slvoid

Maybe I'm bored at work again but this is a harsh harsh example of why you shouldn't cross the street without a) looking, b) continuing looking while you cross and c) waiting for the green first.

It's not graphic as the traffic camera's situated far enough away but it's pretty scary.

https://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=carcrash.wmv

EDIT: It's not supposed to be funny, for those of you who think it is, it's not!

Nicodemus

Just curious... I find this extremely disturbing to watch. Then I notice the page says "Check out eBaum's world for more humor!"

What kind of sicko finds this stuff funny??!?!?!?? Jesus Christ, if someone could laugh at that they need help.

Not a jibe at you, mind. I don't mean to imply that you find it amusing. I'm just wondering - is the point of the website posting that for laughs?

townandcountry

I don't find that funny at all! What happened to the guy walking across the street?

slvoid

Repeat, it's not supposed to be funny. The guy has a lot of funny stuff on his site along with some pretty extreme and highly improbable videos there. No one's expected to get any amusement out of this.
However, I do expect people to remember what happened to that guy and think twice before doing anything stupid like blowing a light, especially on a bike since that gives you even less time to see what's coming.

operator

It'd be nice to know what happened to the pedestrian...

late

He's prob dead. The car rolled over him after carrying him several feet. Compression in the springs as the car came down should have had a thorough effect. I'd like to know how many years the SOB got.

Dahon.Steve

This type of accident can happen even if you don't blow a light. It could happen if the light is bright GREEN and you have the right to proceed! If a car decides to blow a red light and you have the green, you're pretty much done. Respecting traffic rules does not give you a better chance of survival if the motorist does not follow the rules.

The Ped had about 1 second to avoid this accident and since he was facing away, there was no way he could have avoided the accident.

This accident reminded me of a similar one that nearly happened to me last year. I was about fifty feet from an intersection just like this one when one car passed the stop sign without yielding. Another car smacked him on the side turning him in MY direction! I was fortunate there was a street pole that was just a five feet away from me and that is where the car smashed at full speed! The glass from the windows and lights sprayed my entire body. That pole saved my life.

Looking at that accident, you'll see the road was desinged by some traffic engineer who moved the trees back to protect the motorist. The street pole was also pushed back from the sidewalk thus offering the ped very little protection. The same pole that saved my life was about 10 feet from the Ped who got runned over in the accident. This is what happens when streets are designed for the safty of the motorist and not for peds.

holicow

I didn't need that....

Moistfly

That's actually interesting to me because i've had something EXACTLY like that happen to me only I had to stop right before the intersection to tie my shoe, 5 seconds later that scenario happened and the 2 cars ended up about 3 feet from me on my knee ... kinda freaky ... you can do a lot to prevent accidents but sometimes fate deals you hands like that.

operator

No, not fate. Idiot motorists. It's surprising how many crappy drivers there are out there.

Chris L

I'm not even clicking on that.

Nicodemus

Closest I ever came to something similar was at age 13 in school. School's out, about 20-30 students all crammed on the corner of an intersection waiting to cross, the light goes red, I start to cross without looking (hey, I was 13), and this great big truck had decided he was going to run the red at well over the speed limit - with dozens of kids standing right on the corner! Luckily some other kid grabbed me and pulled me back just as the moron barrelled right in front of me.

There's a lot of massively incompetent and dangerous idiots out there.

Statistically speaking, it's just a matter of time before some planet-killing asteroid does eventually hit Earth and wipe us out. Sometimes I wish it would hurry up and get here.

MichaelW

...speaking of protection for pedestrians, there is a nasty habit in the uk of using soft polythene bollards on pedestrian islands. On Saturday mornings I always see some that have been totally collapsed by some drunk driver. It may have saved the lives of plenty of bad drivers, giving them a second chance to mow down a pedestrian. It offers no protection to anyone standing on the island.

madpogue 

This type of "accident" doesn't exist. When someone blows a light and collides with someone/something, it's a crash, not an accident.

John E

Actually, it's a CRIME, and needs to be prosecuted as such. I agree with you -- it is not an accident!

slvoid

Not in this country... "in car we trust."

damn

i was reading somewhere, that the dude passing the road is alive (but with many injuries) but the driver of SUV has died

nolageek

Read about it here: snopes.com

drroebuck

The PT ran the red. The pedestrian was crossing against the red.

Nicodemus

Thanks for the link, nolageek.

I was very confused by the whole thing, because it did seem like a few things were amiss, like which vehicle had run the red, and was the pedestrian crossing against the red?

Well, now it seems he was crossing against the red. Which just starts the next question - didn't he see the SUV coming towards him, didn't he look, what?

And apparently the driver of the PT didn't notice ALL the cars on her street stopped, or that the light was red for 28 seconds before the crash. And from what info I have gleaned, no charges have yet been filed. WTF???

I hope, at the very least, that that woman is not driving anymore. Jesus.

I know, I know, most likely nobody here can answer any of these questions. I guess I'm also half-ranting. I really want to know what happens for some bizarre reason. Whether it's testosterone-fuelled kids or hopelessly incapable pensioners, they should be off the roads if they screw up like this - they're dangerous!

VeganRider

good choice, I wish I had not!

ExMachina

Graphic enough for me!

That's very upsetting.

twahl

I saw this from the originating news station. The pedestrian did in fact live. The car that was hit was a Subaru, and I don't recall any injury report at all on the driver of that vehicle. I could be wrong, but I don't recall one. The driver of the PT that blew the light was an elderly lady. I want to say she was 77 years old but I'm not going to swear to that detail.

Oxymoron

Even if the car coming from the right had the green, why didn't they see the ped? It looks as though the person crossing would have been hit anyway, or at least came very close. The driver that rolled over the ped should have seen him and been slowing even if on the green. Just because you have the right-of-way doesn't mean you shouldn't be watching. We, as cyclists and peds, know that better than anyone.

I also know that many roads, even in busy commercial/residential areas, have (for the expedience of the car drivers) speed limits of 35-45+ mph. Being that EVERYONE goes at least 5 if not 10 or 15 over the limit at all times with no regard to peds, children or other vehicles then people will die regularly. I used to laugh when my dad would get mad at people and say "driving is not a game - your only goal shouldn't be just not getting caught by the police", but I don't anymore. Violating the rights and safety of others is the core of all the world's troubles. It creates a rift in social structure and a decline in civility, which naturally leads to local and universal discord, from the menial vandals in our towns to the war mongers of world history. Jeesh, and all because we're rude! Some "slippery slopes" ARE true.

Clay

Stor Mand

Yeah, wish I hadn't.