[Cliff Fr]

Originally Posted by Bellavita

all our years of living here it amazes us that people just walk out without looking all the time. Why?
I am not condoning cars not paying attention but more
Likely than not The villagers just walkout without regard for anything.

My wife was paying attention. The suv was stopped at the crosswalk and she looked both ways and at the driver of the suv

[Cliff Fr]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

When I was a little boy, my mom always told me to look both ways before crossing the street.

It's wild that 60+ years later, that's still true.

My wife did look both ways and the suv was stopped. It started moving when she was in the crosswalk!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by jswirs

Same EXACT thing happened to me at a mail center, only I was riding my bicycle. The older woman in the vehicle would have run me over had I not taken evasive maneuvers.

IMO mail center parking lots are the most dangerous spots in villages. Especially 3 to 6 PM.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

My wife was paying attention. The suv was stopped at the crosswalk and she looked both ways and at the driver of the suv

She could have been in A pillar/mirror blind spot?

[MrFlorida]

Originally Posted by TrapX

One should always kick a body panel of a car that whizzes by a crosswalk. If they call the cops to b!tch then they get a ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian. And they hit you.

Then you would be the aggressor, and subject to arrest for assault.

[bopat]

I look directly at them and wave and smile, then cross.
At night if it's particularly busy I use my phone's flashlight and wave it around as I cross.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

The driver was stopped before my wife entered the cross walk and she started driving thru as my wife was walking thru almost pushing her out of the way.

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

My wife did look, both ways. The only vehicle was the suv and it was stopped at the crosswalk. The driver started moving after my wife started across.

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

My wife did wait. The suv was stopped to let her pass. After she was in the cross walk the driver started moving thru and almost pushed her out if the way

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

My wife was paying attention. The suv was stopped at the crosswalk and she looked both ways and at the driver of the suv

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

My wife did look both ways and the suv was stopped. It started moving when she was in the crosswalk!

So, you're saying that the SUV was stopped when your wife entered the crosswalk?

[Cliff Fr]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

So, you're saying that the SUV was stopped when your wife entered the crosswalk?

Yes

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

Yes

Thanks for clearing that up...

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by jswirs

Same EXACT thing happened to me at a mail center, only I was riding my bicycle. The older woman in the vehicle would have run me over had I not taken evasive maneuvers.

When I am on a bike, I only take back streets that have low traffic. I even look in the rearview mirror and come to a complete stop off the street on a driveway or CLOSE (but not on) someone's grass as the vehicles pass me . I know to serious bike rider's this would seem TOO extreme, but I think that some of the drivers of the cars and trucks are TOO extreme - they are TOO distracted, they speed, they have bad eyesight and reflexes. I also know that many bicyclists are HIT by cars very often in The Villages.
.........I know that the serious cyclist has decided that THEY have a right to their part of the road. I agree on a theoretical basis, but personally, until a bicycle is invented that has an IMPENETRABLE force field around it, I will use my strategy. I am retired and in no hurry and I can get just as much exercise in a swimming pool or jogging at a track or inside of a softball field. I use my bike merely to go from point A to point B as a change from going by car.
........When I lived in a western state, I often rode an off-the-road bicycle where I could completely avoid automobiles and see a lot of nature. I live in the northern section of The Villages and NOT near any multi-use path. So, I only take low-traveled streets. I understand that there are bike-only paths in the newer southern areas and that The Villages plans on widening the existing multi-use paths, but those don't benefit me.
......PS I would NEVER ride even CLOSE to a mail center because the vehicle drivers will be EXTRA distracted. It would not be worth the danger to me, personally.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by TrapX

One should always kick a body panel of a car that whizzes by a crosswalk. If they call the cops to b!tch then they get a ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian. And they hit you.

An interesting example of the question, "Do 2 wrongs make a right?"

[tonycirocco@me.com]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

Then you would be the aggressor, and subject to arrest for assault.

Assault on a car?

[patfla06]

The problem begins because so many people are always in a hurry.
The mail centers are so dangerous with so many speeding in and out.
Why are you always in a rush??

[Dlpdo]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

if i read the title and the post correctly, leaving Petco and walking across the road in front of stores back into the parking lot?

or what am i missing?

I just wait for no cars or someone stops if there are cars. . too many idiot, stoopids and drunks out there these days

Why are you blaming the victims?