Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coming from another culture, it is hard to understand how a lot of people are saying that pedestrians need to take responsibility for their own safety, always assume that cars have the right of way. Yet, in other contexts, when accidents arise, let's say a child gets sunburned at camp because a parent didn't provide sunscreen, then it's suing time and people can't seem to take responsibility for themselves anymore.

Could somebody explain?

The assumption is that normal people go places by car, and everybody else needs to watch out (the polite version) or get the F out of my way (the not-polite version). That's the thinking underlying all of this.

So true. And that's pathetic on a so called "urban" website, where pedestrians are the norm. I guess it shows how many suburbanites are on this site. Please don't drive in the city, I beg you.

Anonymous wrote:Three pedestrians die in three days after being hit by cars, police say
June 15
Three pedestrians died in the Washington area over the past three days after being hit by cars, two in Arlington and one in Prince George’s County. Two of the incidents occurred during daylight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pedestrian-fatally-struck-by-vehicle-in-arlington-va/2019/06/15/e6ca174a-8fa4-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.2b7db552afc2

And one of them was 14.

Because it's more important for people to be able to drive places fast than for children to be able to cross the road in their neighborhood without being killed.

Anonymous wrote:Coming from another culture, it is hard to understand how a lot of people are saying that pedestrians need to take responsibility for their own safety, always assume that cars have the right of way. Yet, in other contexts, when accidents arise, let's say a child gets sunburned at camp because a parent didn't provide sunscreen, then it's suing time and people can't seem to take responsibility for themselves anymore.

Could somebody explain?

The assumption is that normal people go places by car, and everybody else needs to watch out (the polite version) or get the F out of my way (the not-polite version). That's the thinking underlying all of this.

Anonymous wrote:Coming from another culture, it is hard to understand how a lot of people are saying that pedestrians need to take responsibility for their own safety, always assume that cars have the right of way. Yet, in other contexts, when accidents arise, let's say a child gets sunburned at camp because a parent didn't provide sunscreen, then it's suing time and people can't seem to take responsibility for themselves anymore.

Could somebody explain?

Our inclination to sue and evade personal responsibility is not nearly as strong as our cultural bias for the automobile.

Three pedestrians die in three days after being hit by cars, police say
June 15
Three pedestrians died in the Washington area over the past three days after being hit by cars, two in Arlington and one in Prince George’s County. Two of the incidents occurred during daylight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pedestrian-fatally-struck-by-vehicle-in-arlington-va/2019/06/15/e6ca174a-8fa4-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.2b7db552afc2

Anonymous wrote:Coming from another culture, it is hard to understand how a lot of people are saying that pedestrians need to take responsibility for their own safety, always assume that cars have the right of way. Yet, in other contexts, when accidents arise, let's say a child gets sunburned at camp because a parent didn't provide sunscreen, then it's suing time and people can't seem to take responsibility for themselves anymore.

Could somebody explain?

the person suing the camp is wrong.

It’s not just blind spots. Pedestrians looking straight ahead, thinking drivers will definitely stop because they have a red light are being plowed down because of drivers texting

Coming from another culture, it is hard to understand how a lot of people are saying that pedestrians need to take responsibility for their own safety, always assume that cars have the right of way. Yet, in other contexts, when accidents arise, let's say a child gets sunburned at camp because a parent didn't provide sunscreen, then it's suing time and people can't seem to take responsibility for themselves anymore.

Could somebody explain?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This guy was in perfect frontal blind spot.. this is how it happens, drivers are not aware, pedestrians are not aware.. not enough awareness all around..

People minding their own business, crossing the road, do not have the responsibility of knowing where the blind spots are of each vehicle they might encounter.

^^^And if this is a known problem, why aren't vehicle manufacturers redesigning their vehicles to fix it?

Anonymous wrote:This guy was in perfect frontal blind spot.. this is how it happens, drivers are not aware, pedestrians are not aware.. not enough awareness all around..

People minding their own business, crossing the road, do not have the responsibility of knowing where the blind spots are of each vehicle they might encounter.

Will they start making them soon??>. awawesome invention.

https://contest.techbriefs.com/2014/entries/automotive-transportation/4615

This guy was in perfect frontal blind spot.. this is how it happens, drivers are not aware, pedestrians are not aware.. not enough awareness all around..

The left hand turn thing is a major problem and probably the highest risk. I've almost been hit three times by someone making a left turn while I'm in the crosswalk. (Twice, the person actually zoomed around a car that was stopped!). One time it got close enough that it hit my wide leg pants! People making a left turn are looking for the oncoming traffic, not the pedestrian cross-walk. I think this needs to be made a MAJOR focus of driver's ed programs, the driver's test, etc. I bet some bright person could make a good driver's simulation in which they pepper pedestrians throughout -- if you miss one pedestrian in the simulation, you fail the driver's test. And it should be like a vision test, where you have to re-take it every few years. That should help teach people that this is one of the most important rules of the road. Sadly, most people great up in suburban areas where there were not a lot of pedestrians, and so they are just not used to driving in areas where there are pedestrians. As we become more and more urbanized (including the "suburbs" where a lot of these car-pedestrian accidents happen now), it's more and more important.

This is horrible, but it is real, not everyone knows. . Please educate yourself and be careful both as a driver and pedestrian:

Blind spots may occur in the front of the driver when the A-pillar (also called the windshield pillar), side-view mirror, or interior rear-view mirror block a driver's view of the road. Behind the driver, cargo, headrests, and additional pillars may reduce visibility.



People are usually aware of the side and back but not the front blind spot, no idea why not everyone knows it but maybe because we have drivers from all over the world and in different countries they teach different way?:

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The whole person can hide behind it and move along with the wehicle and get hurt



some barands invented this but I don't know what and how one can get this.. invisible pillar? or something..

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have drivers laws. If you’re dead, the laws won’t matter anyway. If you’re a pedestrian, never trust that driver isn’t texting, etc. They have texting laws. People get plowed down all the time. You’re a pedestrian, be more vigilant than driver. It’s not hard

If nothing, not laws, not changes to streets, not education can avoid deadly behavior by drivers, maybe we should ban cars.

That is the logical conclusion. Safe streets not possible with cars? Ban cars.