Anonymous wrote:Sorry I could not find the info there.

"In 1975, Katz et al. carried out an experimental study of driver-pedestrian interaction when the pedestrian crossed. The pedestrians in question were members of the study team and they crossed under a variety of conditions in 960 trials. It was found that drivers stop for pedestrians more often when the vehicle approach speed is low, when the pedestrian is in a marked crosswalk, when the distance between vehicle and pedestrian is greater rather than less, when pedestrians are in groups, and when the pedestrian does not make eye contact with the driver. "

(Not exactly a recent study, but I would be interested to know if there even are any more recent studies.)

Once again the driver blew through a stop sign how much more clear could this be??

Anonymous wrote: But secondly I think that, this child must have been in the street in order to Be hit by a distracted driver.

Not only are your grammar and spelling poor, but so is your knowledge of this topic. Distracted drivers are not paying attention and are very careless.

I live on a street that has a gentle curve that is maybe 135 degrees with a rounded bend. The speed limit is 25 mph as is appropriate for a residential street. On the outside of the bend, is the driveway of one of my neighbors. She has a mailbox. In the middle or her lawn (probably 8-10 feet past her mailbox) is a street sign about parking on the street. And on about 15 feet on the other side is lamppost for one of those orange sodium streetlights. It's a well lit corner. Her mailbox has been run over 3 times by distracted drivers. One time the skid marks ended up about 20 feet into her yard and her mailbox was about 10 feet beyond the skid marks (30 feet from the street). Another time, the street sign was completely run over so that it was bent flat touching the ground. The car clearly went right over the sign. And most recently, about 3 weeks ago, someone went right through the lamppost and again (the 4th time) killed her mailbox. All distracted drivers. I have seen drivers texting who have drifted into the next lane. I have seen people on a hand held cell who have drive across right side onto the shoulder and also saw a driver reading something on the cell phone and drive 2 feet over the middle double yellow line and only wake up when a car with a much more observant driver in the opposite direction honked loudly as it swerved onto the should on that side of the road to avoid a head-on collision.

Go look at the studies of drivers who drive distracted in driving simulations. Many, many of them have a hard time staying on the road. So why would you make such a poor assumption that the child must have been in the street unless you were completely ignorant and just spouting off the top of your head. You only shame yourself posting such statements without even bothering to Google the facts before you start a post.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am seriously hearing this biatch on the radio. I wish I knew more about it. was it at a red light or was the kid walking down the street thinking he owns it. i'm sure the mother will sue and get paid and not a dime will go to her kids future.

Because if the kid was walking down the street, then it's his fault he got hit by the driver who was texting while driving? (Or his mother's, because it's always the mother's fault, after all?)

You are driving a multi-thousand-pound high-speed vehicle that can kill people. Keep your eyes on the road.

NP here. I'm not saying this is what happened, but I'm sure you've had the experience of someone just leisurely crossing the street wherever they damn well please without even looking for cars. It happens to me just about every time I drive in certain neighborhoods.

I think preventing texting while driving is absolutely essential to safety. But I also think kids need to be educated (and adults need to stop modeling bad pedestrian behavior).

Yes, I've had this experience. And when it happens to me, what I do is not run that person over.

Anonymous wrote:Like I posted in a thread about what is fair for pedestrians and fair for drivers.


Yes she should have been looking.

Being in the cross walk is not a safe zone. Not blaming him but for future reference, you should pay attention to surroundings as a pedestrian.

you people should be ashamed of yourselves for blaming him before you even tried to get the facts.

It was October 10, 2010, and Xzavier and his sister were crossing a street near their home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They stopped to look both ways, just like their mother taught them.
But at just that moment, a young driver who was texting behind the wheel blew through a stop sign. Xzavier was struck, the vehicle dragging him for more than 20 feet.

So:

He was not unattended

He looked both ways

It was at a stop

A driver blew through a stop sign

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously hearing this biatch on the radio. I wish I knew more about it. was it at a red light or was the kid walking down the street thinking he owns it. i'm sure the mother will sue and get paid and not a dime will go to her kids future.

Because if the kid was walking down the street, then it's his fault he got hit by the driver who was texting while driving? (Or his mother's, because it's always the mother's fault, after all?)

You are driving a multi-thousand-pound high-speed vehicle that can kill people. Keep your eyes on the road.

NP here. I'm not saying this is what happened, but I'm sure you've had the experience of someone just leisurely crossing the street wherever they damn well please without even looking for cars. It happens to me just about every time I drive in certain neighborhoods.

I think preventing texting while driving is absolutely essential to safety. But I also think kids need to be educated (and adults need to stop modeling bad pedestrian behavior).

Anonymous wrote:I am seriously hearing this biatch on the radio. I wish I knew more about it. was it at a red light or was the kid walking down the street thinking he owns it. i'm sure the mother will sue and get paid and not a dime will go to her kids future.

Because if the kid was walking down the street, then it's his fault he got hit by the driver who was texting while driving? (Or his mother's, because it's always the mother's fault, after all?)

You are driving a multi-thousand-pound high-speed vehicle that can kill people. Keep your eyes on the road.

I am seriously tired of hearing this biatch on the radio. I wish I knew more about it. was it at a red light or was the kid walking down the street thinking he owns it? i'm sure the mother will sue and get paid and not a dime will go to her kids future.

I am seriously hearing this biatch on the radio. I wish I knew more about it. was it at a red light or was the kid walking down the street thinking he owns it. i'm sure the mother will sue and get paid and not a dime will go to her kids future.

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Anonymous wrote:In my homecountry along with looking both ways we learn to make eye contact with the driver. Not sure why you guys don't teach this here.

People do. See, for example, here: http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/News/Blog/pioBlog.asp?blogID=17&blogItemID=1923

But actually there is research suggesting that making eye contact may make drivers less likely to stop:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/pedbike/03042/part3.cfm

Sorry I could not find the info there.

Here's an no-texting-while-driving PSA:

http://safetextingcampaign.com/PSATextingWhileDrivingUK.aspx?cms=7293

It's graphic.

Anonymous wrote:In my homecountry along with looking both ways we learn to make eye contact with the driver. Not sure why you guys don't teach this here.

People do. See, for example, here: http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/News/Blog/pioBlog.asp?blogID=17&blogItemID=1923

But actually there is research suggesting that making eye contact may make drivers less likely to stop:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/pedbike/03042/part3.cfm

Anonymous wrote:Like I posted in a thread about what is fair for pedestrians and fair for drivers.


Yes she should have been looking.

Being in the cross walk is not a safe zone. Not blaming him but for future reference, you should pay attention to surroundings as a pedestrian.

A pedestrian has a legal right to use the street in a crosswalk. A driver has a legal obligation to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk as well as a legal duty to not hit people. If you don't want to blame the victim, don't blame the victim.

^Thank you.

In my homecountry along with looking both ways we learn to make eye contact with the driver. Not sure why you guys don't teach this here.