I'm a pedestrian, let me get that out first. I haven't owned nor driven a car for at least 10 years. It's not that I can't, I've never been a confident driver and I'd rather not be the person who causes yet another accident - there are enough of them out there without me adding to the toll.
As a pedestrian, I am not a threat to drivers, so why do they insist on trying to run me down?
I traverse several crossings on my way to and from work every day, some with traffic lights, others not. More often than not, I will almost be collected by a car running the orange and sometimes red in order to avoid stopping at the light. Well I'd like to remind drivers that you are in a car - you are going to be a lot more inconvenienced if you have an accident than if you stop to allow a few pedestrians to cross the road in front of you; and how much time are you really going to save anyway? You'll only get to the next traffic light earlier than you would have, forcing you to sit there even longer.
What happened to good old fashioned manners and caution?
I believe that modern cars, with their smoother suspension and vacuum sealed interior impervious to outside environmental impact makes the driver feel invincible. Without the wind in his/her face he/she can no longer judge speed; with the windows up and music blasting through surround sound speakers, s/he is ignorant of audio cues which may point to a potential incident. Add to that the blinkered vision of a generation used to staring at computer screens and you have to wonder that there aren't more accidents.
So please be a little more considerate, to quote an old adage, "it's better to arrive late than never".
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