Comments on: Traffic Safety Film of the Week http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Spiderleggreen http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9534 Spiderleggreen Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:16:11 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9534 The full vid is even crazier. Don't know Rus but it was either a brake problem or a bus driver on a rampage. As for the pedestian, it would have been smart for him to look before he lept, but I'm not falling for the it was his own fault argument. Somebody was hit and killed here recently, with driver fleeing, before turning themselves in. People I've talked to assume the pedestrian was at fault. Why is that? I'd say bias. Why would they overlook the driver fleeing, assuming he was a victim of circumstance? The full vid is even crazier. Don’t know Rus but it was either a brake problem or a bus driver on a rampage.

As for the pedestian, it would have been smart for him to look before he lept, but I’m not falling for the it was his own fault argument. Somebody was hit and killed here recently, with driver fleeing, before turning themselves in. People I’ve talked to assume the pedestrian was at fault. Why is that? I’d say bias. Why would they overlook the driver fleeing, assuming he was a victim of circumstance?

]]> By: Donald Baxter, Iowa City http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9524 Donald Baxter, Iowa City Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:35:27 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9524 here's more from that story. This was a runaway bus and it created a whole world of pain in its path: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gYuDS-8lU here’s more from that story. This was a runaway bus and it created a whole world of pain in its path: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gYuDS-8lU

]]> By: townmouse http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9514 townmouse Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:21:29 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9514 Given the cars at the front were stopped, that would have been a pretty fair assumption to make. Still, the way he took the crossing at a sprint suggests a part of the world where pedestrians are divided into the quick and the dead... Given the cars at the front were stopped, that would have been a pretty fair assumption to make. Still, the way he took the crossing at a sprint suggests a part of the world where pedestrians are divided into the quick and the dead…

]]> By: Don http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9507 Don Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:39:10 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9507 And yet like everything else, if he would have just looked to see if anything was coming INSTEAD of assuming it was okay since he "presummably" had the walk light, he would have saved himself a pair of undershorts. And yet like everything else, if he would have just looked to see if anything was coming INSTEAD of assuming it was okay since he “presummably” had the walk light, he would have saved himself a pair of undershorts.

]]> By: Merinda http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9504 Merinda Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:06:35 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9504 Actually, the bus was out of control, there's other footage that shows it taking out several cars on it's way through the intersection. A brake problem, I think. Actually, the bus was out of control, there’s other footage that shows it taking out several cars on it’s way through the intersection. A brake problem, I think.

]]> By: doug http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9496 doug Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:49:40 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9496 Gosh, I wonder what the bus driver was doing? Could he have been .... texting? He must have been totally distracted, as he didn't slow down at all. Gosh, I wonder what the bus driver was doing? Could he have been …. texting? He must have been totally distracted, as he didn’t slow down at all.

]]> By: Rich Wilson http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/#comment-9492 Rich Wilson Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1265#comment-9492 And since everyone but the bus was coming to a stop, it would be safe to assume he had a fresh green. And since everyone but the bus was coming to a stop, it would be safe to assume he had a fresh green.

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