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Watch This Fed-Up Pedestrian Confront Lousy NYC Drivers
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 30, 2017
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At some point every New Yorker indulges in a cliched, yet gratifying, "HEY, I'M WALKIN' HERE" moment while trying to cross the street. But video provocateur Jeff Seal has taken this timeless pedestrian-motorist tango to a new level with his latest opus, which finds him creatively confronting drivers who fail to yield at intersections. First Seal tries to shame them (Spoiler: the drivers are shameless), then he gives them a taste of their own medicine, and when that doesn't seem to make much of a difference, well... just watch:
Seal says he filmed all of the action on 8th and 7th Avenues between 39th and 34th Streets. Asked if he was terrified of getting run over, he insists, "I didn't really fear for my life. It's one of those things that looks more dangerous than it really it is. Drivers don't actually want to hit you because if they do their insurance premiums will go way up. Also, just like actual bulls, they're big and dumb. But I don't want to encourage anyone to try this!"
You'll find more of Seal's shenanigans, like the time he hopped a freight train to Montauk, here. Again, for your own safety, please do not emulate Jeff Seal's life choices.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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