Mitchell.
Right.
Mr SMITH That's for the jury to decide to
accidents with them
but must be clearly understood
as the children
must wait after
the light has been granted
the precaution as to the drivers of
the signal cycle changes and proceed.
The same rule applies for the walk and wait or walk
and walk type of signal yet how many times have you found yourself stepping off the
curb and I don't walk signal
and being bored to dodge the rushing traffic before reaching the safety of the
sidewalk.
Almost a laws provide the best brand safe passage even though the life has changed
only a fool would jeopardize his life by being careless generally
state laws recognize the best brand right away and mark down on Mark cross walks.
However state laws differ
and it is advisable for pedestrians to acquaint themselves with local laws of their
state from a practical standpoint.
Even though you may have the right of way the safest thing is to always use good
judgment after looking in all directions to make sure there is no immediate danger
from the oncoming traffic.
But estrange should proceed across the intersection using the cross walk
when a vehicle is stopped for a pedestrian on a cross walk it can be assumed
that other vehicles will also stop
but unless the pedestrian takes the brake option of looking in the direction of the
I'm coming from when I rest of the stop car. He may be dead right.
Another case where the pedestrian could be dead right is if he were foolish enough
to step off the curb into the cross walk into the path of the I'm coming so close
that the driver wouldn't have time to yield
or stop a
desperate must yield the right of way to vehicles
when crossing at a place where there is no intersection.
A jaywalker can never be dead right.
But they most certainly can be dead wrong
and often is in fact crossing between intersections as one of the great causes of
the test translate Talladega
in rural areas where there are no sidewalks the
but this train should walk on the left side of the road facing traffic as far off
the road as possible
with the cost of transportation never on the increase many young people think they
must resort to hitchhiking.
Unfortunately hitchhiking is undependable and can be dangerous
and in some states is against the law.
One never knows if your benefactor is a safe driver
and if his car is in good mechanical condition in case of an accident.
You may find you are not covered by insurance from the driver standpoint taking up
a passenger is undesirable to have an accident occurs.
The driver is responsible
and may find he has a lawsuit on its hands many safety devices have been developed
for pedestrians safety by this brand overpass is one such device.
It should be noted
that the overpass is constructed only in places of extreme danger.
Therefore it is our duty as adults to use this device for our own safety
and for the example we can set for children
but Esprit an attitude is an important safety factor too many adults dismissed
but Estrin safety rules thereby endangering themselves
and the drivers one such offender is the person who is so engrossed in what he is
doing or so preoccupied with other thoughts
that he completely disregard signal lights cross walks and other safety devices.
Alcohol and gasoline don't mix drinking and driving is a serious offense
but we don't give much consideration to drinking
and walking yet statistically over the years it has been proved
that more pedestrians and drivers have had very little accidents
when under the influence of alcohol.
But Estrin who has been drinking is subject to the same problems as the driver is
inhibitory mechanism has been dulled he has more assurance
and less self-control his judgment of speed and distance are impaired
and he takes chances he wouldn't ordinarily take.
Unfortunately he has no stealing closures such as a driver to protect him in case
of an accident his body takes the full impact of a collision
and he is often fatally injured.
Walking at night can be doubly dangerous to be on the safe side
but Estrin should wear or carry white
and be bright for night.
Many protest ran do not drive
and have never driven they are unaware of the limitations of Car and Driver.
They are not trained to judge speed and distance
and are usually unaware of the minimum stopping distances of vehicles at given
speeds.
They are therefore more vulnerable to accidents than pedestrians who do drive
another miscalculation of the non driving pedestrian is that he doesn't realize
that every car has blind spots
and though he can see the oncoming car the driver may not be able to see him.
If you can't see the eyes of the driver. You may be sure he can't see you.
Statistically nine out of ten pedestrians killed were non-drivers this behooves
every non driving pedestrian to allow his calculations a large margin of safety
when applying them to oncoming traffic.
Nobody in their right mind plays Russian roulette yet
but this trains play a game that is just as dangerous.
Every time they dart out between two cars this practice is suicidal because the
best man is often in front of the on coming car before the driver has a chance to
react to the danger.
Unless the
but the strands are unusually agile they will find they may be dead wrong.
Stepping out of the car into the traffic side of the street without looking
carefully is another version of the same game yet as drivers we unconsciously do
this when we park our car and change from the role of driver to that of
but as Grant it is a strange paradox
that one moment where the driver cursing the careless
but this grand The next moment where the butt Estrin cursing the careless driver.
No matter which side of the wheel.
We're on we are prone to stand up for our rights
or what we feel are our rights rather than being courteous and safe.
We often put ourselves in the position of the boy who stood in the middle of the
railroad tracks to stop the oncoming train.
Trusting to the skill of the engineer and the brakes of the locomotive.
Such was the case with Mr Smith. It was right but he almost died.
Think about it the next time you have a choice be courteous and smart.
Don't be dead right
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