Hitting a pedestrian while driving

[specs]

Long story short: I almost hit a pedestrian while driving today. Saw her at the last second, managed to go around. Nobody hurt, no harm done.

However, I find that it is still weighing very heavily on my mind. I know that I should (and will) just learn from it, be more attentive, and drive more carefully when facing the sun's glare (sun shining on slick snow-covered roads = mad glare). But I can't help but think of the what-if scenario. What if I had hit that girl? What would have happened?

I'm wondering if anybody here has been through that, or perhaps knows somebody who has. What happened to you? What were you charged with? Did you have to serve time?

[ShinAkumax]

I know of a guy that drove into a teenager then got out of the car, lifted him up and held him against the windshield and told him to get off the fucking road. Then he threw him into the ground, and walked away. The guy that this this is like 6'3' and a Hockey player, quite a big guy.

[aiy1tm]

Hitting a pedestrian is one of my biggest fears. I am a very nervous driver in a city area with a lot of pedestrians around.

The problem is, they are very unpredictable. Other cars, you generally know which way / how fast/ when they are coming. A pedestrian can just pop out of nowhere.

Also, when making a turn in some places (suburban areas) it is very easy to forget to check for pedestrians because there is almost NEVER a pedestrian. Or just easy to get caught up with checking for cars, and then when there's an opening to make your right turn you get all excited and go right when a pedestrian decides to leap across your hood.

However, I have never hit a pedestrian...

[BlodiaVulcan5]

it happens, specs. Hasn't happen to me yet, but I know it will happen. I drive daily, So i'm well versed to deal with asshole pedestrians and drivers. I'm just extra careful around the metro areas.

[Reveal]

Long story short: I almost hit a pedestrian while driving today. Saw her at the last second, managed to go around. Nobody hurt, no harm done.

However, I find that it is still weighing very heavily on my mind. I know that I should (and will) just learn from it, be more attentive, and drive more carefully when facing the sun's glare (sun shining on slick snow-covered roads = mad glare). But I can't help but think of the what-if scenario. What if I had hit that girl? What would have happened?

I'm wondering if anybody here has been through that, or perhaps knows somebody who has. What happened to you? What were you charged with? Did you have to serve time?
I've never hit anybody, but yeah, sometimes I'll make a mistake while driving, and while nothing bad came from it, I'll usually think about that "what if" situation for the rest of the day. You'll get over it though. Just think of it as a lesson learned. Wear sunglasses!

[tondashocka]

It is CRAZY on the roads here in Djibouti....You DO NOT take your ass into the streets here.. If you do, you better have on your running shoes cuz mother fuckers don't care and will plow the fuck over you.. I'm scared to even DRIVE here.

[Nagata Lock II]

About 10 years ago I was in the car with my girlfriend when she hit someone. The guy was drunk and walking against the green light. His elbow put a major hole in her windshield and he bounced off. Crazy motherfucker was so drunk he didn't even feel it. Despite being hit at about 80kph he didn't have a sprain/brake anywhere.

[TheSix]

I got hit by a car.

He drove off.

I didn't get hurt. Just kinda slid off the front of the car. What's funny was I had my MP3 player on during the whole thing, landed on my feet, with mp3 player still playing intact and earbuds in.

Now if he would have stopped, I would have been like "naw man it's cool, I'm alright really". But he sped off. Now I want him dead.

But in hindsight, so many people are out for a lawsuit these days(especially out here). It's a shitty situation really.

I've never hit someone. But I've been so tempted many times.

[EvilSamurai]

In Washington DC, if you accidently hit a pedestrian who is jaywalking, you are not at fault.

[ckrazy]

It depend on which state you are in.

Some states the pedestrians are main priority is you hit them you are fucked no matter who in the wrong. Then there are those state that it depend on the situation like if a pedestrian would walk across the street when the sign says "DON'T WALK" then its their fault and not yours.

[igotalottastuff]

Think optimisticly. If that ever happens, just think "That girl was prolly a serial killer anyway." Problem solved. More importantly you did the world I favor.

[dbostick]

Now if he would have stopped, I would have been like "naw man it's cool, I'm alright really". But he sped off. Now I want him dead.


It's the pedestrians who should pay attention more and stay the farthest fuck away from the road as possible when walking.

