tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post3727125482988074668..comments2024-02-25T08:38:48.400+00:00Comments on Ian Walker’s blog: Why I hate pedestriansIan Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04238484638393249191noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-46356272369313477472010-10-10T04:11:27.204+01:002010-10-10T04:11:27.204+01:00Ian, you might have heard of these bits of researc...Ian, you might have heard of these bits of research which I think turned up in NS.<br />Someone in the U.S. counted up the time taken to work to pay for a car, added to the time taken driving, washing, buying, reading car mags etc, and put that against the distance travelled.<br />The figure arrived at was 5 miles per hour.<br />This means we could have walked everywhere.<br />Also other research from U.K. found that commuters shifted work or home to maintain the same commute time when they were given a faster means of travel.<br />This all suggests we dont quite need our cars so much as want them and pay for it with clogged roads.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653323330863468336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-88552664265981887282010-10-10T00:35:45.901+01:002010-10-10T00:35:45.901+01:00brilliant! I'm often trying to make this compa...brilliant! I'm often trying to make this comparison for certain friends, they don't get it. Maybe they'll get this! ;-)PostcardsfromtheNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615134790463319585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-36636385212317312372010-06-18T06:47:59.883+01:002010-06-18T06:47:59.883+01:00@td90uk Your irony detector needs to go in for a s...@td90uk Your irony detector needs to go in for a service.Ian Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04238484638393249191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-71182357916526498342010-06-18T00:25:58.722+01:002010-06-18T00:25:58.722+01:00I'm sorry (I'm not, I hate motorists), but...I'm sorry (I'm not, I hate motorists), but is it not motorists that park on pavements? Motorists that kill pedestrians by mounting kerbs? Motorists that make pedestrians wait in the rain whilst your in your nice cushy cars? There is a term, it is called selfishness and every motorist in the world falls into that category, show some respect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067249870680954453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-61782915082240777962010-02-11T12:24:43.387+00:002010-02-11T12:24:43.387+00:00Poe's Law!Poe's Law!amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783694650121687459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-50061246074188635502009-12-16T10:48:05.980+00:002009-12-16T10:48:05.980+00:00The Highway Code is also relevant to pedestrians.
...The Highway Code is also relevant to pedestrians.<br /><br />That is all. Except for the stoopid feckers who just stop in front of you for no reason...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-35744346844110152882009-11-24T10:01:36.702+00:002009-11-24T10:01:36.702+00:00brilliant! hate them all :).brilliant! hate them all :).annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14989947994626570874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-41246119486780262362009-11-23T14:46:37.184+00:002009-11-23T14:46:37.184+00:00Absolutely right, these damn pedestrian shouldn...Absolutely right, these damn pedestrian shouldn't be allowed. As Margaret Thatcher once said, anyone not driving a car is a looser!<br /><br />Sadly, I suspect that if you were to get the Daily Mail to publish you post, most of the readership would take it seriously...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-76456725771818527812009-11-23T14:27:58.540+00:002009-11-23T14:27:58.540+00:00Ow! Ian!
You've made me snort hot coffee out ...Ow! Ian! <br />You've made me snort hot coffee out of my nose!<br /><br />This is brilliant. What's sad is my non-cycling friends won't get it.Velocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833955347134265306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-88358343161328466502009-11-23T11:41:42.712+00:002009-11-23T11:41:42.712+00:00and furthermore... those daft, underdeveloped bipe...and furthermore... those daft, underdeveloped bipedal dimwits should be forced to wear helmets, like <a href="http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/08/walking-helmet-is-good-helmet.html" rel="nofollow">the Danish government suggests for THEIR underdeveloped, bipedal dimwits</a>.Colville-Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749740728099129703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-56586240672304282022009-11-17T01:53:54.014+00:002009-11-17T01:53:54.014+00:00=v= Perhaps you should change your name to suit th...=v= Perhaps you should change your name to suit this new and improved worldview.Jymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675802996264542565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-45162646727509474272009-11-16T21:17:20.621+00:002009-11-16T21:17:20.621+00:00Sadly this form of satire would go completely over...Sadly this form of satire would go completely over the heads of the vast majority of motorists. I've been reading the guardian's bicycle blog recently and it makes me so angry the number of comments about how bicyclists don't pay for the roads etc. Anyway your blog is a breath of fresh air.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486188785629249272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-28244177393374051952009-11-16T16:18:42.344+00:002009-11-16T16:18:42.344+00:00Awesome satire.
I must admit though that it too...Awesome satire. <br /><br />I must admit though that it took me about half of the article before I recognized it as such. I guess I've talked with too many people that actually seem to think like this.Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850621237586891240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-898333692848444172009-11-11T04:16:51.871+00:002009-11-11T04:16:51.871+00:00All this separate pedestrian infrastructure is a b...All this separate pedestrian infrastructure is a bunch of expensive nonsense. People should just take a class from the League of American Footmen on how to be Vehicular Pedestrians. Get out there and walk like a car. That way we can get rid of all the sidewalks and make more traffic lanes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413875421708111848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-49899389098692934672009-11-01T21:31:18.910+00:002009-11-01T21:31:18.910+00:00:)
you don't really, do you?
P.S. have bough...:)<br /><br />you don't really, do you?<br /><br />P.S. have bought your book, and am learning just how crap many research figures are.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675611922168618055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-17203613237947637992009-10-25T22:01:14.673+00:002009-10-25T22:01:14.673+00:00Excellent! Made me chuckle :O)Excellent! Made me chuckle :O)Jobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351415733437528273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-10522110625750072662009-10-24T08:35:07.586+01:002009-10-24T08:35:07.586+01:00@Magicroundabout: Excellent point. Pedestrians sho...@Magicroundabout: Excellent point. Pedestrians should take responsibility for what happens when I hit them with my car. Most importantly, if they've not covered themselves with padding when I hit them, they have shown contributory negligence towards their injuries. Indeed, they practically hit themselves.<br /><br />@Juhunio: Er... Er...Ian Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112106400618895523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-58416194833247018532009-10-24T00:01:46.974+01:002009-10-24T00:01:46.974+01:00Yeah! You tell 'em. I'm fed up with the ...Yeah! You tell 'em. I'm fed up with the fact that motorists are always to blame for them being hurt too. I mean, can't they wear helmets or full body-armour or something?<br /><br />P.S. Excellent. Love it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-86917047418991804492009-10-23T11:05:05.679+01:002009-10-23T11:05:05.679+01:00as a cyclist (controversial!) I would like to add ...as a cyclist (controversial!) I would like to add that I hate the way the smug tossbags step blindly off their swathes of pedestrian-only walkway into the road/cycle lane when their ears are telling them there is no car coming, rather than also using their eyes to check that there's no silent cyclist coming along who is going to have to swerve suddenly around their stupid complacent moronic selves rather than run them over.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348039601639763979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-16903589286394302672009-10-22T12:11:29.678+01:002009-10-22T12:11:29.678+01:00Fantastic Ian, I think this says it all really.Fantastic Ian, I think this says it all really.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102856116747025024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535955433685226359.post-86310446708191694412009-10-22T11:51:32.161+01:002009-10-22T11:51:32.161+01:00Superb.Superb.effemmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907804557258136003noreply@blogger.com