What's the fee where you are (7)

Sep 24, 2007 3:43 PM CST What's the fee where you are
cristina
cristinacristinaLisbon, North Holland Netherlands286 Threads 10 Polls 17,243 Posts
for pedestrians passing when it's not green for them?Even when there are no sign of cars.How strict this is there?
Sep 24, 2007 3:50 PM CST What's the fee where you are
cristina
cristinacristinaLisbon, North Holland Netherlands286 Threads 10 Polls 17,243 Posts
ok, everybody has a car. Sure!What was i thinking?doh

Anyway...i don't know either...i ride a bikerolling on the floor laughing laugh but, something like 50 euros i heard.wow

Do you really wait...when walking the dog?laugh
Sep 25, 2007 2:26 AM CST What's the fee where you are
Killingtime
KillingtimeKillingtimeHole in a wall, Majjistral Malta11 Threads 878 Posts
The term is “jaywalking” Cristina.

We do have a law against jaywalking in Malta but it is hardly enforced. People cross willy nilly all over the damn place.

Mercedes owners in Malta are clamouring to have the “Tri Star” motif back on the bonnet so that the drivers can align the jaywalkers properly and run them over.

Perfectly reasonable request....
Sep 25, 2007 2:40 AM CST What's the fee where you are
wedward
wedwardwedwardlinz, Upper Austria Austria680 Threads 7,252 Posts
we have many students from all over the world who come to the uni here in linz; and every morning you will see them 4 abreast walking down the centre of the road without a care in the world if motorists honk at them and say please use the footpath they get told to f off is it there way of making a statement or what;i think its bad manners and sets a bad example to younger children who see them ;;
Sep 25, 2007 2:57 AM CST What's the fee where you are
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
thumbs up

Yes, and nice American-style 'bull horn' bumpers have induced squeals of outrage from various groups of do-gooders in the UK who would rather be run over by conventional bumpers!
Sep 25, 2007 3:49 AM CST What's the fee where you are
cristina
cristinacristinaLisbon, North Holland Netherlands286 Threads 10 Polls 17,243 Posts
Thanks Killingwave

run them over?rolling on the floor laughing laugh rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Sep 25, 2007 4:56 PM CST What's the fee where you are
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
No fine for this here .... there is no such word even .... You just obey the laws...!

It`s only the pavements that are a problem ... like Wedy says they got this sort of problem up in Austria .... here we get Tough Looking Teenagers who crowd the pavement and don`t move out the way. This morning I even had two young mothers with their babies in pushchairs standing chatting and taking up the whole pavement and they don`t make room for this old lady ... she had to step off the pavement into the road to get past them!

Car driving is taken as a priviledge here ... so kids on bicycles are inclined to hog the road, zig-zag all over while chatting on their cell-phones or listening to mp3`s, and you got to crawl along till you get a long stretch to overtake them.....! Bump a cyclist and you got BIG trouble!
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