General Road and Highway Discussion

[MidTowner]

Re: the unfortunate incident at Weber and Lincoln. My experience crossing there to do errands reasonably regularly is the same as ElmiraGuy's: it is an uncommonly unpleasant intersection. The green on Lincoln seems relatively short for the amount of traffic that turns onto Weber, and I think that's the reason motorists there are even less patient than normal.

But, although you're right, ElmiraGuy, that motorists turning right on red and denying people on foot the right of way seems very common here (I think this is an intersection where 'No Right on Red' might be warranted), I don't think that was the situation with this woman who was struck. It seems like both the motorist and woman had the green light on Lincoln, the woman tried to cross Weber with the right of way, and the motorist turned right onto Weber, striking her.

It seems like a plain old case of someone not paying attention to what she was doing.