Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hoping they are ok - reminder that life can change in an instant.
Does this line of thinking honestly make people feel better? Must we use someone else's tragedy to feel something about our lives? It's sad.
Terrible tragedy no matter who is "at fault." I hope the victim is okay, but that driver is having the worst day of his or her life.
What does "this line of thinking" have to do with making anyone feel better? And who said it made anyone feel better? How can one feel better about a potential tragedy anyway? The victim may or may not be dead and, as you said, the driver's life will never be the same. It's horrible no matter how you slice it. And the acknowledgement that life can change in an instant is simply a fact.
Anonymous wrote:Prayers to the woman who was hit yesterday.
Here's what I learned living in DC and NYC:
Don't wait in the street to cross. Stay on the curb. A foot or two back.
Don't ever expect an approaching car or bus to stop, even when the traffic signals are telling them they should. Pause to confirm before making a move.
When the light changes, wait a few extra seconds before stepping off the curb. Just in case.
It's crazy, but I've seen so many close calls in downtown DC and Roslyn, too.
Cars and buses running lights.
Cars turning right without looking to see who's stepped off the curb.
Cars pulling way up into the intersection to turn right on red (NoVA), again, without slowing down to realize pedestrians were in the crosswalk waiting to cross.
Everyone is in a hurry. Drivers and pedestrians, both. Do yourself a favor and stay back on the curb, and don't be the first to cross the street.
Slow yourself down and take a few extra beats to wait and look around, just in case.
Anonymous wrote:Prayers to the woman who was hit yesterday.
Here's what I learned living in DC and NYC:
Don't wait in the street to cross. Stay on the curb. A foot or two back.
Don't ever expect an approaching car or bus to stop, even when the traffic signals are telling them they should. Pause to confirm before making a move.
When the light changes, wait a few extra seconds before stepping off the curb. Just in case.
It's crazy, but I've seen so many close calls in downtown DC and Roslyn, too.
Cars and buses running lights.
Cars turning right without looking to see who's stepped off the curb.
Cars pulling way up into the intersection to turn right on red (NoVA), again, without slowing down to realize pedestrians were in the crosswalk waiting to cross.
Everyone is in a hurry. Drivers and pedestrians, both. Do yourself a favor and stay back on the curb, and don't be the first to cross the street.
Slow yourself down and take a few extra beats to wait and look around, just in case.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hoping they are ok - reminder that life can change in an instant.
Does this line of thinking honestly make people feel better? Must we use someone else's tragedy to feel something about our lives? It's sad.
Terrible tragedy no matter who is "at fault." I hope the victim is okay, but that driver is having the worst day of his or her life.[/quote
What does "this line of thinking" have to do with making anyone feel better? And who said it made anyone feel better? How can one feel better about a potential tragedy anyway? The victim may or may not be dead and, as you said, the driver's life will never be the same. It's horrible no matter how you slice it. And the acknowledgement that life can change in an instant is simply a fact.
Anonymous wrote:Hoping they are ok - reminder that life can change in an instant.
Anonymous wrote:Those Metro buses also tend to drive really fast, really close to the curb.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just cell phones but people jaywalk here. Jaywalking is horrible problem!
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.
Uh huh. You people are generalizing based on the behavior that bothers you, but you have NO IDEA what happened in this situation and you have NO IDEA about the statistics of pedestrian injuries/fatalities and who was to "blame". When you are driving a car or bus, you have an incredible amount of responsibility on your shoulders and fact of the matter is that it is not difficult to anticipate what somebody going 4mph is going to do. Open your eyes, get off your phone, and take your responsibility as a driver seriously before you kill somebody.
Sorry, what I meant was that I was making a general comment about pedestrians I've encountered lately, not trying to opine on today's accident.
Anonymous wrote:Those Metro buses also tend to drive really fast, really close to the curb.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just cell phones but people jaywalk here. Jaywalking is horrible problem!
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.
Uh huh. You people are generalizing based on the behavior that bothers you, but you have NO IDEA what happened in this situation and you have NO IDEA about the statistics of pedestrian injuries/fatalities and who was to "blame". When you are driving a car or bus, you have an incredible amount of responsibility on your shoulders and fact of the matter is that it is not difficult to anticipate what somebody going 4mph is going to do. Open your eyes, get off your phone, and take your responsibility as a driver seriously before you kill somebody.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Those Metro buses also tend to drive really fast, really close to the curb.
+1
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 wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not just cell phones but people jaywalk here. Jaywalking is horrible problem!
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.