Here's what I'm talking about. That would have been a fatality.
Posted on 03/30/2017 7:38:57 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Pedestrian deaths saw a significant spike in 2016, reaching a staggering total of 5,997, the highest total ever recorded since the U.S. began tracking the measure more than two decades ago.
The reason? People are distracted more than ever by texting and using their smartphones.
According to preliminary state data gathered for the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), pedestrian fatalities surged 11 percent from 2015 to 2016, continuing an upward trend.
Pedestrian fatalities surged 10 percent from 2014 to 2015.
According to the Associated Press,
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Exactly my point, it’s why pedestrians even close to roadways best pay attention.
Here's what I'm talking about. That would have been a fatality.
Just pretend no one sees you regardless if your driving or waking. It’s a good policy.
I don’t assume anything about anybody when driving, especially that they see me or are not rude and obnoxious enough to bully their way where ever they are going.
Sometimes I cannot get over the breath-taking arrogance of some of the other drivers with the way they speed and weave in and out of traffic and cut people off.
I now have a dash cam.
Two of my kids have needed them and now have them and I figured it was wise as well.
Yep, the cams work great.
Nothing new.
The people in this video are all dead:
It’s an epidemic...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/woman-looking-at-her-phone-falls-into-mall-fountain-pool/vp-AAm3vuT
Ah...I could post videos of dead people all day. But I was making a point, depicting a pedestrian nearly walking into the path of a vehicle, simply because the pedestrian was NOT PAYING ATTENTION....lol
Darwin
Um, and the Jihadis? One guy killed 84 in Nice, France alone....
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