Originally Posted by
flangehead
Does anyone know a good term for this situation? I have tried “screen” but that’s not quite it. I’m looking for a short-hand like “door prize” or “right hook”. Thanks.
"Darwin Award Winner" comes to mind. How about "Death by Eclipse"
This also is why cars/cyclists/people get hit by trains occasionally. They wait impatiently for the first train to pass then shoot across the tracks right behind the train only be clobbered by a second train traveling the opposite direction hidden behind the train that just passed. I mean, a train is HUGE. How could someone possibly NOT see it. The vehicle you can see ECLIPSES the vehicle that kills you. Now you know.
IMO this is 100% on the pedestrian in the case you cited, unless the motorist is running a red light or something. Even then had the pedestrian followed my Three Commandments he/she wouldn't be in the news.
As I have written here a thousand times:
Joey's Three Intersection Commandments:
1. Look both ways before crossing a street, even a one-way street.
2. If you CAN'T SEE, you CAN'T GO.
3. If you're NOT SURE, you can't go.
^These three simple concepts work no mater if you are a scofflaw running red lights and stop signs or a strict law abiding citizen. Works the same for everyone.