and sue the drivers!

Avox · 14-08-2012 04:43AM

I feel a chicken joke coming on

1ZRed · 14-08-2012 05:18AM

Like a fox

**Timbuk2** · 14-08-2012 07:55AM

Zab wrote: »

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Still look left and right - it'd be mad to assume that all Irish drivers obey traffic lights.

Do you stop at every crossroads when you're driving too?

Not if I have right away, but obviously you would still look left and right to see if anyone is breaking the right of way, or if there are emergency vehicles approaching.