rules are for breaking

On my run this morning it was so sunny and warm - pigeons were singing, families were taking their poodles out for picnics, and then a car backed up onto the sidewalk and pinned me to a building.

A woman at a nearby sidewalk café saw the spectacle and screamed like, well she screamed like I should have been screaming. It was like hearing myself die.

My first thought was "It is so nice to finally see someone getting upset about these cars driving all over the sidewalk." And my second thought was "AAAAA MY LEGS."

Here's a photo of the barricades that line 90% of the streets here, to keep cars where they belong:



And here's what happens on the other 10%:



Anyway, I'm fine. Cars like this don't do much damage: