DC Pedestrian Safety

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There is no stop sign at this crosswalk.

There is a stop sign for drivers turning from Biltmore Street onto Columbia Road, which is what the driver was doing.

[Anonymous]

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You're basically arguing that it's impossible for a pedestrian to be at fault in an argument, which is so silly -- do I even have to dignify that with a response? It's like arguing that people with blue eyes cannot be at fault for a traffic accident.

Actually, the PP was saying, "This is how you need to drive in DC, if you want to avoid hitting people." That's not silly. Stop worrying so much about who's at fault, and start prioritizing not hitting people when you drive.

Not what they actually wrote! Also, I've never been in an accident in my life.

that’s literally what she wrote - drive 20 or under and look for pedestrians at every intersection.

there's no reason for anyone to drive under 20 if the posted speed limit is higher or, for that matter, if the police aren't going to stop people for speeding.

I mean, I can think of one reason: to avoid hitting and/or killing anyone with your car.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

There is no stop sign at this crosswalk.

There is a stop sign for drivers turning from Biltmore Street onto Columbia Road, which is what the driver was doing.

Also, there is surely a stop sign within a block of the crosswalk, so the driver would have stopped recently and would have had to stop again soon. No reason to gun your car down the block from stop sign to stop sign (especially through a crosswalk!).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

There is no stop sign at this crosswalk.

There is a stop sign for drivers turning from Biltmore Street onto Columbia Road, which is what the driver was doing.

True re. stop sign for turners from Biltmore Street. But I have seen conflicting reports about where the driver was coming from... both turning from Biltmore Street and proceeding "westbound" from Columbia Road. Which does the police report say? That's probably more authoritative than news reports.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

There is no stop sign at this crosswalk.

There is a stop sign for drivers turning from Biltmore Street onto Columbia Road, which is what the driver was doing.

True re. stop sign for turners from Biltmore Street. But I have seen conflicting reports about where the driver was coming from... both turning from Biltmore Street and proceeding "westbound" from Columbia Road. Which does the police report say? That's probably more authoritative than news reports.

The news reports almost always repeat the police press release, basically word for word.

[Anonymous]

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Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

[Anonymous]

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Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

Six times as many people have died this year in homicides. Not hearing a lot of outrage about that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

No, it's not. Go away.

[Anonymous]

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Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

Six times as many people have died this year in homicides. Not hearing a lot of outrage about that.

2 kids under 11 have been killed by cars at at least 2 seriously injured. Meanwhile covid safety shut down schools for 1.5 yr despite zero child covid deaths.

[Anonymous]

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Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

No, it's not. Go away.

I'm sure you're super bummed that more people aren't dying in car accidents (it's so gross BTW how you try to exploit people's deaths for this dumb anti-car jihad that you have), but here's the data. You can look at the numbers yourself. Remember the denominator here. There's probably close to a million people driving cars each day in D.C.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/traffic-fatalities

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

Six times as many people have died this year in homicides. Not hearing a lot of outrage about that.

2 kids under 11 have been killed by cars at at least 2 seriously injured. Meanwhile covid safety shut down schools for 1.5 yr despite zero child covid deaths.

Obviously, schools should have never been closed.

[Anonymous]

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I'm sure you're super bummed that more people aren't dying in car accidents (it's so gross BTW how you try to exploit people's deaths for this dumb anti-car jihad that you have), but here's the data. You can look at the numbers yourself. Remember the denominator here. There's probably close to a million people driving cars each day in D.C.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/traffic-fatalities

The entire population of DC is less than 700,000. If there are actually a million people driving cars each day in DC - that's a big, big problem for the city, and for the people who live in it.

[Anonymous]

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Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

No, it's not. Go away.

I'm sure you're super bummed that more people aren't dying in car accidents (it's so gross BTW how you try to exploit people's deaths for this dumb anti-car jihad that you have), but here's the data. You can look at the numbers yourself. Remember the denominator here. There's probably close to a million people driving cars each day in D.C.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/traffic-fatalities

fatalities are going up. and the issue is not only fatalities but also making the streets hostile to pedestrians and bikers and other modes of transit.

[Anonymous]

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Traffic fatalities are rare in D.C. (Sorry to disappoint you). There were 34 of them last year.

34 lives destroyed by drivers and at least hundreds will suffer life long disabilities. You sound like there's room for more. You are a disgusting human being.

All this talk of murder mobiles and death machines is a little ridiculous when traffic fatalities are *extremely* rare in Washington D.C.

Six times as many people have died this year in homicides. Not hearing a lot of outrage about that.

2 kids under 11 have been killed by cars at at least 2 seriously injured. Meanwhile covid safety shut down schools for 1.5 yr despite zero child covid deaths.

Obviously, schools should have never been closed.

if we directed 1% of the energy we directed towards “protecting” kids from covid to protecting them from cars … we’d have speed bumps and stoplights and no right on red at every intersection.

[Anonymous]

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I'm sure you're super bummed that more people aren't dying in car accidents (it's so gross BTW how you try to exploit people's deaths for this dumb anti-car jihad that you have), but here's the data. You can look at the numbers yourself. Remember the denominator here. There's probably close to a million people driving cars each day in D.C.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/traffic-fatalities

Are you a traffic engineer? Because that's actually the traffic engineering justification for not doing anything to make a street or intersection safer: not enough people have been hit there yet.