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kencorn@shangrila.net wrote:
>Ronald Mason wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm not "rolling" my car to avoid anything! I could be killed.
>> There is trend in the DC area for pedestrians to run across
>> lanes of traffic. This is almost suicide! Why should I "roll"
>> my car to avoid some idiot who makes irrational decisions?
>>
>
>I cannot believe some of the idiotic responses I've read in this thread.
>There seems to be absolutely no sense that any of you drivers has any
>responsibility at all.  It's those dumb pedestrians.  They deserve to die!
>Has it occurred to any of you that the thing to do when you're somewhere
>there are apt to be pedestrians  that you should slow down enough  so that
>you can stop quickly?   "Roll" your car?  Are you heading into the first
>turn at Indy?

Where pedestrians can legally or reasonable be expected to be on the
road, I drive as if they are about to jump in front of me.  Where it
is illegal and unreasonable for them to be there (i.e. illegally
crossing a freeway or at an intersection I know to be posted with "no
pedestrian crossing" signs), I will drive a reasonable speed.  I've
stopped for children running into the street before their parents 5
ft.. from them noticed the dash.  But I refuse to kill myself to avoid
some drunk walking in a lane on the freeway.

And yes, more than twice as many pedestrians struck are drunk than the
person that struck them.

Marc
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