Or a member of the national guard! But totally not a police state.

(This was a suggestion made in another hand-wringing post)

100%. I live pretty close too, and there’s a lot of ridiculous driving for sure - that 14th and Colorado intersection is especially bad, with the weird merge and confusing stop lines.

Doesn’t help that a lot of it - including this crosswalk - are quite poorly lit compared to further south.

Up around Longfellow.

(Edited with a slightly better stab at which exact block)

> Just almost killing someone for the feeling of getting there faster.

You are a bad person and you shouldn’t be on the road.

Are you suggesting that it would somehow be the pedestrian’s fault if they got hit? They were already most of the way across the street when this happened - the car zipped between them and the sidewalk they were approaching.

The pedestrian 100% had the right of way, and they were attentive enough that they didn’t get hit.

This person was halfway across the road when I reached the crosswalk. They were almost clipped when the car literally drove between them and the sidewalk they’d almost reached.

Absolutely. As a former (and hopefully soon again) bike commuter, this is very frustrating. I get way less mad at these people as a cyclist than I do bad drivers as any form of road user, though.

I’m not sure what your point is here re: echo chambering getting people killed. Obviously the roads aren’t safe for people to have their heads in the clouds, and even if they were safe enough people should still pay attention.

Are you saying this post - an anecdote about dangerous driving - will give people false confidence when crossing the street? That the title of this post will somehow influence pedestrians more than the “state law drivers must stop for pedestrians” signs at most crosswalks (but not this one)? That stopping for pedestrians when someone could conceivably blow past is just putting pedestrians at more risk?

You know, fair. I often feel the same way. I was just super mad and trying to channel all the adrenaline somewhere. I see this kind of driving all the time and this was an especially close call.

I would probably be in support of more restrictions around these types of posts, though.