It's why pedestrians get hit in the first place and/or they're just drunk. I see so many people walk so close to a busy street on a daily basis when there's so much ground space next to them. You want to risk your ass getting hit by something that could kill you at a high speed just because you think you're smart shit and think YOU own the road?

Really, unless someone goes out of their way to run your poor ass over, it's your own fault you got hit.

And, no, I've never hit anyone or got hit.

[Luciano Leone]

It wasn't uncommon for me after a shit day of school to look at all the fucking douchebags walking home while I'm driving by and wonder what would happen physically, mentally, and legally to everyone involved if I just fucking plastered them.

[TheSix]

Not sure if that was inadvertently directed towards me, so I'll just say I was in the cross walk, walking across on my light.

It was one of those stupid 4-ways that has the pedestrians cross, while the cars in the two turning lanes make a left or right (going right into the crosswalks which are green lighted to go).

I wasn't raining or anything. It was broad daylight. You'd have to be fucking blind to miss a black dude crossing the street in that situation.

I hope his fucking car brakes failed on the freeway and his corpse is being devoured by insects now.

I will this; those fucking kids who cross the street KNOWING they don't have time to get out of the way...you should be able to hit them full force.

[Hatred Edge]

I was hit by a car in 3rd grade. Bastard just drove off. As soon as he hit me I was out cold. I didn't even feel it. I just woke up in my school clothes on a table in the hospital. My dad was to my right. I just sat up with this shit skull breaking headache.

I remember when the nurse started to pour ice in the sink. I learned that day what Superman goes through when he uses super hearing to something and then something loud goes off. The pain that headache brought sank me to my knees. Apparently the bastard hit me just above my waist so now it looks like I'm always sticking my chest out. On the bright side I don't semi hunch foward like a lot of people.

The worst thing though was that I somehow lost half my strength. No joke. In 2nd grade I could easily carry girls on my back and after the accident it was much harder.

[Ne0phyte]

It's the pedestrians who should pay attention more and stay the farthest fuck away from the road as possible when walking.

It's why pedestrians get hit in the first place and/or they're just drunk. I see so many people walk so close to a busy street on a daily basis when there's so much ground space next to them. You want to risk your ass getting hit by something that could kill you at a high speed just because you think you're smart shit and think YOU own the road?

Really, unless someone goes out of their way to run your poor ass over, it's your own fault you got hit.

And, no, I've never hit anyone or got hit.
Yes. I fucking hate the way people on college campuses handle this. They constantly walk right in front of your car or talk on their cell phone the entire time they're crossing without even looking up to see if the driver has even slowed down yet. It's fucking stupid; just because your sign says walk or you're in front of a stop sign doesn't mean everything will be okay. Fucking look and don't assume for God's sake. Like when a light turns green, I still do a quick check before I just take off.

I want to hit these people so badly. Last semester a bunch of people were running in front of my car, not at an intersection, while I was driving at least 35 at night. This one bitch was straggling behind so I sped up to her and she ran faster. I got pretty close to hitting her. I hope they all learned their lesson. Even worse is when you are the only car in the road and someone walks/runs/bikes right in front of you. It's like, why wouldn't you just wait two seconds until there were no cars in the road? Newsflash: the world is full of dangerous drivers and douchebags; just because someone is supposed to do something doesn't mean they will. Even if the person who hits you is 100% at fault, YOU STILL GOT HIT BY A CAR and that is never a promising scenario. Just try to avoid the situation. Cars > pedestrians.

[TheSix]

I don't understand why people assume "oh, I'm walking, so this person won't hit me".

Why would you put your life in someone else' hands like that? Stop assuming shit.

Stupid.

[DaDesiCanadian]

Ontario has pretty strict(retarded) road laws. There was this truck driver who hit a guy trying to commit suicide; the dude jumped in front of the truck.

The truck driver was charged.

[Hatred Edge]

I'm a damn careful walker. Seriously, I always let the drivers go first. Need to make a right turn? Go ahead. It'll take you 2 secs and me 10. I always walk fast too. Hell if I'm gonna walk slow with these 1 ton machines around. Some of these walkers just take their damn time. I just want to push them in front of a car sometimes. WALK FASTER!

[onehand]

I hit the back of a kids bike 3weeks ago. I was driving down my street when this kid flew out of a side road, hes lucky i was only doing 15/20 mph cause i slammed on and just managed to stop.

