I think I’ve told this story before, but here it is again: in 1995 I got a speeding ticket. (It turns out that MLK, despite being a major thoroughfare, is zoned 25. Who knew.) At the time you could avoid getting points on your record by going to traffic school, so I did. At one point the teacher asked for our pet peeves where driving was concerned. After he’d heard ours, he said he had two. “One, pedestrians who dawdle in the crosswalk after the light’s turned green. Two, drivers who try to hurry me when I’m walking across the street.” Isn’t that pretty much always how it works?
— Adam Cadre