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gnartato t1_j6x7c3a wrote

Reply to comment by jbphilly in Pro-Pedestrian/Biking City Council/Mayoral Candidates by Fattom23

Totally depends on the scenario. I posed it this way because bikes can easily clobber a pedestrian when they aren't yielding. The opposite is less likely, but then again, I've hit my share of not-looking or jaywalking pedestrians while biking.

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jbphilly t1_j6x9i08 wrote

Lol, don't even get me started on how many pedestrians will walk off a sidewalk straight into my path in the bike lane, while looking either in the opposite direction or straight down into their phone. While I'm obviously not going to victim-blame for all the pedestrians injured and killed by drivers, there are some people that seem to have a death wish or at least no survival instinct.

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AbsentEmpire t1_j6yihil wrote

Yep some people regardless seem to have a death wish. I've seen scooters and bikes cut off septa buses with just inches to spare.

They're only alive because the bus drive was able to respond so quickly, otherwise they'd maimed or dead.

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