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Originally Posted by GGG
And you can't say don't get hit by trains because we live in a world where people get hit by trains
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Do we live in a world where people get hit by trains, or just a city where people get hit by trains?
I just wonder how much of this goes back to how much right of way pedestrians have in general in Calgary. When I go back to Winnipeg I have to make sure I focus on my walking so I don't get hit. In other places around the world, the pedestrians have even fewer rights. Do they have the same number of vehicle vs pedestrian incidents that we do?
Speaking in general terms, most pedestrians proceed as if vehicles will see them and stop. Does that put us into a false sense of security? I have heard of a few different pedestrian fatalities that from the reports sound like although the driver was at fault, the accident could have been prevented if they had been more cautious.
If this was due to a momentary lapse in focus, was the cause of the lapse due to the fact that less care is needed by pedestrian to cross vehicle paths than in other parts of Canada, or the world?