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i actually saw one of these accidents a few years ago. a woman a few steps behind her companion got thrown over the hood and to the side (miraculously not serio

i actually saw one of these accidents a few years ago. a woman a few steps behind her companion got thrown over the hood and to the side (miraculously not seriously injured though). the car started from a stop light, and probably hit her at around 15-20 mph. it was unbelievable that the driver didn't recognize the pedestrians waiting at the light and further didn't look at all when he started moving. that is, until the driver admitted to being distracted (by phone, passenger, and music simultaneously). the biggest bang for buck here is to reduce any and all distraction in driving (including touchscreen controls), rather than trying to slow cars down further or make cars safer.

Dah00n 5y ago
Cars and pedestrians simply should not have green light in the same direction at the same time. If they didn't do this (as many countries don't) the driver you saw would have to also run a red light to hit someone while turning. Pedestrians and cyclists should also always have a stop sign far enough ahead of the stop line for cars that you can't miss them (no pun intended). For an example the Netherlands have a lot of these kinds of safety features build in to their roads. Scandinavia too. Lots to learn..
- jopsen 5y ago
  It might be more to do with stop signs, driver training/tests and poor visibility. SF has lots of stop signs, technically a pedestrian barely has to look. And cars don't expect there to be pedestrians. (Generally, they are so annoying drivers have little respect for full stop signs, and speed up aggressively) Also the US has notoriously poor driver training and tests. I failed my driver license tests twice in Denmark because for failure turn my head and look out for pedestrians I knew weren't there :) (It teaches drivers when and where to look). SF also has a habit of allowing street parking really close to intersections. In general street parking is bad for visibility as drivers can't see pedestrians. But in particular around intersections in SF you frequently aren't visible as a pedestrian waiting to cross. Anyways, that's what I felt was sketchy about traffic living in SF. In Denmark I do lots of left turns and pedestrians isn't an issue, probably because I know they have a green light. And I've been taught to look out.

Dah00n 5y ago

Cars and pedestrians simply should not have green light in the same direction at the same time. If they didn't do this (as many countries don't) the driver you saw would have to also run a red light to hit someone while turning. Pedestrians and cyclists should also always have a stop sign far enough ahead of the stop line for cars that you can't miss them (no pun intended). For an example the Netherlands have a lot of these kinds of safety features build in to their roads. Scandinavia too. Lots to learn..

jopsen 5y ago
It might be more to do with stop signs, driver training/tests and poor visibility. SF has lots of stop signs, technically a pedestrian barely has to look. And cars don't expect there to be pedestrians. (Generally, they are so annoying drivers have little respect for full stop signs, and speed up aggressively) Also the US has notoriously poor driver training and tests. I failed my driver license tests twice in Denmark because for failure turn my head and look out for pedestrians I knew weren't there :) (It teaches drivers when and where to look). SF also has a habit of allowing street parking really close to intersections. In general street parking is bad for visibility as drivers can't see pedestrians. But in particular around intersections in SF you frequently aren't visible as a pedestrian waiting to cross. Anyways, that's what I felt was sketchy about traffic living in SF. In Denmark I do lots of left turns and pedestrians isn't an issue, probably because I know they have a green light. And I've been taught to look out.