Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[jeffster]

When I am out and driving, I have stopped at a green light more times than I can count, because of a pedestrian crossing against a red light. It's a daily occurrence. I am guessing in this case, either the police witnessed the collision, or the tow operator had a dash cam.

Possibly too, the tow operator had an advanced green, and the pedestrian ignored the "Don't Walk" pedestrian signal. Again, this occurs all the time.

Except this isn't a traffic light, this is a roundabout.

Obviously this would be far more reasonable and understandable if it was a traffic signal.

Oh, OK. I assumed the accident was a Lancaster and Bridgeport, I figured it was a typical case of poor reporting that had a spelling error.

Here is a the law regarding pedestrian duties:

Duty of pedestrian

(4) No pedestrian shall leave the curb or other place of safety at a pedestrian crossover and walk, run or move into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impracticable for the driver of the vehicle to comply with subsection (1). 2015, c. 14, s. 39 (2).

While he may not have been suicidal, I've have seen people run out at the last second.

I've had a pedestrian hit my vehicle, mind you, this was not at a crossing, they literally ran into the side of my vehicle. It may have been Shamari as it sure looked like him, but either way, guy ran off with some pickle barrels.