Smart-ass Taxi Driver

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3-Way Street

by ronconcocacola



"By summer 2010, the expansion of bike lanes in NYC exposed a clash of long-standing bad habits — such as pedestrians jaywalking, cyclists running red lights, and motorists plowing through crosswalks.

By focusing on one intersection as a case study, my video aims to show our interconnection and shared role in improving the safety and usability of our streets.

The video is part of a larger campaign I created called '3-Way Street'. Please see blog.ronconcocacola.com for more details.

Music: Peter Gunn / Theme by Art of Noise, available on iTunes."

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An Unnecessary Confrontation

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OK so this just happened to me on a quick trip to the corner store. I saw this big ugly bald guy beginning to walk across the street from a set of apartments -- toward the same store I was driving to. He had basically just stepped down onto the road from the ramp that leads up into the parking area for the apartments. I knew I had plenty of time to continue on, without causing him to fear being hit, but I slowed down and made sure he was gonna allow me to do so.

So I park on the side of the store like always. Being the nonconfrontationalist that I am, I waited for him to pass my door before getting out. He proceeds to turn around, and this is the dialogue that ensued:


Him: Good thing I wasn't in your way there dude.. (sarcastically)

Me: Nah..

Him: Oh I wasn't huh? (more sarcasm)

Me: I wasn't gonna hit you.

Him: So much for pedestrians having the right of way.

Me: You mean when you were jay-walking across the street in a dark shirt at night?

Him: Jay walking, my ass..

Me: There's no crosswalk right there - What do you expect me to do, stop right there in the middle of the street?

Him: For a pedestrian, yeah I do!

Me: I was just turning left, and I had plenty of time, Jesus Christ..

Him: Don't bring him into it, he didn't do anything wrong.

Me: Neither did I.


We were already inside the store at this point, and the clerk and another guy were looking at both of us as if there was about to be a gun fight.

I waited in line behind him.. He made his purchase, and turned around and glared at me like a serial killer on his way by.

I was like, "Did that really just happen for no necessary reason whatsoever???"