Solo Drivers should be appreciative of buses, bicyclists, pedestrians and carpoolers -not resentful

[GiaGiovanni]

76. Post #29 asked about pedestrians in general; that was answered with an NTSB report

Post #34 gave a specific scenario (the one you repeated above in post #43) without enough detail to work with. That was answered with some good general advice.

Post #43 repeats post #34 with more details. Here is my response to post #43 (below).

As I've said before, cars and bikes hit pedestrians sometimes. Accidents are hard to avoid entirely. Pedestrians can do many things to avoid being hit and they should take those precautions. Cars and bikes need to look out for pedestrians and not travel at excessive rates of speed so that they can, in fact, stop suddenly when required.

If there are many circumstances of a particular type of car/pedestrian or bike/pedestrian collision in your city, then you need to write to your city government and have them check the specific intersections where these collisions are most likely to occur. A given intersection may be poorly designed with poor visibility (allowing the "sneaking up" of a car or bike on a pedestrian), it may have a timing issue with the traffic lights and the walk/don't walk lights, or it may be in a particularly bad part of town with many poorly trained, unlicensed, or impaired motorists. I do not know the specific conditions in your city. You would need to assess that and write your city officials. The safer we can keep these intersections, the better for everyone.

If I as a pedestrian knew that particular intersections were accident prone, I would avoid these when I could. In the same way, as a motorist, I deliberately avoid turning left at "blind" intersections or driving along a road where I know there are many pedestrians or bikes meandering along the street. There is no sense in tempting fate. As a pedestrian, I am not to blame if I follow all the rules and someone hits me anyway. However, if I can avoid intersections and crosswalks that I know are fraught with problems, I do so.