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> or pedestrians realized they cannot rely on their hearing to monitor traffic at crosswalks. It's time enough. Unless you are blind, you should look both way
by Raphmedia 11y ago
> or pedestrians realized they cannot rely on their hearing to monitor traffic at crosswalks.
It's time enough. Unless you are blind, you should look both way before crossing. You shouldn't jaywalk anyway.
- Symbiote 11y agoYou have that the wrong way around. The car driver should be looking before proceeding, and should be driving slow enough to stop before any pedestrian. Yes, that may mean driving through a residential area at 15 km/h. (Or even 10km/h: [1]) [1] https://collegegreensharedspace.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/home-zone-02.jpg https://collegegreensharedspace.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/...
- mikeash 11y agoYou both have it wrong. Both cars and pedestrians must remain alert and look carefully for the other. Anything less than that gets people killed unnecessarily. Trying to pin it on one or the other is just arguing over who should pay for the headstone.
- Symbiote 11y agoChildren can't look as well as adults can, and adults make mistakes. The responsibility lies with the one vastly increasing the danger.
- mikeash 11y agoI'm not talking about responsibility, I'm talking about what people need to do in order to increase the odds that everybody involved can die in bed. Responsibility is just the question of who pays for the funeral.
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- pjc50 11y agoJaywalking is a ridiculous American invention of a crime.