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blumpkinmania t1_j1mhbdn wrote

Reply to comment by MonkeysDaddy2012 in 3 Killed in Christmas Morning Crash in West Hartford (The distracted driving needs to stop!!) by MonkeysDaddy2012

People also insist on walking in the road and not using sidewalks.

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1984isnowpleb t1_j1mmq2v wrote

In the little town my mom lives in they built a side walk all the way through town for this one woman in a motorized wheel chair. She still drives in the road. Wild she hasn’t been hit yet.

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blondeambition39 t1_j1mvx9a wrote

I think I know what town you’re talking about… 🧐

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1984isnowpleb t1_j1n1vkb wrote

Haha is it Christmas town itself ?

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blondeambition39 t1_j1n6es9 wrote

I believe that’s the one — I heard the same story and that’s too specific to have happened in more than one place!

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dkdaniel t1_j1n1k65 wrote

Of the three pedestrians killed in west Hartford this year, one was on a sidewalk, one was in a crosswalk, and the third was in the roadway at work directing a vehicle out of a driveway.

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catman1900 t1_j1nmyoy wrote

Mfs always seeking ways to blame the pedestrian instead of the person driving the multiton machine

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blumpkinmania t1_j1o1x9f wrote

Here’s the jackass who insists on walking in the road.

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mywittynamewastaken t1_j1o6nun wrote

The streets are for the people.

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blumpkinmania t1_j1oax6v wrote

I like that. But unfortunately too many drivers don’t pay attention and you don’t want to be on the wrong end of a Buick while walking the dog.

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TreeEleben t1_j1mye8z wrote

They claim that the concrete sidewalk is too hard, and that the asphalt roads are softer and better to walk on.

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charons-voyage t1_j1n20x3 wrote

As a runner, this is true. Asphalt is also smoother than many concrete sidewalks, less deviations/blips/etc. sidewalks are also frequently blocked by parked cars, trash bins, etc. I will run on the sidewalk if it’s on a busy road and it’s safe for me to be on the sidewalk, but I usually just run in the road.

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