Whazyername?
Taking a note from Billy Connolly's School of Public Service Announcements I had the opportunity to put into play my favorite pedestrian defense manouver. Like most of my manouvers it involves yelling. When being pushing through a cross walk by a cab (why do all cabbies drive with their windows down) yell in some kind of accent - any kind works, as long at it's unusual for the environment- , "OI!" pause "Whaz yeh nahme?!" wait for response while skibbling out of the way of the bumpers. In surprise they usually respond -- " Ned? ...Well FUCK OFF , Ned!" and then make tracks. I highly recommend it. For a full on demonstration, look up Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia. The sound at times can be sort of dicey as Connolly's driving a custom Harley Trike while narrating. I like the World Tour of Scotland much more (no Harley, more beauty). Oh, heck have a little Connolly now, courtesy of youtube. How I love funny men. oh, maybe a l