Popular Post ChrisL Posted May 30, 2020 Popular Post Share #1 Posted May 30, 2020 After dinner we went down to Newport Beach to take the dogs for a walk. As we’re driving back we see a group of people already crossing in a cross walk heading our way from the other side of the street. So I slow & stop so they can continue to cross. Behind me 2-3 cars also stop but in the lane to my right I see a car coming at well over 40 MPH (25mph speed limit!). Based on the cars speed I know they are on a collision course and the pedestrians can’t see the car coming yet. I lay on my horn and hold my hand up in a stop motion. The three in back see me but the lead girl doesn’t look at me and fortunately one of the guys grabs her & pulls her back just as the car zooms through the crosswalk missing her by inches, maybe even brushed her! The group of pedestrians is stunned, I have that oh shit that was close look and they all thank me & cross. Freaking close one! 4 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #2 Posted May 30, 2020 Yeah, scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #3 Posted May 30, 2020 Traffic is dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 30, 2020 Pennsylvania spent money on signs that say. Pennsylvania law states traffic must yield to pedestrians in crosswalk. I guess that means anyone not in the crosswalk is fair game? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted May 30, 2020 Share #5 Posted May 30, 2020 You saved a couple lives today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted May 30, 2020 Share #6 Posted May 30, 2020 Too close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #7 Posted May 30, 2020 Womaxx has watched and done the same horn honking as a car sailed by a school bus. I have done similar as a road crew started me into a one lane section around road work as I saw a lady in an SUV blow the stop signal on the other side and fly through the zone toward the workers and myself at the speed limit...............cell phone firmly attached to her ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #8 Posted May 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: Pennsylvania spent money on signs that say. Pennsylvania law states traffic must yield to pedestrians in crosswalk. I guess that means anyone not in the crosswalk is fair game? I've seen a system in some Pennsylvania towns, (Butler is one I can think of at the moment) where there is a time slot in the traffic light cycle when pedestrians own the intersection. The light turns red in four directions, and when the bell sounds, walkers can cross any way, even diagonally. Seems like a good idea to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 30, 2020 47 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: I've seen a system in some Pennsylvania towns, (Butler is one I can think of at the moment) where there is a time slot in the traffic light cycle when pedestrians own the intersection. The light turns red in four directions, and when the bell sounds, walkers can cross any way, even diagonally. Seems like a good idea to me. That's a normal crosswalk at our 3 downtown lights here. It's driven by a button on each corner that pedestrians push. We're a big city now. Note. This will not protect you from right turn on red drivers who usually barely slow down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: That's a normal crosswalk at our 3 downtown lights here. It's driven by a button on each corner that pedestrians push. We're a big city now. Note. This will not protect you from right turn on red drivers who usually barely slow down. There was no right on red in the situations I saw. Really the only way that can work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted May 30, 2020 Share #11 Posted May 30, 2020 I don't trust crosswalks as a pedestrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted May 30, 2020 Share #12 Posted May 30, 2020 Did the driver ever notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted May 30, 2020 Share #13 Posted May 30, 2020 3 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Womaxx has watched and done the same horn honking as a car sailed by a school bus. I have done similar as a road crew started me into a one lane section around road work as I saw a lady in an SUV blow the stop signal on the other side and fly through the zone toward the workers and myself at the speed limit...............cell phone firmly attached to her ear. My Dad witnessed the same type of accident in a construction zone. 6 dead, and nothing he could do about. He was a few cars away from dying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted May 30, 2020 Share #14 Posted May 30, 2020 Seeing things like is shuddering. We used to go to a party at Mt. Shasta for New years. This idiot put his tiny daughter on a shed and pushed her down this hill that has some trees at the end of it. He is yelling "Jump off, bail off." She didn't. She grazed the tree and crashed into the tree well. Luckily she didn't hit it directly, but she got hurt and was crying. After seeing that, I could not sleep that night. I kept seeing the child hit the tree. A little PTSD for me. She seemed ok, but stunned. I was so upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted May 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Airehead said: Did the driver ever notice? Being how close the girl came to being a hood ornament you would think maybe they would have braked or slowed down to check but no.... The driver just blew the intersection & kept on going... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 30, 2020 Share #16 Posted May 30, 2020 4 hours ago, Rattlecan said: There was no right on red in the situations I saw. Really the only way that can work. Correct. One of our three required special signs at first denoting no right turn on red and later the lights themselves were changed to control right turns in addition to normal straight forward. That light was adjacent to the town green and during events people were getting hit by right turners who were too busy turning to look for people. I myself managed to dent one car with a swift kick as I jumped out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted May 30, 2020 Share #17 Posted May 30, 2020 Many years ago.... in 1977, I was just starting work at my company of 40+ years. For 2 months I used a Metra train to travel from the west suburbans of Chicago to downtown Chicago for training each day. I always took the same commuter train. The train before ours was an express train about 10 minutes before our train and it didn't stop at our stop, it just blew on thru probably at 50 mph, Some people always arrived just minutes (or less) before our train would leave. One day... the express was late about 10 minutes late. This guy, assuming the train he saw in the distance was our train. Of course he had to cross 3 tracks at our station to get to the correct side of the train for loading. (yes there is a walkway across the tracks) He just starts walking across the tracks, of course assuming the train was slowing down to stop. It wasn't going to stop. We started yelling at him to get off of the tracks. He was oblivious to just everything, including the approaching train. Can't blame it in cell phones, they didn't exist then. He may been reading a newspaper. The train is now blowing the horn... no change he just keeps on walking not looking at the train or us still yelling. He never ran... he just barely made it across the track. The train zooms by and THEN he noticed he was missed being hit by inches. I can remember that like it was yesterday... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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