Don't EVER run and cross a red light. Both people pays. Look at the man to the left. http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=carcrash.wmv
This is a repost. It is interesting that the pedestrian was only half way across the road when the car driving in his direction hit him. I wonder if that car would have hit him anyway. It's clear both drivers were not paying attention.
Actually, that video will change my driving habits in one way. I don't run red lights, but I often don't slow down if I know that the light is going to be green by the time I get there. The car on the cross street was going way faster than if he started from a stop at the stop bar. Despite the fact that the red-light runner was clearly at fault, fractions of seconds count in situations like these. And BTW, red light cameras are not the solution to this problem.
not so much, but the only useful place aussie's have ever put speed cameras is at intersections. over the last year or so since they were introduced in south australia, i've noticed that you don't get knobs gunning it on the amber anymore and stopping the poor dudes trying to turn right from turning. as at most busy intersections, the only chance you get to make a turn is at the end of the amber/going to red period.
Here's what snopes.com had: The accident seen in the video occurred at 12:40 p.m. on 23 May 2004 at the intersection of Third Street and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard in Dayton, Ohio. Betty J. Hayslip, 75, of New Lebanon, driving a PT Cruiser, ran a red light and struck a Subaru driven by Albertina L. Walker, 41, of Dayton. The collision caused the Subaru to roll over one and a half times; it came to rest upside-down and in the process crashed into pedestrian Scott Tegtmeyer, 42, of Dayton. Tegtmeyer, who was crossing the street in the same direction as the PT Cruiser and had just reached the curb on the opposite side, can be seen in the video breaking into a desperate run as the collided vehicles bear down on him. He could not react quickly enough, however, and the Subaru rolled atop of him, dragging him several feet across the intersection. Although medics who found Tegtmeyer's bloodied body amidst a sea of broken glass initially pronounced him dead at the scene, he began breathing while in transit with paramedics and was fully resuscitated by doctors. (As of 2 June 2004, Tegtmeyer was reported as being in serious condition at Miami Valley Hospital.) Investigators said that at the time of the accident the crosswalk signal was red, and therefore Tegtmeyer should not have been crossing the street. They also reported that Tegtmeyer miraculously escaped alive because the dent in the side of the Subaru caused by the crash created a hollow space that allowed the vehicle to roll over him without crushing him to death. Neither vehicle was carrying any passengers, and both drivers escaped with only minor injuries. The crash was captured by one of the automated red-light enforcement cameras installed at a dozen intersections around Dayton to help reduce crashes caused by drivers running red lights. Each camera records 12-second motion videos used to issue citations to offending motorists.
