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I walk to work every morning- about 3/4 of a mile in Texas. At least twice a week, while crossing an intersection someone will turn at least 30% of the way thr

I walk to work every morning- about 3/4 of a mile in Texas. At least twice a week, while crossing an intersection someone will turn at least 30% of the way through the intersection (if not more) before realizing that I'm crossing the street (in a crosswalk, with a green signal) then slam on the brakes. This is after I _already started crossing_. I don't think any amount of diligence would protect me from this, other than simply not walking.

stonogo 4y ago
Diligence? No, you're right. But getting rid of "turn on red" permissions would go a long way.
- sokoloff 4y ago
  It sounds like they’re talking about a turn-on-green car conflicting with a simultaneous walk-on-white pedestrian phase. Around here (MA), we’ve given pedestrians about a 4 second head start to make them more visible in situations like this (less likely to be in the A-pillar airbag blockage).
  - djmips 4y ago
    We have that too, recent change, in some of our downtown streets but they are not very wide so I think it's closer to 2 seconds and as a driver, I really love it.
- jackson1442 4y ago
  As the sibling said, this is mostly due to left yield on green (there's no protected left at this intersection), but some drivers do this with turn on red. Even though this intersection has no turn on red signage due to very low visibility to oncoming traffic.
mplanchard 4y ago
Living in Austin but regularly visiting other states, I had a feeling Texas would be one of the states with the worst increases, and indeed!
olyjohn 4y ago
New cars with huge A pillars designed to protect the driver. They are a huge blind spot. I grew up driving 80s Hondas with thin pillars and absolutely amazing visibility. My 2010 Fit, I have made left turns multiple times and been surprised to see pedestrians that I didn't notice. This never happened to me once in any of my older cars. Visibility in modern cars is pathetic, and a crime they they allow it to be so bad as long as the car passes a crash test.
- jackson1442 4y ago
  A crash test _against cars in their own weight class!_ NHTSA doesn't require testing SUVs against sedans, or any other combination. https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings

stonogo 4y ago

Diligence? No, you're right. But getting rid of "turn on red" permissions would go a long way.

sokoloff 4y ago
It sounds like they’re talking about a turn-on-green car conflicting with a simultaneous walk-on-white pedestrian phase. Around here (MA), we’ve given pedestrians about a 4 second head start to make them more visible in situations like this (less likely to be in the A-pillar airbag blockage).
- djmips 4y ago
  We have that too, recent change, in some of our downtown streets but they are not very wide so I think it's closer to 2 seconds and as a driver, I really love it.
jackson1442 4y ago
As the sibling said, this is mostly due to left yield on green (there's no protected left at this intersection), but some drivers do this with turn on red. Even though this intersection has no turn on red signage due to very low visibility to oncoming traffic.

mplanchard 4y ago

Living in Austin but regularly visiting other states, I had a feeling Texas would be one of the states with the worst increases, and indeed!

olyjohn 4y ago

New cars with huge A pillars designed to protect the driver. They are a huge blind spot. I grew up driving 80s Hondas with thin pillars and absolutely amazing visibility. My 2010 Fit, I have made left turns multiple times and been surprised to see pedestrians that I didn't notice. This never happened to me once in any of my older cars. Visibility in modern cars is pathetic, and a crime they they allow it to be so bad as long as the car passes a crash test.

jackson1442 4y ago
A crash test _against cars in their own weight class!_ NHTSA doesn't require testing SUVs against sedans, or any other combination. https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings