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Irate offenders (or, inversions of the natural order)

Posted September 6, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

I had my first foot on the crossing, and as I moved my other leg (plus attached foot) towards the “planted on crossing” position, a young woman in a blue Fiat Uno sped up to get across the crossing before I could impede her progress. So I kicked her car.

Now, I was not wearing my steel-capped boots, and I didn’t kick her car with any force. So there was no issue of an assault on her car, or of any damage to same. The force was just enough that she’d hear a sound and notice, as I was pissed off at her opportunism and her endangerment of our safety. She also of course violated the law, but I was less concerned about that issue. Her momentum (and the cars behind her) carried her out of earshot, so I have no idea if she had any words of advice to offer me.

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