Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

I dunno...I've not seen any study of this, but I spent a lot of time on campus, where I know people complain constantly about students walking into traffic, but when I watch carefully I always see people look for traffic.

Probably someone should do a study.

I am sure it has been studied, or could be, but there isn't much of an appetite for reporting anything that might blame pedestrians for some of the accidents. The fact that pedestrians are being run over by trains and the ION is proof that many people just don't give a crap.

Of course, that also means that motorists need to keep an eye out for all pedestrians, even the ones that appear to be doing everything right. When I drive, I try to constantly scan, not just the road, but also sidewalks for people. You just never know.

Please don't be silly, this is an utterly ridiculous claim, pedestrians (and cyclists to an even greater extent) are constantly blamed by the media. FFS I literally posted about this a few pages back, where two peds were hit in London and the media published a list of "they should have worn this to not be killed". And these are in the instances where peds aren't found at fault. In the very rare case they are, you better believe that'll be in the news report.

It is in fact drivers who are given every possible advantage by the media. They generally refuse to even state in a news article that the driver of a vehicle hit someone.

Also, they're crashes, not accidents.

"proof that many people just don't give a crap"...Think about what you are claiming here.  You suggest people do not give a crap...about what? About being killed in the street. You seem to feel that a large number of people in this city are suicidal. That simply isn't true, people do care, most people do not want to die. There are many reasons why people make mistakes.  Also, I'm not sure now, how many pedestrians have been hit by trains? 1? 2? How many drivers? 

Drivers are far more likely to not care, because it is not their life they are not caring about.