I then got out and starting shouting at the kid telling him i could have killed him. He was like 12 to 14 years old, so he starts crying cause im ready to explode at this time. Then this kids dad comes out looking thinking im a nutter attacking his kid!! So i give his dad some as well and basically threaten to take his head of ( the dad that is ) anyway i get back into my car and go home to chill, then the dad comes to my house and says thank you not hitting his son ( with the car ) and gives me a few lagers as a thank you and sorry gift.

It was a horrible feeling, but it just makes me drive that 5mph slower now just in case!

[starboy]

I've hit a pedestrian once. I was leaving a parking lot and trying to turn onto a super busy street. Basically I was trying to turn right, so I was looking left to find an opening. I had been waiting for like 5 min. so I was getting impatient. I found an opening and without looking forward I darted out into the road. I looked forward after I started moving and noticed a guy on my hood. :rofl: Dude was walking from the right so I didn't see him. He punched my hood a few times, I was gonna get pissed off and get out but I was like "well i did just hit him" so I let it slide.

[MaxVandalism315]

i almost hit an old lady at the parking lot at a casino, i was driving by and i guess she didnt see me coming and she was going to cross to the other side of the road and i breaked hard to not hit her, and she waved dash backed, it was pretty funny. i was like whoa she got some spiderman reflects

[The Deadpool]

Bikers are worse than pedestrians imo. Driving in Berkeley is absolutely the worst I think. Those bikers come out of absolutely no where sometimes. It's especially scary when you're thinking about making a right and a biker just whizzes by you on your right.

[Biolink]

One thing's that gets on my nerves.Jay walking Teens or Teens period specifically Black teens from what I have saw.They takeALL DAY to cross the street like a nigga won't run your our ass over(Nonody won't but that's beside the point).

You should walk briskly when crossing the street.It's common courtesy.Niggas have shit to do.

[ckrazy]

One thing's that gets on my nerves.Jay walking Teens or Teens period specifically Black teens from what I have saw.They takeALL DAY to cross the street like a nigga won't run your our ass over(Nonody won't but that's beside the point).

You should walk briskly when crossing the street.It's common courtesy.Niggas have shit to do.

It impossible to drive in the "hood" or "ghetto" here w/e you want to call it at more then 20mph. Mother fuckers are running across the street left and right every 15 seconds. Also they feel the need to ghost ride at times seriously wtf.. are you mother fuckers retarded!

[Biolink]

It impossible to drive in the "hood" or "ghetto" here w/e you want to call it at more then 20mph. Mother fuckers are running across the street left and right every 15 seconds. Also they feel the need to ghost ride at times seriously wtf.. are you mother fuckers retarded!

:rofl:

Tell me about it.Around my Cousin's neighborhood niggas is just all in the street.Get the fuck out the way!

BTW,what's ghost riding?Like walking along side of your car while you are driving?

[TheSix]

^^^

More like on-top of the car.

They do that shit all the time in Oakland.

Stupid fucking kids. And you know what, it's not just the kids. Stupid fucking adults too.

[Autocrat1]

From a pedestrian's viewpoint:

Some drivers can eat my dick strong style.

I don't talk on my cell phone while walking EVER - old-school privacy tactics 4TW - and don't feel the need to listen to any sort of MP3 player in public either. Fuck that showboating-ass lemming shit. Hell, I never rocked the boombox on my shoulder when I was younger, so why start now?

Combine this with the fact that I walk FAST - I hate slow-walking, zig-zagging, niggas - and you can understand my rage?[/Tullece]

So listed here is the shit that aggravates me the most, in order from "After I piss, I'll feel better." to "MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS OVER 9000!!!!1 :mad: ":


-Yielding. Let's say I'm about 30 yards from a gas station and a driver is coming out of it, preparing to turn into an intersection. Despite the fact I'm walking fast, there is no cars from the aforementioned intersections that will cut the driver off, and there is no way that I can pass the car first, unless the person likes waiting. So I yield. Unfortunately, my niceness appears to be so charming and rare to the driver that he or she insists I pass first. But then I continue to insist because I don't trust the fucker, for one thing, and I'm not running in the fucking snow with my insulated combat boots on. And then it become Air Guitar Charades Hero™ for several minutes until I threaten to expose myself.

-Speaking of gas stations, fuck Bush. Or whomever is making drivers sweat tenfold for DAT OIL. I guess a lot of peeps are barely getting to the GS on time that they have no time to wait on some pedestrian to pass through. I could be a butt nekkid Jessica Alba pre-herpes and I'd STILL have to be the deer in somebody's gawddamn headlights. No Bambi. Gas is a hell of a fossil fuel.

