Cannot believe no ticket issued
08-23-21, 05:17 PM
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Won't cost her much. RIP Walmart bike. LOL
Good thing she didn't hit the brakes. DOA for sure.
But, yah, look out every fricking time.
Good thing she didn't hit the brakes. DOA for sure.
But, yah, look out every fricking time.
08-23-21, 06:40 PM
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Sure, I suppose there could be a citation, assuming the Pasco Sheriff guy knew about the video. I doubt you see too many citations that aren't witnessed by a cop. Plus it's going to depend on the priorities at the moment (here, in response to some citizen complaints cops were giving out warnings to runners in the street, not on sidewalk. Also see jaywalking crackdowns from time to time. Same thing for failure to stop at crosswalk / not yielding making a right turn.)
I own a house a couple miles from that location. Most traffic is on US 19 or Little Road (Cnty 1). Then you have some E-W cross roads and "interior" N-S roads that are more residential but can also act as bypass for the 2 main roads. Shouldn't really be speeding on that road, but obviously there's lots of things you shouldn't be doing, but do anyway. The bigger problem is when an SUV stops for a Ped, if they are close to the crosswalk other drivers can't see why they are stopped -- the sight lines are too blocked by the SUV. As long as we have SUVs and monster pickups, that's going to be a problem.
From a cycling perspective, I can see avoiding 19 and Little Road, and favoring the interior roads, but then you have less street lighting and often narrower (only exception is FL 52 which now has bike lane marked shoulders from Little Rd out to the toll road bike path). 19 has marked bike lanes in places, but there are many conflicts where right turn lanes take over the shoulder. Most riders I see on 19 are "transportation cyclists" and pretty much all use the sidewalk, not the bike lane.
But then it's like lots of areas in Florida, where rapid population increase has burdened the infrastructure. I remember when it was mostly snow birds from the great lakes and pretty much country north of Hudson. Those days are long gone. Now I guess you need to get north of Inglis to get the country.
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I own a house a couple miles from that location. Most traffic is on US 19 or Little Road (Cnty 1). Then you have some E-W cross roads and "interior" N-S roads that are more residential but can also act as bypass for the 2 main roads. Shouldn't really be speeding on that road, but obviously there's lots of things you shouldn't be doing, but do anyway. The bigger problem is when an SUV stops for a Ped, if they are close to the crosswalk other drivers can't see why they are stopped -- the sight lines are too blocked by the SUV. As long as we have SUVs and monster pickups, that's going to be a problem.
From a cycling perspective, I can see avoiding 19 and Little Road, and favoring the interior roads, but then you have less street lighting and often narrower (only exception is FL 52 which now has bike lane marked shoulders from Little Rd out to the toll road bike path). 19 has marked bike lanes in places, but there are many conflicts where right turn lanes take over the shoulder. Most riders I see on 19 are "transportation cyclists" and pretty much all use the sidewalk, not the bike lane.
But then it's like lots of areas in Florida, where rapid population increase has burdened the infrastructure. I remember when it was mostly snow birds from the great lakes and pretty much country north of Hudson. Those days are long gone. Now I guess you need to get north of Inglis to get the country.
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08-24-21, 05:09 AM
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I brought the subject up because I believe it is quite likely. I believe the women had something else going on in her head besides driving a car. She likely looked up to the road in time to focus her faculty's just in time to take the only clear avenue of escape. At the rate of speed she was going hitting a car might of done mayhem not only to her but the other driver in front of her. I don't believe her excuse for her reckless driving. I believe using a cellphone to text while driving is moronic.
She had to change lanes to get around the properly stopped car. That was a decision she made several seconds before running into the bike. It's a very clear case of someone deciding that obedience to laws involving crosswalks is optional and not realizing that the other car was screening her view of the pedestrian. This is a known huge problem that kills a lot of people every year, and here's a video that shows just how those fatalities can occur. It's ridiculous to change the subject as you have.
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08-25-21, 01:23 PM
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Do not believe the car driver was not issued a ticket. Another example of law enforcements disregard for a bicycle rider.
https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-coun...es-for-driver/
https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-coun...es-for-driver/
08-25-21, 03:06 PM
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That should not have happened. The driver should be ticketed. If I was her insurer and found out about this, I'd drop her or jack her rates through the roof, if state insurance law allowed. When I use crosswalks, I don't stop assessing and reassessing the picture until I have finished crossing. This includes checking both directions on a one way street.
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08-26-21, 06:23 AM
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The driver's license should be suspended. What if something bad will happen next time because of this driver's recklessness? Law enforcers should be strict in implementing rules and regulations.
08-26-21, 08:05 AM
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That should not have happened. The driver should be ticketed. If I was her insurer and found out about this, I'd drop her or jack her rates through the roof is state insurance law allowed. When I use crosswalks, I don't stop assessing and reassessing the picture until I have finished crossing. This includes checking both directions on a one way street.
This is especially egregious because this was not only a crosswalk, it was one with a triggered warning light.
From the pedestrian point of view, there is nothing more dangerous than the driver in the left lane who disregards that the vehicle in the right lane has stopped at the crosswalk. Neither the pedestrian in the crosswalk or the driver in the left lane can see the other due to the screening of the vehicle in the right lane. I forget the statistic, but a huge number of pedestrians are killed in this exact situation every year.
