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Old 10-15-2012, 09:47 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Burninator View Post
That biker is an idiot. Does someone honestly expect a pedestrian to wait at an empty intersection until the light changes? I don't. Obviously as a pedestrian you should move quickly out of an intersection if a vehicle does approach. But it's pretty much impossible to anticipate a motorcycle coming out of an alley and buzzing your face when that happens in less than 3 seconds.
Probably said jaywalker had checked that no vehicles where coming, started crossing, head down with headphones on, and didn't notice the bike come out of the alley. If you jaywalk, I agree, you need to get out of the road asap.
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