Everybody's Wrong But Me

ICBC and many police departments in the province have started a campaign to increase security at intersections.  You can read more here: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/11/07/7334016-sun.html.

I’m wondering at all if we should abolish the right to turn right on a red light. I know it is a very unpopular measure, but I have seen so many times drivers only looking left at incoming traffic and turning without realizing pedestrians crossing the street on their right. Once I saved my (then fiancée, now wife) life by knocking on the vehicle’s hood of a driver who did not bother looking to the right. Another time, I saw a man doing the same thing, saving his dog’s life undoubtedly.

Many drivers don’t seem to know that drivers are required by law to immobilize their vehicle before turning on a red light and that pedestrians have the right of way over automobiles. I know this idea is very unpopular, but saving lives has no price.

Also, advise for pedestrians: MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH DRIVERS. I always make eye contact, and it is why my wife is alive (or at least not crippled) today.

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