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SquishWindow t1_iy6b2y1 wrote

It's one of my great fears in life when I'm driving around DC that I'm going to get someone killed in this situation - stopping to let a pedestrian cross in front of me and giving them a false sense of security while the person behind me zooms around.

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idkman_93 t1_iy6r9dj wrote

Ok, that’s my big question whenever I see someone driving dangerously in DC: Are they not afraid about what would happen if they hit someone?

Beyond just the threat of KILLING SOMEONE, it would also ruin YOUR LIFE as the driver, right? I try to be extremely attentive when driving because I’m terrified of what would happen if I accidentally hit someone.

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damnatio_memoriae t1_iy7dx6h wrote

sometime it feels like no one in this city has ever faced a real consequence... besides their victims

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krispissedoffersonn t1_iy7z12j wrote

I was hit and left with broken bones laying in the street, summer 2017. right in front of the eastern market metro station. no witnesses, the women actually yelled something at me, and then sped off. people only care about themselves

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Careful-Stock3713 t1_iyagftv wrote

The driver who ran over a pedestrian at 18th and Columbia NW and dragged her under the car has not been charged with anything as far as I know. It’s been one year since the incident. Seems like no consequences.

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ALawful_Chaos t1_iy7lwoc wrote

More than once I’ve made a conscious decision not to stop at a crosswalk for a waiting pedestrian for this very reason. I don’t trust the people behind and next to me enough to also stop.

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clickclackrackem t1_iy91sa6 wrote

Sounds like an awful excuse for not wanting to stop like you should lol

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ALawful_Chaos t1_iy9mkqm wrote

I know it does. I’m not proud of it and I feel terrible every time. It usually happens when I’ve already slowed down in preparation to stop and gotten honked at and it seems likely that the honker behind me is prepared to swerve around me if I stop. 9 times out of 10 I stop for pedestrians, but there are occasions when my better judgment tells me it’s safer for everyone involved to just keep going.

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