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Old 12-03-07, 01:29 PM
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BarracksSi
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Here's what I don't like --

Pedestrians in DC thinking that, because there's a few picoliters of ink on a piece of paper in City Hall describing a law "protecting" pedestrians, they don't have to look both ways before crossing the street.

OR pedestrians thinking that they can step in front of a bus and sue for injuries. I still can't believe that our buses have to run flashing lights now; who can't see a bus??

I will guarantee that this one was another instance of two people not paying attention to where the hell they were going. TWO people, not just one. It's really not difficult to evade a car or to see it coming in the first place.

That intersection is a bit screwy -- not the wildest I've seen, but just "off" enough that both drivers and pedestrians need to pay closer attention.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...r&om=1&layer=t

Pedestrian deaths are never, EVER, 100% the driver's fault. Sorry. I don't buy it.

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