Iowa City Pedestrian hit by car

[MeanDean]

Au contraire, the cortex loses accuracy with age. I'd rather fight than switch.

On the other hand, you've been cranky lately, so you can walk just a 1/2 mile for your Camel. Mrs. Dean will have to go a silly millimeter longer.

After we get back home from where the flavor is..... Marlboro Country.

I did learn something not long ago. Marlboro now pushes itself with a hyper masculine image. It originally was marketed as a cigarette for women. The tobacco company noticed most smokers were men so created the brand to entice women into the habit (aka addiction.)

 

[pourcyne]

After we get back home from where the flavor is..... Marlboro Country.

I did learn something not long ago. Marlboro now pushes itself with a hyper masculine image. It originally was marketed as a cigarette for women. The tobacco company noticed most smokers were men so created the brand to entice women into the habit (aka addiction.)

I knew that about Virginia Slims.

Didn't everyone who became a serious smoker back in the day go from Marlboro Greens to Reds and then to Lights?

 

[3TrueFans]

Why do you think I read it incorrectly? I was responding to Curt and Prides comments suggesting that pedestrians always have right way, which they don't. Now perhaps I misinterpreted their comments, but I understood the rule just fine.

I highly doubt that @Cyclonepride thinks that pedestrians have the right of way if they just cross in the middle of a street.

 

[BCClone]

like this gem. yikes!

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That has a few different meanings.

 

[VeloClone]

There are a fair number of people in the Twin Cities who seem to think that they always have the right of way as long as they are crossing in a crosswalk. They will walk out into a crosswalk against the light and expect traffic that has a green light to stop for them. And I am not talking about turning traffic, this is traffic that is going straight through a green light.

DT Minneapolis is a **** show as far as many of the cyclists. I am a cyclist but it still rubs me the wrong way when cyclists blow through red lights because "it's clear enough." I will slow but not come to a complete stop on the bike at a stop sign if there is no traffic but blowing through a red light in downtown traffic is a bridge too far for me. They even went so far as proposing legislation to legalize cyclists blowing through red lights about 10 years ago. Luckily it didn't get very far.

 

[CY88CE11]

Why do you think I read it incorrectly? I was responding to Curt and Prides comments suggesting that pedestrians always have right way, which they don't. Now perhaps I misinterpreted their comments, but I understood the rule just fine.

I see. I didn't see always in any of those posts, so I took your Iowa code post to mean never. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I think in general, people don't understand where they have the ROW and where they don't. I've had way too many pedestrians wave me on while I'm driving and they're standing at a crosswalk.

 

[NorthCyd]

I see. I didn't see always in any of those posts, so I took your Iowa code post to mean never. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I think in general, people don't understand where they have the ROW and where they don't. I've had way too many pedestrians wave me on while I'm driving and they're standing at a crosswalk.

Yeah, I may have taken their comments too broadly, but only because I have known people that think pedestrians have ROW in most cases. One person I know thought pretty much anywhere but the interstate. There just seems to be a notion out there that pedestrians have a lot of rights in streets that they dont, like the couple in my neighborhood that insists on walking in the road even though there is a perfectly good sidewalk that the law says they should use when it's available.

 

[CaposCy]

Not saying it was the case here but on my way home from work everyday, I would estimate that 80% of drivers have their heads buried into their phones. I would suggest as a walking/riding pedestrian to stay off the roads. Only walk on sidewalks or on a treadmill/stationary bike. I hope they bring the hands-free law to Iowa. Last I heard, it was passed by the Iowa Senate.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

I know the law doesn't work this way, but to me, it's on pedestrians to avoid cars, always. What's easier to spot: a pedestrian seeing and hearing a car coming, or a driver trying to look out for other cars, animals and pedestrians at the same time? Even when I'm at a crosswalk and get the "WALK" sign, I keep an eye on every car that's moving and make eye contact with the drivers to make sure they see me and are stopping.

You are that guy, huh? That guy who sits at every green light for 10 seconds...

Nah, I'm just giving you crap. Never a bad thing to have safe/defensive drivers on the road.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

He's just washing the Pace Car's windshield.

Yeah, he's starting on the ground level. He even knows it is just entry level and getting his foot in the door. He's gonna try and grind. I admit, I have a hard time seeing it work out. We're talking about a young man with a crappy attitude who has really never had to work for anything in his life and has lived with or within a few minutes of Mommy and Daddy his whole life. Oh, and his girlfriend is a star WBB player back home. I'm not sure he even makes it through the season in Indy.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

ok dudes., no more fun on the internet. shut it down

 

[Cyclonepride]

I highly doubt that @Cyclonepride thinks that pedestrians have the right of way if they just cross in the middle of a street.

I was mainly saying that I give the right of way as a pedestrian regardless since I'm small and squishy.

 

[Cyclonepride]

The most dangerous part of my 21 miles bike ride yesterday was the trail crossing at a 4-way stop 1/2 from my house on my return. When it's a busy time of day, especially evening commute time, it's chaos. When it's not busy, it's cars just running the signs after slowing some. It's marked as a regional trail crossing with big ass bright green signs but it's still a cross at your own risk for bikes or pedestrians. It's a miracle no one has been killed or badly injured there. Left turning vehicle almost got me last year while I was in the crosswalk. Had to put the bike down to avoid getting run over.

Same thing for when I walk to the park there and have to cross this same intersection. DANGER. Mpls park police and Mpls police ignore it as do the neborboring suburb police (it's technically in my suburb but a Mpls Parkway intersection so each "side" feels it's the others responsibility.

I have a bike trail on my short drive to work where they come out of the trees on either side, and it's at the end of a curve too, so they're kind of in a blind spot as you come around. It's amazing to me how many just flat blow through it at full speed, because there's only about 10' where you can see to the left or right before you cross the road.

 

[CY88CE11]

Yeah, I may have taken their comments too broadly, but only because I have known people that think pedestrians have ROW in most cases. One person I know thought pretty much anywhere but the interstate. There just seems to be a notion out there that pedestrians have a lot of rights in streets that they dont, like the couple in my neighborhood that insists on walking in the road even though there is a perfectly good sidewalk that the law says they should use when it's available.

For sure. That bugs the **** out of me. There's zero reason to walk in the street with a sidewalk right there, other than to annoy drivers.

 

[inCyteful]

his programme been a carwreck for 15 years

If you drive defensively, stuff like this doesn't happen.
We know the McAffrey household does nothing defensively

 

[VeloClone]

I was mainly saying that I give the right of way as a pedestrian regardless since I'm small and squishy.

Hey, let's keep this out of the bedroom.

 

[VeloClone]

Interesting timing. I just got word that a buddy of mine who bikes to work pretty much year round got hit by a car this morning. Sounds like he is going to be okay but he is in the hospital getting his lower extremeties checked out as well as evaluation for head injury. He wears a helmet by the way.

I don't have any concrete information as to who was at fault, but if I had to guess it would be the fault of the McCaffreys.

 

[dafarmer]

Pacers just screwed the pooch! PMac will be their first round Draft pick.

But the Pacers will become elite bounce passers and ref abusers.rs are screwed!

 

[NWICY]

So 1. How is the person who got hit? 2. Was it a McCaffery that ran him over?

 

[CtownCyclone]

So 1. How is the person who got hit? 2. Was it a McCaffery that ran him over?

I clicked on the linked Reddit thread and now Reddit keeps suggesting Iowa City threads to me.

Last post I read was guy was in ICU, but that was yesterday. Apparently the poster was a coworker who got informed at work.