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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Dec 16 20:32:39 2014, in response to Re: Queens Blvd, posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Dec 16 18:07:01 2014. Chances are if you are crossing the street where you supposed to, there is very little chance you will be hit.Actually, it is "safer" to cross where there is not a marked crosswalk in many places because drivers don't pay attention or look out for pedestrians in crosswalks looking to cross legally. The FHWA says that crosswalks are pretty much ineffective in areas where people drive more than 40 MPH or if the speed limit is above 40 MPH. You claim people drive 50 on Queens Boulevard. That is way too fast, no matter where the pedestrian is crossing. The chance of a pedestrian dying after being hit by a car also goes up exponentially as speed increases. Do all speed limits need to be lowered? No. Artificially low speed limits are a problem. But your ongoing crusade against pedestrians is just that and not based on the reality that before automobiles came along, pedestrians owned the streets, and you continue to advocate policies that favor vehicular traffic over everything else. |
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