The World Of Jadeey

I hate public transport.

I know it's better for the environment than taking my own car, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper, but I really hate it! Three out of the last five times I've caught the train to work it's been 20 minutes late. That's more than half!

And what do transmetro have to say for themselves when you complain? You should account for delays when planning your journey. Ummmmmm that's stupid! I don't want to take an earlier train just because they can't get their act together. Buses I'm a bit more understanding because they are subjected to traffic issues... Trains don't have that excuse.

All over the trains are posters proclaiming, 'Take it easy. Take the train.' Well, I take the train, but I sure as hell don't find it easy.

Labels: annoying, rant

Today as I was driving into town to meet some friends from school I saw a girl riding a bike. She was about 10 years old and wasn't wearing a helmet. I was disgusted enough by that. So imagine my total disgust when a second later I spotted the girl's mum 50 feet behind her CARRYING THE HELMET. What does the mum think she's going to do? Put it on her daughter after her daughter's brains have already been splattered across the road?

It just shocks me that the mother is clearly condoning the girl not wearing a helmet. Who the hell knows why she bothered even bringing it with her. She certainly wasn't running to catch her daughter and remind her that she'd forgotten her helmet, so I think I have the right to assume she doesn't have a problem with her daughter not wearing it. I can understand that a 10 year old might not fully grasp why it is so important to wear a helmet when riding a bike. But her mum should grasp it and ensure that her daughter complies with such an obvious safety step. Hell, it's the law, if nothing else her mother should be making her wear it for that reason.

I remember back at primary school they made a huge deal about helmets. I think the law that you had to wear them was just coming into effect. We saw videos of the results of not wearing one and having a crash, we had guest speakers talking about loved ones they'd lost to cycle accidents - where a helmet would most probably have saved a life, we had some weird puppet show about it and we had the police come to talk to us. I guess they don't make such a big deal about it these days, but maybe they should.

Labels: cycling, rant, stupid people, the past