I'm at an intersection. The walk light comes on. I leave the curb.

A Toronto driver comes barrelling around the corner on a right turn.

I freeze, but, bizarrely, he comes to a halt. Not only that, he waves a little with his right hand as if to invite me to continue crossing the street. So I do -- warily.

However, he does not accelerate or try to strike me with his car. Nor does he scream "asshole!" at he or utter a guttural, Sopranos-like "go fuck yourself."

I cannot explain this aberrant behaviour.