Off for a SUP today, 14' board on roof. Saw a middle aged woman with small dog on lead stop at kerb, look both ways and as I neared her she stepped straight off and walked at a diagonal across road. We were 20 meters from an intersection with a crossing.
Obviously I slowed down and gave a quick beep on horn.
No reaction, another louder longer beep as I thought she might be hard of hearing. She looked over her shoulder, saw me and proceeded to wander down the MIDDLE of the lane. I hit the horn full blast, nothing. She reluctantly moved over enough so I could get by. I lowered window and shouted at her that if I hadve been going the speed limit I could've hit her.
Her reply, I kid you not. "Im in the right, you have to stop".
She wandered off up the road oblivious. A guy walking on the footpath looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.
Is this what pedestrians are like these days or is it a indication of what society has become??