Drive By Wavers

What gives with the cheery faces of certain Seattle drivers. In the past several years I have had several near hits as a pedestrian crossing the street, often by people who plowed threw downtown intersections as the light changed. One of the worst was on Roosevelt St. crossing with a friend. A long line of traffic obscured the vision up the street with large vehicles, but the last lane was empty for a space. We stepped out into it when a car broke from the pack and went high speed at us, forcing us to step back. He waived and grinned. Not the last time the driver by speeder has waived. What do they expect, that you will waive and grin back. Gee thanks buddy I needed the exercise dodging the traffic. Lets do it again sometime.