I considered their action rash and immature. Furthermore, they jeopardized their own safety, not to mention mine. It seemed unthinkable. I finally began to realize the actions of the teen-agers I encountered mirrored the actions of students at the University. The things that annoyed me about those pedestrians were the exact things that annoyed me about bikers' riding habits and, moreover, the same things student pedestrians, like myself, did at the University.
Pedestrians display the same unmindful attitude as negligent bikers.
Although they know what they are doing, I feel pedestrians fail to recognize the risk and rudeness of their behavior. Students completely ignore one of the fundamental kindergarten lessons, which by popular opinion encompasses all we ever really needed to know. At the University, looking both ways before crossing the street is as outdated as walking in single file and campaigning to be line leader. The problem extends beyond not looking both ways before crossing the street. It would be one thing if students acknowledged their own laziness and claimed responsibility for distraught drivers endlessly slamming on their squeaky brakes.