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From: George W Frost on 19 Apr 2010 22:55

"!!::!!::" <somewhere(a)onthecoast.org> wrote in message
news:1271730795.625917(a)zuxdc2y.zurich.com.au...
> Look at all those double parked horses, if that was North Sydney the whole
> lot would be covered in
> parking tickets ! Ah simpler times :-)

I liked the way that cars went in both directions on both sides of the tram
tracks
and the way the pedestrians played chicken with the traffic


From: VTR250 on 20 Apr 2010 18:01
On Apr 20, 12:55 pm, "George W Frost" <georgewfr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> "!!::!!::" <somewh...(a)onthecoast.org> wrote in message
>
> news:1271730795.625917(a)zuxdc2y.zurich.com.au...
>
> > Look at all those double parked horses, if that was North Sydney the whole
> > lot would be covered in
> > parking tickets ! Ah simpler times :-)
>
> I liked the way that cars went in both directions on both sides of the tram
> tracks
> and the way the pedestrians played chicken with the traffic

I've seen this before (1st link). I'm sure the reason the film was
made was because the tram company was pissed off: they knew they could
go at more than twice the speed and they wanted to get a law against
'jaywalking.'

To me, the significance of this film is it shows what jaywalking
really is; what was banned: walking around on the road not paying
attention to the traffic at all. The way the law is enforced these
days leaves you thinking they were crossing at a sensible place,
looking left and right, just not crossing at an approved crossing
place!
From: Zebee Johnstone on 20 Apr 2010 20:23
In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My office is in the bottom end of Flinders Lane in Melbourne and I am
> driving through the CDB several time each day. The amount of
> pedestrians that just walk out onto the road without looking or worse
> still, looking and simply not caring is astounding, Ipods and mobiles
> phones don't help either.
>

So tell me.

How many pedestrians have you seen being hit?

Zebee
From: JohnO on 20 Apr 2010 21:08
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:23:59 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone
<zebeej(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
>Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My office is in the bottom end of Flinders Lane in Melbourne and I am
>> driving through the CDB several time each day. The amount of
>> pedestrians that just walk out onto the road without looking or worse
>> still, looking and simply not caring is astounding, Ipods and mobiles
>> phones don't help either.
>>
>
>So tell me.
>
>How many pedestrians have you seen being hit?
>
>Zebee

None probably... Marty was too busy watching for the ones walking out
in front of his van.

JohnO

Beer zebs?

From: Moike on 20 Apr 2010 21:10
George W Frost wrote:

> Haven't been into the city proper for a while now, but they used to have
> coppers on point duty at each intersection, directing traffic and other
> stuff.
> The point I am getting at, is there used to be a particular copper on point
> at Flinders and Swanston Street intersection, directing traffic and if any
> pedestrian decided to chance the lights and walk against his direction, he
> would call them back to the footpath from where they came from, then talk to
> them for about two ot three mniutes about the dangers of the traffic, thus
> holding them up from catching their train or whatever, making them late for
> an appointment, then he would let them go with the green light, when he was
> good and ready to.
> There were not many who tried to cross against the lights when he was on
> duty, even if they hadn't been caught before.
> Could you imagine the embarrasment?
Do you mean the copper we knew as the skull, or skullface in the early
70's?

I have spoken to him.....

Moike

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