Today I was driving at the speed limit 35 mph and was passed 5 times
in less than 2 miles and twice when it was illegal to pass. This on a
Sunday in a beach area where many children play and cross the street.
In Hawaii we have a bumper sticker SLOW Down it's not the mainland.
No one racing to work etc. I think people are just so stressed they
are not polite or concerned for others anymore. I think if I had a
scooter I might use a cane or stick to clear the path in front of
me..bat or poke at people to give them the message. It's just become
a very rude society. In Los Angeles they don't even pull over for
emergency vehicles anymore. It's crazy. I don't have very good
impulse control.
At 12:57 PM 9/3/2006, you wrote:
>Hi everyone:
>
>First off, the the Yahoo! Groups, please forgive me for having this be my
>first post. I'm not normally such a ranter. :)
>
>That said, here it goes.....
>
>I was out today in my scooter at the big cultural arts event called "A Taste
>Of Colorado" (WEBSITE - http://www.atasteofcolorado.com / if anyone gives a
>damn), figuring it'd get me out of the building for a few hours and away
>from the insanity, right. Well, if I had known what was waiting for me upon
>arrival, I would stayed home.
>
>I mean the crowd there was HUGE. What's worse is that much of it was also
>DUMB & STUPID as well.
>
>I mean if people weren't in line at the various vendor stands waiting to
>order something or to buy tickets or weren't busy talking to the merchants,
>they were standing in the middle of the street where 300 other people
>(including myself in my scooter) were trying to get around them as did
>whatever they were doing (Be it talking to someone, eating or busy working
>that thing in their ear better known as a cell phone).
>
>I mean it was INSANE.
>
>I was TRYING to discreetly record a podcast using my iRiver (With it tucked
>in my shirt pocket so as to not attract attention since there are staging
>areas for musical artists), but that got shot all to hell as I was able to
>focus on was the insanity of the IDIOTS who could care less about WATCHING
>WHERE THEY WERE GOING, so long as they ACTUALLY GOT to where they were
>going.
>
>Meanwhile, I'm in my big Pride Victory scooter trying to navigate my way
>through the insanity. And when *I* got something to eat like a Mexican
>Hamburger from one vendor, I wound up spilling half the sauce onto my pant
>leg from the chinet paper plate it was on while I looked for a place off to
>the side (And navigated my way over to it) and out of the way to park and
>enjoy my food.
>
>And I wasn't alone. There were quite a few of us in chairs of some kind and
>I have little doubt they had just as much difficulty as I did.
>
>It got to the point where I was tempted to just simply run people over, but
>I knew that wouldn't be right and it'd probably get me escorted off the
>premises.
>
>Anyhow....Have you guys been through something like this? If so, what do
>you do to prepare for it? How do you handle it? Bil (Who's getting a BCC
>of this post), since you're a blind person, how do YOU handle such events
>with large crowds?
>
>Comments anyone?
>
>END OF RANT. :)
>
>Cheers :)
>
>--
>Pat Cook
>Denver, Colorado
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