“You know, I like Seattle”, I overheard someone telling a companion, “but I’ve never seen such pedestrian-hostile drivers in my life!”
A friend of mine moved here about two years ago, and shortly after arriving, he made a similar observation. “I’ve never seen anything like this”, he said while motioning to the crosswalk in front of us, “I’ve never seen so many drivers stop in the crosswalk.”
On the way home yesterday, I stopped on Pike Street next to a car which was blatantly parked in the crosswalk.
“What are these white line thingies?”
“Perhaps the car behind them
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