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To the red-haired young man in the red and white shorts crossing Herring Cove Road at Chocolate Lake at 4:45 PM Wed Aug 19th, do you realize that without looking, you stepped in front of a Halifax Transit bus about 6 ft away from you. If it weren’t for the diligence and quick reflexes of the driver, you’d be in the hospital right now. Pedestrians have as much responsibility for crosswalk safety as motorists. Time to wake up, kid!
To the driver of the #14 heading to Leiblin Park that saved this foolish young man, thank you! He probably still doesn’t have a clue how close he came to being splattered all over Herring Cove Road, but I saw it and I thank you! —A pedestrian whose thankful she didn’t have to witness a blood bath
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2015.
Motorists should also slow down. That way they will be less likely to hit a pedestrian.
Look before you drive over a crosswalk.
I see this at crosswalks all the time. Pedestrians don’t seem to realize that hitting the walk button at a crosswalk doesn’t create a magical force field that will protect them from oncoming vehicles. I get that pedestrians have the right-of-way; however hitting the button and stepping out when a car is less than 6 feet from the crosswalk isn’t a good way to continue to live.
Cate, is right on, I see this at the MacDonald Bridge, Halifax side, every morning, I can’t beleive somone isn’t hit everyday there.
They’re not being hit because the cars are stopping.