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Why Pedestrians are Invisible to Drivers
Scott en Aztlán wrote: > Once again as I walked to the train station this morning I was nearly > run down, this time by a young Asian female driver. This occurred at > an intersection adjacent to the one where the MFFY flip-over > colllision occurred last week (look for that one in tomorrow's Irvine > World News, BTW). > > At this intersection, a local collector road intersects with a > frontage road next to a freeway. Cars coming from the residential > neighborhoods in Tustin Ranch stack up in the dedicated right turn > lane at this intersection, waiting impatiently for an opportunity to > turn right and then make an immediate left lane change to get to the > freeway on-ramp. These cars are usually unable to turn right on red > because they are pinned down by heavy cross-traffic, so when they get > the green light they are super-anxious to get moving again. It's not > uncommon for 4 or 5 vehicles to cut across my path as I walk through > the clearly marked crosswalk, even though technically they are > required to yield. > > The real problem is the drivers a few cars back; while they are > farther back in the line, their view of the intersection is partially > blocked. On more than one occasion one of the drivers 4 or 5 cars back > has honked their horn because the lead car has stopped to give me the > right-of-way. > > This morning the first few cars in the stack cut in front of me as > usual, but this little Asian cupcake was too busy staring at the back > bumper of the pickup truck in front of her to notice that I was in the > crosswalk directly in front of her car. When she finally saw me, she > slammed on her brakes, and I gave her my best "WTF" expression. She > waved an apology, so I let her off the hook with no further > punishment. > > But this made me realize one more reason why drivers just don't see > pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and motorcyclists: they are looking at the > bumper of the car in front, or a spot on the ground 12 feet in front > of their car, or off to their left checking for cross-traffic - > anywhere but the actual direction their car is travelling. > -- > What the heck, I'll play too. > - Dave I've often thought that people who walk a lot along busy streets should wear one of those hunter caps in that wild orange color. |
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Why Pedestrians are Invisible to Drivers
Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On 25 Jan 2006 22:31:32 -0800, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend" > > wrote: > > >>I've often thought that people who walk a lot along busy streets should >>wear one of those hunter caps in that wild orange color. > > > Around here that cap would need a strobe light on it. Why not a hardhat with blue and red emergency lights? Ought to be legal as long as you don't wear it while driving... :-) Seriously though, an orange safety vest might not be such a bad idea. It ****es me off when people with dark clothes walk straight out in traffic expecting drivers to see them when it's dark and raining/snowing... Ulf |
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Why Pedestrians are Invisible to Drivers
Ulf wrote: > Scott en Aztlán wrote: > > On 25 Jan 2006 22:31:32 -0800, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend" > > > wrote: > > > > > >>I've often thought that people who walk a lot along busy streets should > >>wear one of those hunter caps in that wild orange color. > > > > > > Around here that cap would need a strobe light on it. > > Why not a hardhat with blue and red emergency lights? Ought to be legal > as long as you don't wear it while driving... :-) Seriously though, an > orange safety vest might not be such a bad idea. It ****es me off when > people with dark clothes walk straight out in traffic expecting drivers > to see them when it's dark and raining/snowing... That happened to me a few years ago. Some beyatch was dressed in black and crossing a street at night. It was at an intersection but there was no crosswalk and i wasn't expecting to see a ped. Fortunately she was white and i saw her face and hit the brakes in time. |
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