[Pecos]

Maybe he means that if you plan a trip to Houston, you should be on the lookout for police officers who are more worried about themselves than the pedestrians they hit, as in "It's very unnerving to strike somebody with a vehicle and know they may receive injuries, so it's not a good way to start a day," .

[william clark]

Having moved to Houston just over a year ago, I’m completely on the side of the cop on this one. Sure, he probably could/should have been more observant, but I have never lived anywhere where pedestrians demonstrate such a disregard for traffic lights and crosswalk signals. Many almost dare you to hit them.

If Houston’s coffers ever start running low, they’ll be able to clean up by issuing jaywalking tickets and such. It’s so bad that and widespread that when I see someone actually waiting for the “walk” signal, I’m tempted to pull over so that I can shake their hand and thank them.