La Dolce Doggie Or Isn’t That Really Dangerous?

A BHB tipster sends in this photo and observation:

There’s a nabe dog walker who consistently puts her charges in danger by “walking” the dogs while she rides on her Vespa scooter. Here’s a photo snapped this morning.

A few things to point out about the photo:

  • She’s endangering those dogs with this unprofessional and reckless behavior. A dog could easily get caught her wheels, and how can she have much control over the dogs if she’s trying to control her scooter?
  • The brake light indicates the Vespa is on.
  • She’s driving down a one way street the wrong way with an oncoming car right in front of her. This is dangerous to everyone involved—particularly the dogs
  • She’s not wearing a helmet (illegal).

In April, Brooklyn Heights super attorney/BHB super commenter TK Small observed:

This week I saw something somewhat bizarre. The heavyset woman who walks dogs in the neighborhood was doing so while slowly rolling up Pierrepont street on her scooter. I only saw her do this for 20 or 30 feet, but quickly cars were accumulating behind her. I come from a cat loving family so I am not sure whether this would be considered good practice.

Is this all that dangerous? (Update: The NY Times wrote about Brooklyn Heights dogs walkers in 2002)

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  • chris

    Silly said:
    “We need to treat animals humanely. However, why is that people go nuts about animals being treated poorly but don’t care about people suffering?

    What about this poor lady? Maybe she has difficulty walking or is extremely lazy and would rather sit her butt down instead of exercise?”

    What? She’s breaking the law and putting people danger. Like I said before, law breaker, danger, menace, end of story.

  • Caring Neighbor

    I read this because a concerned friend was so distraught over the thread of comments. I share the distress. So many people have piled on that it reminds me of my farm girl days in California where one turkey would peck at another more vulnerable bird and everyone in the barnyard would attack. You are dumping on another human being for a simple act of indiscretion. I don’t know if this blog has rules, but if it does, clearly they should prohibit this type of assasination. The webmaster should delete the entire blog and set some rules that require human decency and respect. Good G-d; no wonder our world is in such trouble when people are so cruel to one another on the level of a supposedly civilized neighborhood.