Why do people cross the road then wait the other side for their friends to cross?
- January 14th, 2010
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I dont know if anybody can enlighten me behind the logic or may I add the ‘lack’ of logic behind crossing a road (risking your life) then waiting on the other side for the group you are with to also cross the road (safely)?!
Although this could turn into a disasterous situation I cant help but chuckle to myself when I see this happen!
Here’s the situation: a group of six friends walking along, having a nice chat about a night out or a movie etc, they approach the road, and naturally stop at the curb, still chatting away they have a look left and right and see the many cars speeding past on both sides of the road, one of the group may even press the button to turn the traffic lights to red and make sure that all the cars stop before crossing the road safely. Its during this process that one of the friends decides that they will make a suicidal leap to the other side of the road after already having stood with the group and assessed the traffic. Its at this point that you hear the car horns or see the brake lights appear on the vehicles, just at the point where you see the adrenaline junkie friend crawl up the other side of the pavement within a whisker’s space between his foot and the car bumper. The friend stands up proud (and releived) having made it successfully across to the other side of the road before the rest of his friends in the group. How proud he looks as he waits (with a smile) for his friends to cross. It leads me to the big question…….does he not realise that he has not saved any time at all? only frightened a few motorists, his patient friends and more imprtantly himself! will he learn?…….
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