9-23-07 Chertaeu and White

Cherteau writes about NYC's rules and regulations, and how these are put in place to keep things running smoothly and safely. If there were a narrow street that wasn't specified as one way, would you doubt that a taxi would take it in a second with on coming traffic because it may get him there a little faster? Would you doubt that same taxi driver to stop for pedestrians ever if there weren't street lights to stop them? But there are rules, and they do keep people safe. However White argues that even though there are these regulations to keep people safe, and even the locals of the city street know that it works, he states how everyone will always at least peak the other way of a one way street before they cross, as though they don't trust these rules. They don't trust that some taxi driver won't ram himself down a narrow street with on coming traffic and pedestrians just to get to the destination faster. Even the locals that will cross on the flashing light, and people that jet across the street between groups of traffic, they too will look the other way.