Yes.
Seriously, I live in a large city and walk five to ten miles per day. I witness at least one accident each week, from simple fender benders to cars rolling over. In the past five years I've had to appear in court three times as a witness.
A drunken man in a wheelchair crossed a busy street against the light. An oncoming police car, with lights and siren on, swerved to miss him and ran head-on into a phone pole. They had to cut the car apart to extract the officer, who spent a week in the hospital.
A mentally unbalanced woman tried to pass traffic on the right, driving up on the sidewalk at 30-40 mph. She hit a concrete post head-on, her SUV spun 90 degrees and almost rolled before settling on its wheels. She jumped out and ran up the street screaming "They're going to kill me!", leaving her three ******** in the van; none were wearing seat belts, fortunately the only injury was a seven year old girl got a ****** nose.
An impatient woman made a left turn in front of oncoming traffic, causing a three car pile up. All the way to court she contended "They seen my turn signal on, they shoulda stopped and let me gone on".
A senile man pulled into traffic broadsiding a van and sending it spinning down the street. He got out of his car and calmly walked down the str...
Yes.
Seriously, I live in a large city and walk five to ten miles per day. I witness at least one accident each week, from simple fender benders to cars rolling over. In the past five years I've had to appear in court three times as a witness.
A drunken man in a wheelchair crossed a busy street against the light. An oncoming police car, with lights and siren on, swerved to miss him and ran head-on into a phone pole. They had to cut the car apart to extract the officer, who spent a week in the hospital.
A mentally unbalanced woman tried to pass traffic on the right, driving up on the sidewalk at 30-40 mph. She hit a concrete post head-on, her SUV spun 90 degrees and almost rolled before settling on its wheels. She jumped out and ran up the street screaming "They're going to kill me!", leaving her three ******** in the van; none were wearing seat belts, fortunately the only injury was a seven year old girl got a ****** nose.
An impatient woman made a left turn in front of oncoming traffic, causing a three car pile up. All the way to court she contended "They seen my turn signal on, they shoulda stopped and let me gone on".
A senile man pulled into traffic broadsiding a van and sending it spinning down the street. He got out of his car and calmly walked down the street to a bus stop.
Some suspected drug dealers being chased by the police caused a massive pileup in an offramp intersection; their car spun and rolled halfway across the overpass, three cars were totaled and several others received major damage. No one was seriously injured.
As a pedestrian I've been hit seven times in twelve years. Each time I was in a crosswalk with the light. Four of those times the driver was on the phone and looking down the street for an opening, oblivious to what was in front of them. One woman even claimed it was my fault for jumping on the hood of her car. Only once have I required medical attention; after walking two miles home, I awoke the next day with my knee swollen about three times its normal size and unable to bear any weight.
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