Comment 82581

By Kevo (registered) | Posted November 04, 2012 at 21:04:55 in reply to Comment 82571

Cars weigh 2,000lbs and can travel at high speeds - do you really think that all of the onus rests on the pedestrian? Your (flawed) argument is like saying that a person who turns into a car going through a green light isn't at fault because the other driver should've stopped, looked, and listened as they were legally crossing through. I've stopped, looked, and listened many times, but doing that isn't going to help when some guy decides to make a turn without signalling while going 50km/hr or operates under the assumption that "personal responsibility" is for everyone but them or other car drivers

Before I'm called a commie bike-riding pinko, I was born and raised in the suburbs (a real one) and drove a lot of mileage for travel and work, as well as walked around the 'burbs as a kid and an adult, so I have experience from both worlds.

And to end off with a quote from Bloomberg: "The streets are there to transport people," he said. "They're not there necessarily for cars, they're to transport people, and there's lots of different ways of transporting people," he said. "In fact, one of the original ways was walking." (Source: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/po...

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