Corner of W. Dundas and Keele

31 Replies to “Corner of W. Dundas and Keele”

1. I guess I’m used to that. I’m moving to Victoria next week. Will there not be instructions on crossing the street when I get there? I hope I can manage. At least it was only one language.

2. Freaking idiots are running our lives…..if you let them. It probably took six months and six committees to come up with the sign and what it was going to say. And…then it probably took anothre six months to make it.
   Government at its best!

3. And the people who need those instructions are voters. Sort of explains why Ontario is so screwed.

4. I wonder how many Toronto city councillors collected kickbacks from the contract to make and install those useless signs.

5. It isn’t only a sign. Press the button to activate the signal. Also activates a beeper so visually impaired people can safely cross, and considering how many pedestrians ignore the lights and cross against them, perhaps not a bad idea.

6. Greg, you make a good point: “… many pedestrians ignore the lights and cross against them… ”
   Leftists typically want to limit choices (from health care to education) yet city people typically want to do things their own way. So, are city people really leftist?

7. But…..but….but….how do visually impaired pedestrians KNOW there is a sign with a button present which thehttp://www.smalldeadanimals.com/mt/eydhydtReg.cgi/captcha/1/35Epwz4cSCjHWnBqs3SutUSaoUFUseKgaslZUozGy might push – – – if they could see it?

8. Why is it only in English? Surely trona city council should be more inclusive then that, will Liv Chow fix it

9. You would be surprised how many people don’t know how the crossing signs work. In our city, London, pedestrians are always stuck at the intersection especially as many lights will not display the walk sign unless the button has be pushed during the previous red light.

10. This kind of rudimentary behaviour-conditioning sign language is present only in the progressive metroplexes – so it is natural logic to surmise that it is intended for the rudimentary grasp on reality suffered by , not so much those unfamiliar with the language and culture, but those unfamiliar with common logic/sense.
    It becomes apparent that the average prog zombie must rely on big brother to tell them how to cross a roadway – cue your chicken crosses the road jokes and substitute progs for the brainless birds.

11. I think we should find an uninhabited island somewhere and ship all these PCA’s (politicalli correct a-holes) there. That way they can practice their enlightened way of life to their heart’s content.

12. When I was a kid the pedestrian crossing sign lit up the words “Walk” or “Don’t Walk.” Then someone decided they should replace these with pictograms of a person walking and a hand because some people might not be able to read English, or perhaps read at all. Now the same kind of minds are spending our money to install written explanations of of those pictograms that they installed for those of us who can’t read.

13. It’s Dundas West not West Dundas. And these things have been in Toronto for at least 15 years.

14. They forgot to add the most important line of all….
    “USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!”
    Nannys all.

15. TheTooner: exactly.
    Equally fun is being in an elevator and quickly reaching for the open button to let a late arriver in, only to find it takes some time to figure out which of the arrow buttons keeps the doors open.

16. In Ottawa, that would bring a protest because it’s not bilingual.

17. Another fun elevator trick is, when someone accidentally brushes against you and apologizes (He, we’re Canadian eh?) to say: , “OK but don’t let it happen again” while waving fore-finger.

18. I love the last instruction. I guess they had a big problem with folks stopping in the middle of the street when the red hand came up and waited there until the go sign returned.

19. Meatriarchy: It is Dundas W., I was a little hasty sending it in.

20. For a while the “chirping” at the crosswalk in front on the Metro Public Library on Yonge north or Bloor was out of sync and ended up encouraging the blind to cross the street at precisely the wrong time.

21. Toronto’s lights all have a countdown clock showing you how much time is left on the light for you to cross. Idiots ignore the clock and begin crossing with e.g. only 5 seconds before the light is about to change, thus the need for the third instruction.

22. Wonder if the Libs will have a sign in a year’s time explaining the Trudeau salute to Westerners?

23. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, only the Gov’t can come with point-to-point instructions on how to cross the street. I bet we could cut Gov’t budgets 80% and they would still have to much money to play with.

24. I am TOTALLY Offended.!!
    It is not written in French, Arabic or mandarin..!!
    Outrageous..!!
    WTF is up with this eh..?? I guess pictograms are unintelligible for most Torontonians..??
    I always know there was something “special’ with those folk…

25. Just one more sign of ‘the guvamint’ telling us what to do….and the sheeple said ok.
    Not unlike the huge MTO signs all around Northern Ontario..’Can’t see? Don’t Pass!’
    They are in both official languages tho.
    When did we ask guvamint to be are companion, guide and decision maker?

26. This sign should cover all the bases.
    What does the sign say?

27. Steakman, if it covered all the linguistic requirements of downtown Toronto it would have to be 10 feet wide and 40 feet tall. 😉

28. I know a fair few intersections here that could use this sign; doubt the idiots who hurl themselves into the intersection in the face of a blinking red hand would pay any attention.

29. Here in Southern California we have the signs but no instructions…yet

30. Here’s something I have learned lately. When big trucks are moving through towns they use the term “white man walking” for that “walk” symbol.

31. Calgary may soon be headed down the same path…
    http://shar.es/1nRNCz
    A city councillor says a recent collision in Kensington that injured two pedestrians is more evidence that Calgary needs a better policy to protect walkers.