"I didn't run you over, so you need to calm down!"

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I saw a whole line of cars making a right over a crosswalk. Meanwhile a mom with a stroller couldn’t finish crossing the street and the crosswalk timer was counting down. Not one car slowed down for her.

People are jerks.

[Anonymous]

But she was not hit... so what is she going to write the license plate down for? She was crossing the car stopped, she freaked out, now she is posting about it.

The fact is she was crossing, the car stopped... move on.

[Anonymous]

Cars have blind spots.
I try to be careful and go slowly for that reason. I almost ( slowly ) hit someone in a parking lot recently. They were just in the perfect spot to not be seen.
Scary stuff.
Of course I didn’t yell at them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP, yes you had the right of way. I think the other poster’s point is that there’s no right of way in heaven. (Per a saying I once saw in another country.) This means don’t rely on others for your safety even if you do have the right of way. It could save your life.

I wasn't relying on others for my safety. I was crossing the street. Should we not cross streets? Should there be no pedestrians in the city? Should I have to worry about being killed just because I'm not in a car?

[Anonymous]

If a cop wants to ticket someone, there are enough random and stupid traffic laws where they could do so. You don’t have to be injure a pedestrian to face a penalty for wreckless driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cars have blind spots.
I try to be careful and go slowly for that reason. I almost ( slowly ) hit someone in a parking lot recently. They were just in the perfect spot to not be seen.
Scary stuff.
Of course I didn’t yell at them.

How was there a blind spot when the OP was right in front of the car?

It's evident that most of the responses are coming from people who don't walk in the city. Get out of your car for once in your life and you'll get a huge wake up call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was in the crosswalk yesterday at Irving and Hiatt (halfway between 14th and 16th Streets) when a driver making a left turn onto Irving nearly ran me down. I kept thinking the car would stop... and it did, about 6 inches from me. I thought, "This is it" and my reaction was to let out a yell and and throw my arms up. The driver rolled down her window. I said, "You didn't see me?" She replied by berating me with, "I didn't run you over, so you need to calm down!" Then she drove off down Irving. If I did that, I would be apologizing profusely and asking if the pedestrian was okay. Yeesh. What in the hell? She's going to kill someone one day. I'm still a bit rattled.

It's just not safe for pedestrians out there. What can be done?

Never trust that a car will stop or they see you. If you think a car will stop wait till it does before you move in front of it. It’s nice you are in the crosswalk but if that car hits you ...

It's "nice" that I was in the crosswalk?!? I was following the rules... already in the crosswalk before she came barreling up out of nowhere.

You don't just have the right of way because you are in a crosswalk. It does not mean you don't have to be vigilant because you are in the crosswalk.

This is so true. More pedestrians that have been killed would be alive, if they treat it this way. You may legally have the right away, but it won’t matter if you’re dead. Stop and make sure everyone comes to a complete stop, because it just takes one fool to be to texting and plow someone down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I was in the crosswalk yesterday at Irving and Hiatt (halfway between 14th and 16th Streets) when a driver making a left turn onto Irving nearly ran me down. I kept thinking the car would stop... and it did, about 6 inches from me. I thought, "This is it" and my reaction was to let out a yell and and throw my arms up. The driver rolled down her window. I said, "You didn't see me?" She replied by berating me with, "I didn't run you over, so you need to calm down!" Then she drove off down Irving. If I did that, I would be apologizing profusely and asking if the pedestrian was okay. Yeesh. What in the hell? She's going to kill someone one day. I'm still a bit rattled.

It's just not safe for pedestrians out there. What can be done?

Never trust that a car will stop or they see you. If you think a car will stop wait till it does before you move in front of it. It’s nice you are in the crosswalk but if that car hits you ...

It's "nice" that I was in the crosswalk?!? I was following the rules... already in the crosswalk before she came barreling up out of nowhere.

You don't just have the right of way because you are in a crosswalk. It does not mean you don't have to be vigilant because you are in the crosswalk.