-Cars who see a pedestrian - such as my black ass - get to the intersection first while waiting for the green light, or the latter, when the light is probably going to turn yellow by the time I'm in the middle of the street, but truly intend of making that very important right turn fast that a motherfucker like some type of Marvel snapback-spamming bitch-ass masher, despite the huge RIGHT TURN YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN sign on every orifice of the street light pole. Oh I'm sorry, was I supposed to clap my hands until they bleed when I see the flashing red hand? Silly me. After all, I'm not getting my exercise by simple walking because American don't walk. Or lose weight. Or have fast metabolisms. BUT OF COURSE!! Bitch ass cumrubbers...

-DA MAHFACKKIN' CROSSWALK. Please back the fok off the white lines you possibly remember in your previous life as cocaine. You're like covering 3/4 of that sumbitch, making me make the life-changing ultimatum that is "Should I cross anyway, but walk behind the car instead of having my smelly balloon knot tampered with by the lane behind me, keeping my life but losing my dignity?" or "Do I gleefully skip across the street and Jackie Chan this fucktard with my head?!" The chances I have of someone actually backing up when they see me is about 1 out of 54, the latter representing Brian Urlacher's number and my insatiable urge to TRUCK A FUCKER. :annoy:



And this is the third reason why I don't drive. :mad:

[valaris]

I agree with the people saying it's the pedestrian's fault but a few weeks ago I got grazed (motherfucker hit my messenger bag) because he burned a red light while I was crossing.

[maxx]

It impossible to drive in the "hood" or "ghetto" here w/e you want to call it at more then 20mph. Mother fuckers are running across the street left and right every 15 seconds. Also they feel the need to ghost ride at times seriously wtf.. are you mother fuckers retarded!

w.e try boston....its 10x worse. cuz u will be going the speedlimit at 30 pmh on a road and college kids will run out into the middle of the street and then walk. they know ur coming from a mile away. they want to be hit. boston sucks for the amount of college kids.

[dbostick]

Looked up ghost riding on YouTube and found this funny ass vid. Serves the wigger right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1O7ZvDFP_8

[TheSix]

Award winning

:rofl::rofl: :tup:

You gotta love that game where you insist that the car goes, but the person never wants to go until you start to take one step, then the fucker throws on brakes and looks at YOU like you're crazy.

My school and job are just too far to not drive. But I absolutely hate driving. It has caused me to become more spiteful towards humans in my day-to-day life.

Looked up ghost riding on YouTube and found this funny ass vid. Serves the wigger right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1O7ZvDFP_8

LOL. Fake but cool concept.

[ckrazy]

w.e try boston....its 10x worse. cuz u will be going the speedlimit at 30 pmh on a road and college kids will run out into the middle of the street and then walk. they know ur coming from a mile away. they want to be hit. boston sucks for the amount of college kids.

Yea but you can't blame people in college cause no one DRIVES when they are in college. When you live on campus there no reason to have a car beside driving it home for the weekends and breaks. So if your driving on campus you have to watch out. As for people in the hood well I got no answers for them.

[Lv.32 Z-Ism Rose]

You know,, in most other countries, pedestrians RESPECT the car. In this country, they just dont care. You see it at Walmart all the damn time.

I dont care that in the law, peds have the right of way. The 400lbs hunk of metal heading in my direction HAS the right of way....

[maxx]

Yea but you can't blame people in college cause no one DRIVES when they are in college. When you live on campus there no reason to have a car beside driving it home for the weekends and breaks. So if your driving on campus you have to watch out. As for people in the hood well I got no answers for them.

it still doesnt excuse people for forgetting how to use a fucking crosswalk. nor does it excuse them when their at the fucking crosswalk and i have a green light...it doesnt mean hey lets play fucking chicken wit the dude in the car.

[Will Gotti]

I came within inches of hitting two teenagers (boy and girl) in Ventura. The third kid had already darted out past me and was avoiding other cars. Same thing, sun w/glare and they were jaywalking doing that stupid "mad dash" across a blvd.

I saw the third one out of the corner of my left eye and was like :wtf: As soon as I looked forwards again, which was like 2 seconds later, I got two dumbasses darting in front of me. I could see the fear on their faces and them mine. This all happened within a few seconds so it was like slow motion for me. They were lucky I have cat like reflexes and was able to brake almost on a dime, but my Chevy Lumina doesn't have racing brakes...that's why I said almost. I mean the position they were in they could have simply waited instead choosing to run across when a car is so close.

Fucking kids, damn pedistrians they just don't understand. I think they do, they just don't care. They could've been dead, fucking dead trying to challenge a car. To them it's like, "I'm not dead though". When they are dead they'll be regretting taking that attitude about it. If I had of hit any of them more so all 3 of them, white kids at that, I probably would've been in a Supermax prision for life 23 hour lock down for triple vehicular manslaughter and would've been so dumbfounded about the whole ordeal. I was just driving to film school. I fucking hate pedestrians because they start thinking the streets are a game.

[ckrazy]

it still doesnt excuse people for forgetting how to use a fucking crosswalk. nor does it excuse them when their at the fucking crosswalk and i have a green light...it doesnt mean hey lets play fucking chicken wit the dude in the car.

I know that but still you should know how the college environment works I myself never ran across the street but I can understand it. Especially around the sorority and frat houses where there all right next to each other and your just running from one party to the next.

[MagnetiX]

My friend in 6th grade got hit by a car...but it was his fault. Dood just decided to walk across the road while eating a donut and was closing his eyes...old Grandma couldn't stop in time...and I'm serious. It was a grandma driving at 7 AM and hit him at like, 15 MPH in the schoolzone. It was scary back then, but now everyone that knows about it just laughs.

I have never hit a pedestrian, but there are times people just walk across the road or they just run across the street in hopes of making it to the other side without getting hit...seriously, the roads here in the Philippines aren't well lit in some areas. One time, my mom almost hit some girl cuz she thought we were stopping and ran across the street. My mom was like "HEY BITCH, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!"...the girl probably didn't understand, but it was hilarious hearing my mom scream that out the car.

One lesson I learned a few days ago was that if I were to overtake a car, ALWAYS LOOK TO YOUR FUCKING LEFT. I overtook the car without looking to my left and as soon as I pass the car, I finally realized that I didn't look at my blindspot...what if there was a car there? Or what if there was a motorcycle carrying a family...seriously, that situation is common as hell and I could have hit somebody else. Now I am alllwayyys looking to my left and checking my blind spots.

[Rhio2k]

Stupid motherfuckers should know better than to time it so that the driver HAS to stop to avoid hitting their dumb asses. You run between cars with the goal of aviding them, not meeting them.

[Will Gotti]

I know that but still you should know how the college environment works I myself never ran across the street but I can understand it. Especially around the sorority and frat houses where there all right next to each other and your just running from one party to the next.

I use to party hop at UC-Santa Barbara. The best thing is to simply not drive down certain streets. When a car is coming though, most people part like the red sea and it goes by. Others will just act like it's not even there. As a pedestrian you can't be stupid about your life. When I'm a pedestrian, I don't act like there aren't a bunch of moving sheets of metal coming my way. When I cross the street, I get my ass across. I'm from upstate NY and we get our asses across the street cause we ain't getting hit. Old people too if they can still step. WTF is up with this changing to lower gears when people walk across the street and see they're holding up traffic? Get a life.

Another quick one. Bitches w/babies in the stroller. I was driving in Van Nuys during rush hour. Van Nuys is in mid-San Fernando Valley, I mean it's the city right in the center of the valley. So vehicle and pedestrian traffic gets crazy second only to Hollywood and Highland. They're probably neck and neck. H and H only beats it out when there are mad tourists around.

Anyways me and right turning drivers had a green light that was about to turn yellow and the adjacent pedestrian signal had already turned to a orange hand meaning "don''t cross". It was at the corner of Van Nuys Blvd. and Sherman Way which gets crazy car traffic. This bitch was talking to some lady and started to go into the crosswalk in front of us then changed her mind at the last second and decided to go into the one that we were making our right turns into. The car ahead of me goes, then I start to go since she stopped to wait. I look over and this bitch is yelling at me. All of a sudden she decided to go against the orange hand and I was already committed w/most of my car through the turn. Yelling exchange goes like this since my windows were down and I was pretty much stopped because I didn't want to hurt the baby:

