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Crossing the road is more dangerous for African Americans: New study says
dailymail.co.uk ^ | June 7, 2014 | JOEL CHRISTIE

Posted on 06/08/2014 5:58:46 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

A new study that tested the willingness of drivers to stop for people depending on their race has shown up some disconcerting conclusions. Portland State University-based Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) had six men - three black and three white - of similar age and build and dressed in identical 'neutral' outfits cross the same street in Portland at separate intervals. The street had a crosswalk that was not governed by traffic lights, leaving the onus to stop with the driver, according to The Huffington Post. Trained observers watched the study out of sight from the traffic and recorded how the drivers reacted to each pedestrian.

Each man crossed 15 times each, allowing for 168 drivers to unwittingly be involved in the report. The study found that drivers were less likely to stop for the black pedestrians than they were the white ones. The observers noted that black pedestrians were passed by twice as many cars as the white pedestrians, and waited 32 percent longer to cross.

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So the liberals in Portland want to run over black people?
1 posted on 06/08/2014 5:58:46 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

If you have ever been stopped by a black standing in the middle of the road. Chances are you will never do it again...and you will drive with your doors locked.


2 posted on 06/08/2014 6:02:55 AM PDT by D Rider (Don't give sharp objects to small children)
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That came to my mind also.. ..I would say the same study should be made on sending conservative whites across the street see how many stop then..


3 posted on 06/08/2014 6:04:11 AM PDT by PLD
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To: ilovesarah2012

How about an experiment to see how many cabbies stop for blacks versus whites?


4 posted on 06/08/2014 6:04:56 AM PDT by umgud
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To: ilovesarah2012

I was shopping yesterday and almost got run over by an African American, aka black lady. She wasn’t stoppin’ for some crackuh to cross the road.

This stuff is such BS.


5 posted on 06/08/2014 6:05:26 AM PDT by dforest
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Was the study done at night?


6 posted on 06/08/2014 6:05:48 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Maybe its because so many inner city people have an “I dare you” attitude about traffic.

I hate going in town because of people who seem to deliberately wander out into traffic and then take their time about it. Maybe stop and yell at someone on a porch or wait for someone to catch up.


7 posted on 06/08/2014 6:06:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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Trained observers

Read: People with an Agenda and a pre-conceived outcome.

8 posted on 06/08/2014 6:08:09 AM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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Did the study take into account the drivers level of experience with aggressive black guys who step out into the road and slow walk, apparently to make you stop and to keep you stopped as long as they felt like? This isn’t just common it’s DEAD common.


9 posted on 06/08/2014 6:08:47 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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To: D Rider
Well, yeah! Image plays an important part in driver's decision to stop or not stop. Contributing to that image is the thought of a pedestrian who suddenly whips out a handgun and jacks your vehicle.

Jesse Jackson himself said that when he was walking down a street and heard someone following, he would be relieved to turn around and see it was a white guy.

All of this in libtard Portland, no less.

10 posted on 06/08/2014 6:08:52 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Just another reason for blacks to hate white people. We try to run them over every chance we get.


11 posted on 06/08/2014 6:09:25 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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It might be their preternatural aversion to crosswalks.


12 posted on 06/08/2014 6:11:46 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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Why did the black man cross the road?

That’s racist!

13 posted on 06/08/2014 6:12:13 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: cripplecreek
I fully understand.

While the white motorist is stopped in the middle of the street he is exposed, vulnerable, and subject to attack.

I worked in the Hunting Park and K&A areas of Philly in the late 90s. I fully get what you are saying.

One more thing;

It is high amusement in certain areas of Philly for blacks to speed their cars directly at white pedestrians. They enjoy seeing the look of terror and the mad scramble of the white pedestrian to get out of the way.

14 posted on 06/08/2014 6:14:06 AM PDT by wintertime
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LOL - They also need to do a study involving women, old people, children, pets, transsexuals, Asian, Hispanic, blondes, bald men. The funding could go on forever.


15 posted on 06/08/2014 6:14:08 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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So the liberals in Portland want to run over black people?

I think it's the crosswalks.

The crosswalks are racist.

16 posted on 06/08/2014 6:15:32 AM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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Remember the Philly grade school teacher in the Clintoon years who taught that Egyptian blacks had wings and could fly ...until White Europeans came along and cut them off. She said she did this to “build the Urban Ute’s “self esteem”.


17 posted on 06/08/2014 6:15:43 AM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: cripplecreek

It’s what they do!


18 posted on 06/08/2014 6:17:02 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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The study was conducted in Portland - a big LIBERAL city. I guess liberals are racist.


19 posted on 06/08/2014 6:17:39 AM PDT by ladyjane
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Walking in the middle of the road when a car needs to pass is more dangerous for African-Americans than any other group because they do it so much more often. Also, they refuse to move and make cars go around them.


20 posted on 06/08/2014 6:17:57 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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