11-02-2016, 07:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2016, 07:39 PM by danbrotherston.)
(11-02-2016, 08:51 AM)MidTowner Wrote: From the Record: Driver charged after pedestrian struck in Waterloo
"An 84-year-old man suffered minor injuries after he was hit by a car while crossing Northfield Drive West at Skylark Road in Waterloo Monday morning.
Police say the man was crossing the intersection on a green light around 8:55 a.m. when he was struck. He was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
A 35-year-old woman is charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian."
It's hard to imagine missing an 84-year-old at this intersection. Turning onto Northfield from Skylark with the light, there's not really a lot going on here that would be distracting from the job of looking out for people crossing on foot.
Not really, driver's trying to make the right on the red, so the're looking left, looks up, see's the green, steps on the gas without looking right or in front. I see this frequently. Yet another danger of Right on Red.
It can happen for driver's making a left too, but usually that's a case of the pedestrian being more spry than the driver expects, or cynically, the driver intentionally cutting off the pedestrian and the pedestrian not noticing. But regardless, I see that happen plenty too.