*Stroller all up against my rear passenger door*
Her: Hey asshole.
Me: What you FUCKING dummy?
Her: *whiny voice* What the fuck? Don't you see me?
Me: Yea don't you see me you dumb fool? Don't you see that baby you have w/you? *me pointing* Don't you see that orange hand? That means don't cross. Pedestrians have rules too. GTFO my way.
*cars starting to honk*
Me: SHUT UP!!!
*she won't back the stroller up away from my car so I can avoid hitting her baby with my back tire. She's still trying to move forward pushing the stroller up against my car :confused:*
Her: OMG!!! What the fuck.
Me: Get your stupid ass back on the sidewalk now and wait.
*If she didn't have her baby she probably wouldn't have, but she backs up onto the sidewalk again* *Other cars on the opposite side of the street I was turning onto are looking at us. Some laughing, some like :wtf:, etc.*
*As I'm driving off*
Her: You fucking jerk. ASSHOLE!!! *Throws a piece of paper at my car*
Me: Yea fuck you, you dumb ass fat heifer.

[ElderGOD]

I got hit by a car before, wasn't my fault, but at least bitch wasn't driving too fast.

Not all places have traffic lights and stop signs aren't everywhere, and some bitches can't read that shit.

Bitch drove off too. By the time I got up she was too far to catch the plate number.

[Will Gotti]

Bitch drove off too. By the time I got up she was too far to catch the plate number.

:rofl: I'm sorry man, I'm not laughing at you I'm just laughing at the series of events.

[BoringRyu]

I almost got hit crossing at a sidewalk on my light. Fucker decided to burn a red light and almost hit me and my friend while crossing. I flicked him off and looked back to see him brake really fucking hard and look back at us as if we were some kind of fucked up kid.

Seriously what the fuck is wrong with bad drivers sometimes.

[MagnetiX]

I burned the red light a few days ago, too. NEVER will I do that again. I mean, I knew I was going to run the red, but I was already tired coming home from school, so I just honked my way through the street...seriously, I literally held my horn down for 5 seconds while I crossed one of the city's busiest intersections...lol.

[Gamma Charge]

I've almost got hit a few times, by dumbasses that don't know how to drive. I've learned the hard way to look both ways on one way streets, because of all the morons that drive the wrong way on it against traffic. Almost been hit a couple of times when I look one way, start crossing, and then someone is turning from the other direction.

One time was worse. One way. Red light. She's at a full stop waiting for the light to change. The pedestrian sign says walk. I start crossing. I'm directly in front of her, and then once I'm in front of her she starts to gun it and almost hits me. Then stops, and yells out her window at me. Neither light had changed, and I'm thinking WTF is her damage.

[Will Gotti]

I've almost got hit a few times, by dumbasses that don't know how to drive. I've learned the hard way to look both ways on one way streets, because of all the morons that drive the wrong way on it against traffic. Almost been hit a couple of times when I look one way, start crossing, and then someone is turning from the other direction.

One time was worse. One way. Red light. She's at a full stop waiting for the light to change. The pedestrian sign says walk. I start crossing. I'm directly in front of her, and then once I'm in front of her she starts to gun it and almost hits me. Then stops, and yells out her window at me. Neither light had changed, and I'm thinking WTF is her damage.

I'm from Rochester too, born and raised. This is why I said we get our asses across the street and don't fuck around.

[Mechanica]

I know of a guy that drove into a teenager then got out of the car, lifted him up and held him against the windshield and told him to get off the fucking road. Then he threw him into the ground, and walked away. The guy that this this is like 6'3' and a Hockey player, quite a big guy.

My hero.

They takeALL DAY to cross the street.

There should be a national law about this. If someone takes more than an allotted time to cross the street, and is not physically handicapped, elderly, or otherwise mobile-y challenged, you should get to hit them for free.

As long as it's not a fatal or maiming hit. We could keep it to 30mph or under. Just you know, enough to get their fucking attention. Sometimes I really consider getting out of my car and beating someone's ass over this shit (not right off the bat, but the situation where they're obviously aware you're there but taking their sweeeeet time. then you honk and they walk slower...). Believe me, I am a patient, patient person. If you really walk that slow then whatever, I'll wait, but you can just fucking tell man. :wtf: During this little rant, I conjured up ideas of calming myself down and amusing myself by scaring them in other ways though. Like accelerate enough to get their attention but immediately brake. I need to just start fucking with these people.

