Parking lot etiquette
I understand that vehicles must yield to pedestrians but the pedestrians should show some consideration too. I was in my cart at Pinellas Plaza and got some abuse from a couple for not allowing them to cross in front of me. They appeared suddenly from between parked cars and walked into the lane, not in a marked crosswalk, and just started walking across the lane without looking. I saw them at the last minute but had plenty of room to go since they were barely in the other lane and I had nearly passed by, so I went by. "Thanks a$$?0l@" is what I got. It can be tricky to negotiate all the marked/striped walkways, some with Stop printed, let alone people coming out of stores and from between parked cars and into traffic without looking. Please, pedestrians, give a look and maybe even wave a vehicle past.
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