LOOK OUT!!!!!!

I stopped at a crosswalk to let them cross. The crosswalk has lights to tell drivers to stop, and I did. As the woman started across, I noticed two cars in the side mirror coming up fast. I honked my horn to get the woman to look up and stop. She did, and the two cars went by without noticing that they had narrowly missed a colision.

Be careful out there.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• car
• accident
• fail
• crosswalk
• safety
• death

[witch532]

@alextact

Another fact is that a lot of our traffic engineers create rather poor solutions for traffic. This crosswalk is one of the worst solutions-crossing four lanes of traffic causes blind spots in the inner lanes. The flashing lights(LEDS) are porly visable in daylight and flash too fast to notice.

The best thing anyone can do is watch out for themselves and not assume others see them. I ride a KLR-I know of what I speak.

[witch532]

@alextact

First, I'm assuming you're from a European country. I was in Germany for a few years, so I can agree with you that people here are a little less attentive while driving. It's more like Europeans need to be more attentive because the laws are a bit more excessive in penalties. Over here, people are more distracted while driving.  We're doing several things while driving-eating, drinking, yelling at the kids in the back seat... Fact is there're so many distractions.

[alextact]

I did notice while I was in the USA that motorists stopping at cross walks seemed very much optional. Attempting to walk around some of your cities to see the sites was like a competitive sport. Back at home, I can count on one hand the number of times a motorist has failed to stop for me in a crossing in my life time. Why do so many US drivers fail to yield at your pedestrian crossings, or "cross walks"? What's the point of having them at all there?