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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier today about how drivers need to drive really tentatively on city streets and that drivers used to Rockville Pike/Lee Hwy need to recognize they have to employ a totally different skill set here.

I just ran errands by car that took me through many blocks in Foggy Bottom and Dupont, paying special attention to my speed and how prepared I was to stop at crosswalks. Keep in mind there are stop signs on most corners on secondary/tertiary roads in central NWDC neighborhoods.

I found the natural speed between stops was between 15 and 22 mph (yes speed limit is 20--I'm not a saint). At these speeds, with an awareness that there could be pedestrians to yield to at every corner (the awareness that I argue suburban drivers too often lack), I felt fully prepared to stop at each crosswalk and corner. The issue is really that PP's expectation she can just barrel through is unreasonable. If she's driving under 20 mph and WATCHING for pedestrians starting to cross, she will see them in time to stop. They are unlikely to sprint into the road so quickly she can't stop... unless she's not really scanning for them. That whole line of argument about the whatever-pound SUV doesn't make sense if PP is driving with the expectation that she might need to yield at every corner. [/quote]

a lot of weird assumptions here to come to a very tortured conclusion. [/quote]

Which assumptions do you think are weird? [/quote]

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