Crosswalk Stings: Fair or Unfair?

 

We all know Los Angeles has crazy drivers and we all been guilty of driving fucked up. I got to admit there has been many times when I tried to make a right turn and I get into the crosswalk forgetting there are people trying to cross sometimes. I feel bad and never do it on purpose or to be a punk to them.

I live on a busy street in Los Angeles and there is a brand new, brightly painted crosswalk to get to the other side. The other night I was trying to cross back to my apartment; I started slowly and made sure the right lane going west seen me; the cars slowed down for me, but the cars going east towards downtown were still going fast. This dark colored Mini Cooper type of car slowed down but fast and two cars behind him rear-ended him hard; I was still in the middle of the sidewalk when the Mini Cooper kept going forward after he got hit. I was like “what the fuck" not cool I almost got hit and for some idiots just going way to fast not trying to slow down. I don't wish bad upon people but they fucken deserved that shit I could of got killed just because they do not want to slow down.

Today on the morning news I had seen a series of police stings. An officer in plain clothes walks across a busy sidewalk much like my street and tries to cross. As they cross there are cops looking out on each side waiting to catch whoever does not stop for the undercover pedestrian. In the live shot today three cars did not yield and got snagged up.

Now I do not care much for police stings but man this one hit home because I almost got run over for some idiots so it was hella funny seeing them get pulled over boooo hoooo to them!

What do you think about this? Feedback much appreciated.

 

Motorist who don't stop 

Stinging drives in LA 

 Image from LA streetblogs

Bloggers Meet and Geet:Monday Jan 26 2009

Come join us in the first blogger meet and greet of 2009. I went to my first blogger meeting last summer at Senor Fish in Little Tokyo and it was great. I got to meet some of my favorite bloggers and made great friends. Pachuco 3000 hosts these meetings here is the info he wrote...

Again this is a simply a meeting for bloggers who are or have a Latino/Chicano/a slant/twist/p.o.v. for support purposes and to get to know each other. We are not alone in cyberlandia no more. We welcome active bloggers or new heads to cyberlandia. We are not an advocate group nor do we have all the answers (nor necessarily want to give all the answers) to people who are 'thinking' about getting into blogging. In the recent past some politicos and others pushing an agenda have found our meetings and treated us like we were an organized target group (ha!) that needed to be 'let know' about their project and asked for our support. Lets try to avoid that or keep it to a bare minimum this year. I feel we have had lots of great times and conversations at these juntas with simply the bloggers who come to share and meet others. It has been a pleasure to meet you and hope we continue to share and grow in the new year. Hope to see you at Phillipe's on the 26th.



This meeting is going to be held at famous Philippe French Dip, believe it or not I passed by it many times but never been there. I am looking forward to checking this place out. Random Hero is excited about pie and coffee which sounds comforting too!


Philippe The Original
1001 N. Alameda St.
Los Angeles CA, 90012
located 1 block north of Union Station, Olvera St. and the Hollywood Freeway at Alameda and Ord St.
7 P.M-?

http://www.philippes.com/