[PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation

[Fred Schneider]

Sort of like getting the substitute teacher off the track isn't it.    
Nice going Derrick.   So now you're part of us instead of an innocent  
bystander.

On Jan 20, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Joshua Dunfield wrote:
>
>> If a pedestrian is run down in a Braddock Avenue crosswalk in the  
>> same
>> place as two previous crashes, should the people who decide not to  
>> put in
>> a stop sign have *no* responsibility?  Sure, the driver who failed  
>> to yield
>> deserves most of the blame, but after two previous incidents it  
>> should be
>> incumbent on the people who control the street to address the  
>> situation.
>
> They interviewed people at the time who said people, including the
> deceased, felt unsafe crossing at that particular intersection. Ok,  
> if you
> recognize the situation and keep doing it anyway, seeing what  
> conditions
> are, I'm not saying you deserve what you get, but... walk to the next
> block and cross? Just because you can (legally) do something  
> doesn't mean
> you should. There are places I *can* walk, bike, or drive (mostly  
> turn out
> of side streets) that I won't because it's too risky, legal or not.  
> This
> comes back to personal responsibility.
>
>> way?  *Someone* needs to pay, if at all possible, or a party  
>> that's really
>> not at fault gets nothing.
>
> If said party shares in the blame perhaps they should pay  
> themselves :)
>
> Of course, we've gotten wildly offtopic now. And I contributed. Bleh.
>
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