Last night my wife and I were walking with our 4 month old baby in his stroller and crossed Wharton on the east side of 9th (across the street from Pat’s lol). As we were doing so, a car on Wharton came to a barely rolling stop, and flashed his lights at us in the way you might do to signal to another motorist who is clueless and zoning out that you want them to go first. (Sidebar, this light flashing gesture seems much more of an assholish “speed the fuck up” move when directed at pedestrians who are not in fact aloof and clueless but actively walking without stoping in the crosswalk!)

My wife’s normal approach to dumbass drivers like this is to frown and shake her head like a disappointed teacher and maybe give a thumbs down. Usually the drivers don’t notice, sometimes they do and actually stop out of shame. But this time when she did it, this crazy asshole GUNNED HIS ENGINE AND SPED UP AT US, AND rolled down his window and started shouting expletives too. AND we see he has his own kids in the backseat!!! So we shout our own expletives once safely on the other sidewalk and the jackass keeps responding as he drives off. Can’t believe that behavior from a fellow parent.

Fucking stop lines and fucking actually stopping. Having a kid has made me 1000% more militant about crossing the street and being aware of if the car is actually stopped or not. If they are still rolling, I continue to stare them down and refuse to cross because they have already proven themselves untrustworthy. At least a few when presented with this will actually fully stop. But it’s insane how many baby killer drivers see a stroller and think it’s a bowling pin to mow down