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Red Light Camera gets driver out of a ticket
May 25, 2011 at
07:50 AM
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/reg...hit-by-car (see video in link)
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the mother and child are ok, but seriously? Crossing the street with your children is not the time to take risks that could potentially have deadly consequences.
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Regina Aldan, who only speaks Spanish, says she was attempting to cross the intersection when her light changed from green to red. Aldan was halfway across the street, but instead of waiting at the median she began to run as cars took off on the green light.
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The video then shows a black GMC SUV going eastbound, hitting the mother and running over the daughter without seriously injuring them.Police say it appears the driver of the black SUV couldn't see the pedestrians because of a large-profile vehicle next to her. |
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the mother and child are ok, but seriously? Crossing the street with your children is not the time to take risks that could potentially have deadly consequences.
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Driving fail. Jeez people suck at driving, but the mother is mostly to blame here.
Reporting fail. Red light cameras snap pictures. They aren't video cameras. (At least not the ones on the east coast. I can only assume it's the same on the west coast.)
American fail. She doesn't speak english????? She apparently can't read lights either b/c they don't change from green to red.
Driving fail. Jeez people suck at driving, but the mother is mostly to blame here.
Reporting fail. Red light cameras snap pictures. They aren't video cameras. (At least not the ones on the east coast. I can only assume it's the same on the west coast.)
American fail. She doesn't speak english????? She apparently can't read lights either b/c they don't change from green to red.
If she's not illegal, then it IS an American fail. What happened to the years past of legal immigrants coming and learning the language and culture to become contributing members of the society they've asked to embrace them? Doesn't mean you have to give up your own language and culture, but just expand upon it.
I'm pushing this thread toward the podium, lol. I'll stop.
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I feel sorry for the little girl. Having a douche for a mother is going to ruin her life one way or another.
They had to run and barely made it before a rush of cars came through. Idiots!
I mean, yeah the light changed and the mother is very wrong for attempting to cross. But this is also blatant inattentive driving too! How do you not see the group of people approaching the FRONT of your vehicle? It's not just reaction time, they didn't even slow down until long after impact.
When the light turns green, it means "proceed with caution" not "go". You look before you go, and the SUV was just starting out. If you're starting out near a "large profile vehicle" then you're looking around it as you're starting out.
I mean, yeah the light changed and the mother is very wrong for attempting to cross. But this is also blatant inattentive driving too! How do you not see the group of people approaching the FRONT of your vehicle? It's not just reaction time, they didn't even slow down until long after impact.
Not to mention that the truck was almost at the speed limit as soon as the light turned green. Why the hurry to get to the next light?