I took a trip to Walmart recently, and for a new record, was annoyed before I even got in the store. Here we have the Walmart parking lot, with my car in blue and the offenders car in orange. All the parking spots were filled, save one, to the left of the offending car. However, they decided to wait just over three minutes for a group of people to unload their carts, find the cart corral to place the empty carts in, and leave. Because of their diligence they got one, just one, spot closer. This will save them so much time once they get out of their vehicle! From this spot it takes 16 seconds to get to the door. They could have walked to the door 11 times while waiting to get closer.

I took a trip to Walmart recently, and for a new record, was annoyed before I even got in the store. Here we have the Walmart parking lot, with my car in blue and the offenders car in orange. All the parking spots were filled, save one, to the left of the offending car. However, they decided to wait just over three minutes for a group of people to unload their carts, find the cart corral to place the empty carts in, and leave. Because of their diligence they got one, just one, spot closer. This will save them so much time once they get out of their vehicle!

From this spot it takes 16 seconds to get to the door. They could have walked to the door 11 times while waiting to get closer.

Price Street is a two lane one-way street in the historic district with an on the books speed limit of 30 mph. In reality the speed is closer to whatever you can get away with. The intended flow of traffic is illustrated by the green arrows. The bike, illustrated with a bike, traveled the direction of the red arrow. This put it on a collision course with the front of my Corolla. Luckily, the driver was quick witted and jumped in the other lane. Wait, no he didn’t. He continued to slowly wind his way into oncoming traffic. I switched lanes. Two streets over is Lincoln, a one way that goes the direction this bike wanted to travel. It even comes fully equipped with a bike lane that’s now free of parked cars.

Price Street is a two lane one-way street in the historic district with an on the books speed limit of 30 mph. In reality the speed is closer to whatever you can get away with. The intended flow of traffic is illustrated by the green arrows. The bike, illustrated with a bike, traveled the direction of the red arrow. This put it on a collision course with the front of my Corolla.

Luckily, the driver was quick witted and jumped in the other lane. Wait, no he didn’t. He continued to slowly wind his way into oncoming traffic. I switched lanes.

Two streets over is Lincoln, a one way that goes the direction this bike wanted to travel. It even comes fully equipped with a bike lane that’s now free of parked cars.

This is a representation of Gwinnett Street between Kroger and its adjacent parking lot. The green arrow shows where pedestrians should cross. The red arrow shows where the pedestrian decided to cross. They crossed directly into oncoming traffic. They walked directly at the front of my car and didn’t get out of the way until they realized my car was a dense object they could not walk through, skirted it, and continued to walk down the center of the lane.

This is a representation of Gwinnett Street between Kroger and its adjacent parking lot.

The green arrow shows where pedestrians should cross. The red arrow shows where the pedestrian decided to cross. They crossed directly into oncoming traffic.

They walked directly at the front of my car and didn’t get out of the way until they realized my car was a dense object they could not walk through, skirted it, and continued to walk down the center of the lane.

An itinerant wanderer

i-tin-er-ant

adjective
traveling from place to place : itinerant trader.

wan-der

verb [ intrans. ]
walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way : he wandered aimlessly through the narrow streets.

It would seem that these two are in direct contradiction. Itinerant means you have a starting point and destination, while wanderer implies that you might not. I shall prove that the good people of Savannah do both simultaneously.