Red

I've noticed more drivers creeping through traffic lights as they turn to red. Twats. But not as bad as the utter tosspot who drove past a line of stationary traffic that was stopped at a pelican crossing on red, yes, narrowly missing the folk who were crossing. Nobrot.

Oh the joys of motoring, and the hazards of being a pedestrian. UK pedestrians can't help but notice the changes to pavements on the approach to crossings. In their wisdom, councils have done away with the nice, smooth slope down to the kerb in favour of tactile paving slabs with raised bumps. These are intended to warn blind people that they're approaching the road. That's what they're intended for; what they actually do is cause agony for older people with arthritis and anybody with sore feet or joints. They also break up and cause a trip hazard.

Look at the shadow of the person in the picture. They're scratching their in puzzlement at the crazy paving before them. "How do I traverse this dangerous footway unharmed?". That's what they're saying to themselves.

So all this for the benefit of, oh I have no idea of the proportion of population that is 100% absolutely, can't see a fucking thing BLIND, but I know a much greater proportion suffer from arthritis, sore feet and joints, and tripping up over broken paving slabs. I hate them, they REALLY hurt my feet.

I think making things easier for people with disabilities is absolutely necessary, but there must be a better way of doing this. Imagine if you're totally blind with arthritic knees and ankles? At least people who can see can avoid these bumpy pavements, and they do. Next time you're out and about, have a look at the people walking in front of you and watch how they skirt round the bumpy approaches to the crossings. Most will, believe me.


Ups and downs
Trying to upload 75MB worth of photos to Costco for printing while downloading Windows updates. Network and Trump not happy.


Slippers
They're here, they are wonderful. I bet I could run really fast in them.