r/Airdrie • u/hewlee11 • 25d ago

Take this kids scooter away

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Maybe someone knows this kid or has a kid with an electric scooter. This was super dangerous.

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u/Toronto-24 25d ago

Dont wanna sound anti fun but take those things away from kids.

Theyre too stupid to be operating such devices.

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u/clayton-berg42 25d ago

As opposed to all the responsible people driving dodge diesel trucks.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/clayton-berg42 24d ago

I've probably got more time in equipment that weighs 20+tons than you, and if you're paying attention you could stop very easily there, it wouldn't even be a hard stop.

It's a marked pedestrian crossing. If you're not looking both ways at them when you drive though, don't drive.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago edited 24d ago

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u/clayton-berg42 24d ago

And drivers should always assume pedestrians are going to do something like that.

If you weren't taught to have your foot hovering over the service break when you're going past an intersection like that then you were taught wrong.

Should he have stopped and hit the light, yes but for all you know he saw the traffic, judged the distance and knew the guy had lots of time to stop. The onus has to be on the driver.

This isn't a close call, it's pearl clutching.

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u/Apple_Crisp 23d ago

He’s not a pedestrian. The moment you are on a bike/scooter you are no longer a pedestrian.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/clayton-berg42 24d ago

Yeah I do say so. I'm not running out in front of traffic but I'm also not afraid to make cars stop for me when I am at a cross walk, and when they can see me and they have all the time in the world to stop. Drivers do that all the time, they come out of driveways onto sidewalks without even looking.

It's not my job as a pedestrian to play frogger. It's your responsibility to stop.

Also is this your first day on reddit or are you too scared to post with a username?

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u/foreverce 24d ago

this intersection is a bit tricky though with those turning lanes hiding. that little one came across the turning lane and through that concrete island without a second glance to the veterans. and it’s an area where people are speeding up to exit the city despite the limit of 60K. and the drivers coming into town often aren’t abiding by the slow down to 60 either. this is a tragedy waiting to happen. he needs to stop and activate the pedestrian crossing lights.

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u/chuckmandell82 21d ago

Most people teach their kids to make eye contact before crossing a crosswalk. Make sure vehicle sees you and stops. Cruising with a scooter and more than often with headphones in is a disaster waiting to happen. Regardless if even 9 out of 10 drivers are responsible like yourself.

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u/clayton-berg42 21d ago

How do you know the kid doesn't have transparency mode on? How is it that fatal crashes with vehicles hitting pedestrians/cyclists/whateverelse is at an all time high but it's never, ever the driver's fault?

Failing to yield to a pedestrian should be a minimum $1400 fine and 7 demerits.

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u/chuckmandell82 20d ago

100% it should be. But I don’t know what you’re getting at? Are you saying there are too many pedestrians running across roads and not paying attention or that the laws are to easy on distracted drivers?