September 8, 2006

IF THEY CAN DO IT WHY CAN'T DARTMOUTH STUDENTS?:

Study uncovers 'chimp cross code' (BBC, 9/05/06)

Experts studying chimpanzees while investigating the evolution of human
social behaviour have uncovered their ability to safely cross roads.

Posted by Bryan Francoeur at September 8, 2006 10:21 AM
Comments

Or bicyclists learn to obey traffic signs?

And maybe that's why you never see any sasquatch among the roadkill along I-90 here in the Upper Left Washington.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at September 8, 2006 12:13 PM

I thought it was chickens that crossed roads...

Posted by: Joseph Hertzlinger at September 8, 2006 12:29 PM

Driving Hanover, NH is like being a fighter pilot over Hitler's Germany. You have to have your eyes scanning your full field of vision every second because you never know when some filthy hippie is going to wander out into the street. "Crosswalks are just the man's way of keeping you down, man!" They all know that because the law is on their side, that makes them magically immune to having their skull crushed by a car.

Posted by: Bryan at September 8, 2006 1:03 PM

Too right!

I've long noticed that college students, as a group, not only believe that they're not obliged to follow minor traffic laws, but that also not bound by the laws of physics.

They'll step right out in front a speedingc car, trusting that some supernatural braking power will prevent it from crushing them.

Posted by: H.D. Miller at September 8, 2006 1:08 PM

Speaking of Hanover, I saw a BMW from New Jersey in town today. On the back was an honest-to-God "Reagan/Bush '84" bumpersticker. I wondered if the driver was headed out to visit Orrin.

Posted by: Bryan at September 8, 2006 3:45 PM
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