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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pedestrian safety requires eye contact with the driver. Nobody in DC makes eye contact that is why pedestrians have so many problems.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/motr/safe-crossings-the-power-of-eye-contact.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-key-to-crossing-the-street-safely-eye-contact-1427734205[/quote]

Do you try to do this on a daily basis. I do, and drivers will refuse to look/or be looking at their phones. About 30% of the time drivers will actually scan so I can get their attention. One day I was crossing the street walking home. I'd felt embarrassed that day because I was wearing a really bright coat and then realized I was carrying a really bright umbrella in a clashing color, so I looked like a clown. This woman scans and looks directly at me, stops at the light, I walk in front of her car in the crosswalk with the crossing light and she puts her foot on the gas and starts turning right on red. Even though she looked at me, and my actions were completely predictable, she just was in some other zone. It is really on the person driving the machine that can kill a careful pedestrian to be present and aware as they are driving. I cannot do any more than I already do as a pedestrian.[/quote]

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