not sure what makes me more mad about thi... that a driver plowed through someone I know w/o stopping for a red signal... Or that so many people are so biased they are unable to see this as a clear case of careless, distracted, reckless driving and are hellbent on victim blaming.
CW: On bike ride to World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event today, @bikeloudpdx member Mark Linehan was hit by van driver who ran a red light on SE Division/119th. A hit-and-run. Thankfully Mark is not srsly hurt. Video via @amitzilight #pdxtraffic #pdxalerts
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Nobody is victim blaming. What is being said is that had these cyclists been more cautious and obeyed their own traffic control devices that he wouldn't have been hit. I am more than willing to give these cyclists a safety course.
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In your still frame, you've circled the crosswalk as it's counting down, it's well over 9 seconds at that point. I'm sure you're aware that crosswalk signals start counting down while it's still safe for pedestrians to be crossing.
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O.R.S. 814.010 (6) (b) A pedestrian shall not start to cross the roadway in the direction of a signal showing a “Wait” or “Don’t Walk” or any other symbol approved under ORS 810.200 and 810.210 indicating that the pedestrian may not proceed.
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A pedestrian who has started crossing a roadway on a signal showing “Walk” or any other approved symbol to proceed shall proceed with dispatch to a sidewalk or safety island while a signal is showing “Wait” or “Don’t Walk”
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Replying to @Jonathan_Maus
here's a still from the video right before they began to cross that clearly shows a green "WALK" symbol. So pls stop w the nonsense abt how the bike riders shoulder any of the legal fault here.
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I saw that still and I asked him why they waited for the signal to start blinking don't walk.
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I don't think I want to live in your world where it's perfectly acceptable to plow down pedestrians for entering the crosswalk the split second it starts counting down. That driver blew the red light, there's no situation in which a pedestrian or biker is at fault for that.
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I'm sorry, please point out exactly where I said it was ok to plow down pedestrians.
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Acting as though the cyclists did anything unreasonable here is just not a good faith argument. I'm not sure what you wanted them to do differently. Keep in mind that if he *had* started crossing any earlier, the van would have hit more than his front wheel.

Nov 21, 2022 · 8:08 PM UTC

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But I'm still waiting for you to point out where I said it's ok for a driver to plow through pedestrians
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I will admit I jumped to conclusions when you cited ORS 814 if you admit that it is victim blaming and wrong to say that the cyclists contributed to this incident at all
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As a cyclist or pedestrian you never take your attention away from potential hazards (approaching cars) because regardless of who is right or who is wrong, the cyclist and pedestrian will lose every time in a collision with a vehicle.
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