This is so true. More pedestrians that have been killed would be alive, if they treat it this way. You may legally have the right away, but it won’t matter if you’re dead. Stop and make sure everyone comes to a complete stop, because it just takes one fool to be to texting and plow someone down

OP stated that the intersection was clear when she started into the crosswalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP, yes you had the right of way. I think the other poster’s point is that there’s no right of way in heaven. (Per a saying I once saw in another country.) This means don’t rely on others for your safety even if you do have the right of way. It could save your life.

Yes, pedestrians need to be mindful, too, but I notice drivers try to rush through because they are in a hurry. They will try to quickly get through so they don't have to stop for the pedestrian. This is probably what happened in OP's case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a cop wants to ticket someone, there are enough random and stupid traffic laws where they could do so. You don’t have to be injure a pedestrian to face a penalty for wreckless driving.

Wreckless driving. Ha!

[Anonymous]

It's pathetic that most people are defending the driver. Not only her driving, but then yelling at the OP... WTF?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's pathetic that most people are defending the driver. Not only her driving, but then yelling at the OP... WTF?

+1 The driver was way out of line. The problem is that a pedestrian is pretty much at the mercy of an inconsiderate jerk driver behind a 4000 pound machine, so you have to watch out for that kind of driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I was in the crosswalk yesterday at Irving and Hiatt (halfway between 14th and 16th Streets) when a driver making a left turn onto Irving nearly ran me down. I kept thinking the car would stop... and it did, about 6 inches from me. I thought, "This is it" and my reaction was to let out a yell and and throw my arms up. The driver rolled down her window. I said, "You didn't see me?" She replied by berating me with, "I didn't run you over, so you need to calm down!" Then she drove off down Irving. If I did that, I would be apologizing profusely and asking if the pedestrian was okay. Yeesh. What in the hell? She's going to kill someone one day. I'm still a bit rattled.

It's just not safe for pedestrians out there. What can be done?

Never trust that a car will stop or they see you. If you think a car will stop wait till it does before you move in front of it. It’s nice you are in the crosswalk but if that car hits you ...

It's "nice" that I was in the crosswalk?!? I was following the rules... already in the crosswalk before she came barreling up out of nowhere.

That doesn’t mean that you weren’t in her blind spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in the crosswalk yesterday at Irving and Hiatt (halfway between 14th and 16th Streets) when a driver making a left turn onto Irving nearly ran me down. I kept thinking the car would stop... and it did, about 6 inches from me. I thought, "This is it" and my reaction was to let out a yell and and throw my arms up. The driver rolled down her window. I said, "You didn't see me?" She replied by berating me with, "I didn't run you over, so you need to calm down!" Then she drove off down Irving. If I did that, I would be apologizing profusely and asking if the pedestrian was okay. Yeesh. What in the hell? She's going to kill someone one day. I'm still a bit rattled.

It's just not safe for pedestrians out there. What can be done?

Never trust that a car will stop or they see you. If you think a car will stop wait till it does before you move in front of it. It’s nice you are in the crosswalk but if that car hits you ...

It's "nice" that I was in the crosswalk?!? I was following the rules... already in the crosswalk before she came barreling up out of nowhere.

That doesn’t mean that you weren’t in her blind spot.

The OP was right in front of the driver. Blind spot my ass. She would literally have to be blind not to see OP.

Slow down and get off your phone.

[Anonymous]

What is this blind spot people are referring to? If you're in the middle of a crosswalk and someone comes barreling down the street and doesn't see you, their only blind spot is the fact that they were not looking ahead of them.

The way some people are responding here people may as well never use the crosswalk. The Op said she used an abundance of caution. It was clear when she crossed. If someone comes out of nowhere what is a pedestrians supposed to do about that?

Drivers need to be much more careful and that is all there is to it. Pedestrians can only be vigilant up to a point before the driver needs to take over