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posted by [personal profile] the_dala at 10:30pm on 06/08/2007
Maybe I'm just not in touch with the times. But I was not aware that people still used rollerblades regularly. Much less people over the age of thirteen. Much less people in the middle of the fucking road.

I tolerate bikes in my lane, albeit grudgingly - my tolerence dependent upon how much room I have to pass them and the frequency of oncoming vehicles. But for the love of all that's good and holy, what is with this moron rollerblading through suburban rush hour traffic? With his dumb helmet and kneepads, doing figure-eights and "speeding" (read: 4 mph in a 35 mph zone) like he was training for the winter Olympics. And this was no snot-nosed kid, either, it was a grown-ass man of at least thirty.

Seriously, dude - get a car or a buspass or god, even a fucking Segway! Just get your stupid roller-blading ass out of my way before I listen to the siren call of God and nature and run you the hell down!

::adds to the list of roadway hellbound, between "people who fail at merging" and "people who should hang up the damn cellphone and fucking DRIVE already"::

...I may have just the slightest case of road rage. But that jackass deserved it. I will I still had my "Slither" icon.
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posted by [identity profile] kitsune714.livejournal.com at 03:18am on 07/08/2007
Much less people in the middle of the fucking road.

Oh my god, PEDESTRIANS.

No, really, when I'm a pedestrian, walking around, I don't ever quite get why drivers are so rude and scary. And then when I get behind the wheel and deal with people like your crazy rollerblading guy...I suddenly understand.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 01:57am on 08/08/2007
If it weren't for the possible jail time, I swear, I would've MADE him get back up on the sidewalk.

(Is LJ going to suspend me for that?....)
 
posted by [identity profile] xzombiexkittenx.livejournal.com at 03:49am on 07/08/2007
I will confess to being an agressive pedestrian but rollerblading on the sidewalk? Man, that's just stupid.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 01:58am on 08/08/2007
Yeah, it's not so much pedestrian traffic as attempting to participate in automobile traffic with a toy.
 
posted by [identity profile] torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com at 05:24am on 07/08/2007
There's a guy round here who I've seen a few times skateboarding down the middle of the road, at night, with dark clothing and no lights. Granted it's not a busy road, but people drive fairly fast and it's just not safe.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 01:59am on 08/08/2007
Good lord. Death wish much?
 
posted by [identity profile] elessil.livejournal.com at 07:38am on 07/08/2007
....actually, I regularly rollerblade to Uni, as I pretty much hate bikes. But I stick to bike lanes (which are for bikes and skaters here) or unused sidewalks. (and when I use a sidewalk, I go fairly slow)

Of course, here a blader would get his arse kicked if he actually were on the street.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 02:00am on 08/08/2007
It's possible I am baffled by rollerblades in general because I never had them - never used my skates, either. I like a seat in my self-propelled transportation :)

There was a sidewalk right next to the road...

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