Person hit by bus at 18/k - 5:30pm tues.
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Anonymous
| Hoping they are ok - reminder that life can change in an instant. |
Anonymous
| Thanks. I was wondering what was going on. |
Anonymous
| Why does this happen so often in DC? |
Anonymous
It happens everywhere. In London tube trains are delayed all the time because "of a person under the train." |
Anonymous
This is true, but more often than not, those are suicides. |
Anonymous
Two words: smart phones. Yes it's the driver's legal fault much of the time because of the language of,the relevant statutes. ("Failure to yield", etc). However if you've spent half an hour watching pedestrians stumble out into the roadway with their eyes 100% glued to their little screens in their hands, you understand how "this happens so often in DC" |
Anonymous
| In addition to pedestrians on smartphones, there are plenty of drivers who are too & I walk through that intersection every day & I'm always amazed by the number of cars who blow right through red lights. |
Anonymous
| Those Metro buses also tend to drive really fast, really close to the curb. |
Anonymous
| Not just cell phones but people jaywalk here. Jaywalking is horrible problem! |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I'm pretty tall (5'10") and my head has come pretty close to getting slammed by the side mirror while I was standing on the curb. Now I always stand a few feet back. |
Anonymous
Seriously. People just walk wherever they want whenever they want. Lately I've also seen people crossing at intersections but waiting until the light turns red. It's like they forgot that green means go and red means stop. That said, I'm not trying to blame the victim here and hope the person is ok. |
Anonymous
| My husband saw on Twitter that she was apparently not breathing and taken to a hospital. Nothing more. No idea how old. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Sucks |