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32. In these parts, it's also full-size pick-ups--which most of their drivers can't even handle.

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 04:24 PM

Mar 2019

Most of the people driving these things, as well as SUVs still think they're driving cars, and they treat them as such. They don't realize that being up high, it doesn't feel like they're going as fast as they are. So, they take corners at 40 mph, which means they take up two lanes to turn the damn things. Gawd help any pedestrians trying to cross the road there. The same goes for parking lots, although it's not just the truck drivers who tear through them.

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Why Pedestrian Deaths Are At A 30-Year High [View all] Mr. Sparkle Mar 2019 OP

Of course, the SUVs hit higher on the body forcing it straight down. Lower cars lift the body up... PeeJ52 Mar 2019 #1

When one of the hugh SUV's park next to me I have a difficult time backing out. They block the view katmondoo Mar 2019 #2

It's a joke that SUVs are even legal Cetacea Mar 2019 #16

That's why I almost always park in a pull-through space. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #27

This is one of the reasons I always park with the back end of my car into the space. GoCubsGo Mar 2019 #30

Those damn phones DownriverDem Mar 2019 #18

Another flip phone user here. Why do you moonscape Mar 2019 #22

ticket companies will not allow you to print out tickets DBoon Mar 2019 #26

Right turn on red across a cross-walk, without even slowing down... hlthe2b Mar 2019 #3

Absolutely right. JaneQPublic Mar 2019 #7

I was a City Letter Carrier CDerekGo Mar 2019 #4

I commute by bus hibbing Mar 2019 #5

Driving home yesterday I saw a women stopped at a stop sign texting kimbutgar Mar 2019 #6

I would also argue that it's not just the smartphones SoCalNative Mar 2019 #28

Houston is #1 for Alcohol/Drug-Related Auto Accidents... dlk Mar 2019 #8

I used to hear almost daily when I lived there that someone efhmc Mar 2019 #17

Just had a pedestrian killed near me. Archae Mar 2019 #9

"Progress" elleng Mar 2019 #10

I chalk it up to natural selection ToxMarz Mar 2019 #11

And possibly because of more electric cars? JohnnyRingo Mar 2019 #12

Every time I see a person with a phone on the side of their face or a screen UpInArms Mar 2019 #13

Now in my city we have motorized scooters volstork Mar 2019 #14

Other reasons why: lack of pedestrian visibility at night. mwooldri Mar 2019 #15

_Please see 17. These accidents were almost always at night. efhmc Mar 2019 #19

Whatever it is, it can wait. But..cell phone use is addictive. Stuart G Mar 2019 #20

Speaking as a long-time pedestrian, I can tell you that walking is a dangerous game. LisaM Mar 2019 #21

Big fucking cars + texting. . . . I see it all the time. BigDemVoter Mar 2019 #23

When I drive, my flip phone is in my pocket. Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #24

Contributing factors: sl8 Mar 2019 #25

I live in a very walkable city but it is unsafe because drivers drive as if there are no pedestrians Glimmer of Hope Mar 2019 #29

Now imagine how using a wheelchair thucythucy Mar 2019 #31

In these parts, it's also full-size pick-ups--which most of their drivers can't even handle. GoCubsGo Mar 2019 #32

I can believe it as I see alot of morons talking on their phones weaving back and forth in my area. cstanleytech Mar 2019 #33

Much of it. Igel Mar 2019 #34

This pops up every few years melm00se Mar 2019 #35