pedestrians and driving

It sounds to me like the guy had no common sense. There are some kids around here though that take their time crossing the street on purpose just to make you wait. Those kids( about 12) make me want to run them over. Not that I ever would, but still...

I've seen this before. In Phoenix the cars would honk and barely miss the stragglers, not caring about their safety. Here in Ohio, people wait till the children are out of the road. Just another reason why I love being home! People are in too much of a hurry. And for what?! Nothing important, when you think about what is really important in life. A child's life is like a diamond, your corporate meeting or shopping trip is crap compared to that.

there's a school near me and i see this all the time. tho to be fair,they don't want to stop for anybody,let alone kids. the one time a guy blazed right by me while crossing my mom with a cop sitting right there.did the cop move? no. i went up to the cruiser and said "did you not #$%^!!ing see that!? god forbid i interrupted his sandwich. some people are just self important jerks that don't stop unless they see a sign with their name on it.

yeah I'd wait, even if I wasn't on the near end by the children...

First of all, I've known since I was a child that pedestrians have the right of way. Second of all, I tend to be very polite to pedestrians, especially in harsh weather. I've been where they are.. trying to get out of the rain or snow or cold or whatever and the drivers won't let me cross.. and I thought to myself "Sure, what do you care? You're in a nice, warm, dry car.. why should you care that I'm out here in the elements soaked and freezing?" So unless I'm in an extreme hurry then I'd let them pass even if I'm holding up traffic myself. It's just curtious. Now as for this idiot inching towards the kids.. well obviously he's in an extreme rush, but really... if he hit one of those kids he'd be held up a whole lot longer than if he'd just wait for them to finish crossing. It's like speeding when you're late for work... getting pulled over will only make you later, so do the speed limit!!

The only state I know that is pedestrian friendly is California. If someone hits you there, they have to pay for all the person's damages. However, I hear the buses in England don't stop and will just go ahead and hit you and keep on going.

I always make sure all pedestrians cross the road before I turned. One day I went to turn out of my parking lot at work and another car turned into my lane as well the same spot and when I turned I noticed a pedestrian right in front of my car that came out of no where because he wasn't there when I went to go turn..So I waited and he wasnt going to cross so I started to move my car and then he started walking in front me and I slam on breaks again and then he walks away. Its like are you gonna go or not? Some pedestrians though don't pay attention to oncoming vehicles and just walk out into traffic thinking they can beat the car coming at you. Sometimes it doesn't work that way!