Stop

I was driving on Centre Street today about to make a left onto the ramp for the Brooklyn Bridge. This is a ramp exit, not a cross street, and there is a sidewalk on the other side, with no cross traffic. The light is green and there is a car in front of me. All of a sudden, he stops, and lets someone cross in front of him.

Why do people do this? It isn't a crosswalk, it is like crossing a highway. Whatever issues I have with the genius running across the road pale in comparison to the Einstein who stops and lets them go, with absolutely no regard for the cars behind him, who do not anticipate that a car will stop at a green for no reason when there is only one way to go.

I am not advocating that the driver hit them, that would not be good ( and would slow me down even more to wait for the emergency crews and the cops). However, courtesy extends to both in front and behind the driver, and as I tell my kids CONSTANTLY, drivers do not expect other drivers to just stop in the middle of the road.

However, if one plans to do this, they should have a bumper sticker on the back of their car that says.......

I am a Dummkopf