Only once have I been truly that close to being hit by a car. They slammed on the brakes way late but I reacted really well and instinctively just like jumped the fuck out of the way even though they did manage to brake in time (had I not moved/had distracting headphones in, I probably would've been knocked over though). I was actually really proud of how much distance I covered with how much time I had to react. :rofl: I'm fucking paranoid about drivers, the scariest thing in the world to me is the general level of stupidity and the easiness of getting a license to operate a motorized vehicle. I can honestly say that any given day where I'm driving more than my usual to/from work, there's at least one moment where I can reasonably see myself dying. I hate how people drive. :shake: People in the northwest don't know how to merge on a freeway. :bluu:

[ckrazy]

My hero.



There should be a national law about this. If someone takes more than an allotted time to cross the street, and is not physically handicapped, elderly, or otherwise mobile-y challenged, you should get to hit them for free.

As long as it's not a fatal or maiming hit. We could keep it to 30mph or under. Just you know, enough to get their fucking attention. Sometimes I really consider getting out of my car and beating someone's ass over this shit (not right off the bat, but the situation where they're obviously aware you're there but taking their sweeeeet time. then you honk and they walk slower...). Believe me, I am a patient, patient person. If you really walk that slow then whatever, I'll wait, but you can just fucking tell man. :wtf: During this little rant, I conjured up ideas of calming myself down and amusing myself by scaring them in other ways though. Like accelerate enough to get their attention but immediately brake. I need to just start fucking with these people.

You lucky you live in Edmonds they don't walk that slow up there do they? Seattle just pure hell sometimes.

[BaSiK_TeKniK]

25 points for hitting the old lady :tup:

[Blend]

Hitting a pedestrian ain't no biggy man, as long as they were in the wrong.

Shit, I got relatives who hit plenty of them... well maybe because of different reasons however, in Jamaica some people jump out in the rode to force you to stop. Once that happens three friends show up and you got guns in your face. Yep, you guessed it! It's a robbery and most times they don't let you live, no witnesses since the criminal system in serious over there. So, yea no stopping for pedestrians in the rode, so you cross at your own peril.

* Certain areas only not all of Jamaica*

[Will Gotti]

Hitting a pedestrian ain't no biggy man, as long as they were in the wrong.

Shit, I got relatives who hit plenty of them... well maybe because of different reasons however, in Jamaica some people jump out in the rode to force you to stop. Once that happens three friends show up and you got guns in your face. Yep, you guessed it! It's a robbery and most times they don't let you live, no witnesses since the criminal system in serious over there. So, yea no stopping for pedestrians in the rode, so you cross at your own peril.

* Certain areas only not all of Jamaica*

Shit if that's the case, I'd plow those bumbaclaat "lord have mercy" niggas over.

[Ninja Wallace]

Yes, I like to hit pedestrians while driving.

[DaDesiCanadian]

Yes, I like to hit pedestrians while driving.

Do you rock their faces?

[Rhio2k]

In my hood, it primarily was only the dumb niggas that moved in from the hood that walked in the middle of the road...now the white trash from the trailer park can be seen routinely walking either up to 6-abreast: 2 on the sidewalk, the rest stretching all the way across the street (wtf is up with that shit? Is it so fuckin' important to walk beside everyone you know?!), or pushing a baby carriage in the bumpy-ass road, when a perfecly smooth sidewalk is 5 feet away. I guess dumb is the new cool.

[final_cut]

I have to drive through the PJs on my way from work to baby mom's house. at night time, you'll see people just walking across the street really slow on purpose, you pretty much have to drive like you don't give a fuck if you plow through them, cuz otherwise they will bang on your windows and fuck with you if you slow down for them. sketchy sketch.

[valaris]

My biggest gripe are motherfucking taxi drivers. They're stopped at a red light and I'm crossing the street. They'll either move forward until they're completely blocking my path or ALMOST bump into me in hopes that a though such a "Oh wow I totally forgot I needed a taxi, thank god that nice cab driver almost hit me to remind me".

[bruceleeah]

I just hate when kids decide to walk in the middle of streets on the non-busy roads and don't want to move out of the way.

[specs]

Thanks for the responses, y'all.

Ontario has pretty strict(retarded) road laws. There was this truck driver who hit a guy trying to commit suicide; the dude jumped in front of the truck.

The truck driver was charged.

...WHAT.

I'm going to have to bone up on some Alberta traffic laws and see if it's the same thing here.