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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?[/quote]

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 ...[/quote]

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.

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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. [/quote]

:shock:   I do have the right of way in a crosswalk and I was vigilant.  When I started crossing she wasn't even close to the intersection.  And there's a stop sign on Hiatt.  It's a one way on Irving and nothing was coming from that direction.[/quote]

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