Car Stopped to Let Children Cross Street Struck From Behind
A man driving a dark sedan struck her car from behind. No children were injured but the woman driving the first car was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
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A man driving a dark sedan struck her car from behind. No children were injured but the woman driving the first car was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
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That’s what you call paying NOT attention to your driving.
I’m always fearful of this happening anytime I stop for someone in a crosswalk.
I’m sure that speed and/or tailgating was a factor.
What if this collission is the fault of the car that stopped?
Often, pedestrians are not in the crosswalk because they are waiting on sidewalk for traffic to flow an go away.
Often, HOJ stands on the concrete corner and a vehicle just stops…..kind gesture, but illegal driving.
Law does not say yield to pedestrians NOT WITHIN CROSSWALK……until peds are in crosswalk, keep driving.
California Vehicle Code automatically faults the driver who rear ends the other – either following too closely, going too fast (or both) or being inattentive while operating a motor vehicle. Had the driver of the first vehicle failed to stop for the children at the cross walk, she could have been cited.
Wrong.
HOJ knows of several situations that defy the law.
Impaired driver in front.
Brake lights not fully functional
ETC.
Theoretically, manmade laws have too many flaws, and politicians lie about effects of laws too.
“The Vehicle Code ‘automatically’ faults the driver who rear ends the other”? Really?
What code section says that, please? As HOJ suggests, there can be any number of causal factors in a traffic accident and the apparent fault depends on the totality of the circumstances. Oftentimes both parties can be at fault.
They made it my husband’s fault when a man stopped on freeway for deer with no brake lights.
If you are waiting for a pause in traffic, you need to stand away from the curb.
Unfortunately, the best thing you can do for pedestrians (especially children) is not stop to let them cross. Just because you’re are paying attention, doesn’t me everyone else is. One-ways are the worst cuz the car in one lane will stop and the other lane won’t. See it all the time
the law says stop.
don’t let other cars tailgate: stop, turn, pull over..especially if they are too distracting and or appear to be inattentive. You have to drive your own car, if another driver is endangering you and the other drivers and pedestrians ahead, take action to eliminate the threat.
Luckily the pedestrians were’t hit by the car that stopped.
This happens all the dam time, all over…especially at school time. kids just go and jitterbug around, it is very tricky to drive when schools out, low sun etc etc..
A driver who stops is not paying attention, that is the problem.
What are you talking about? You sound quite confused.
Me too! sometimes i cant stop for crosswalkers because the car behind me is so close, if i did i would for sure get rammed,,,ugh
How does what looks like a pretty minor fender-bender from the rear lead to elderly woman being “extracted” from her vehicle?
Likely that her door was jammed and they were acting with ‘an abundance of caution’ in case of neck or spinal injury.
Elderly people are cunning and shrewd at manipulating their health insiurance…….
Hey Jeff Lytle, you are not funny, nor a Henchman of Justice.
Elderly people are wise at manipulation when they want to be…….more sensitive version.
Example: too many to list
You are a negative vibe merchant. Something has happened to you to be so negative. Try to get some new perspective in your life. Everything isn’t so doom and gloom.
10 mph or less impact, rear hatch window not even broke, start it up and drive it home, no need for emergency services
Newer cars are made to crumple at the slightest impact.
I hope her injuries are minor and that she’s completely recovered soon.
And thank goodness she had stopped – the nitwit that hit her car might as easily hit the children she stopped for.
Thank you for saying that. It is absolutely true. We could have been reading about a much worse situation this evening if the dark sedan had hit the children walking in the crosswalk made for them–and others. All the best to the person recovering. And thank you for stopping for the children. ♥
The story does not state factually if the kids were waiting to enter as opposed to already have entered prior to woman stopping.
Ya dont stop for any ped who is on the corner but not within sidewalk.
School zone, 25 mph.
True.
Speed limit is 25 with children present.
Harris St needs flashing lights on crosswalks like the ones on Harris and K, at the liquor store.
School zone or speed limit has nothing to do with stopping for no person within a sidewalk.
No, that’s not how the law works. Thats kind of thinking (not thinking) is why people in Eureka are forced to walk out in front of traffic,, if they ever want to cross the street.
Um, that means she woulda ran down the kids first.
Henchman you have one negative attitude.
He enjoys spreading his own dismal outlook on topics and personal negativity to all of us. He feeds off our responses to his nauseating point of view on the topics of the moment. Most forums have at least one like him.
Or Mike,
it could be the dismal society portrayed that is reflective in the comments by a person with a big ass heart, ever consider that???
HOJ is a messenger…..to write HOJ enjoys dysmal outlooks is, well, quite frankly, your own words as HOJ is only a messenger, not a skilled emotional psychiatrist.
Yes, because requiring fact over fiction is upsetting to the PC culture and anyone looking to pick a bone with HOJ.
You seem to have the delusional assumption anyone cares about what some [edit]thinks. You have GOT to be a Trump supporter yes?
I find HOJ’s comments hilarious !!!! very witty if i may add…..
No, he has many negative attitudes!
It seems most posters are blaming the victim, rather than the person holding the steering wheel of the vehicle who collided into the car ahead. It’s 100% the fault of the vehicle owner with damage to the front of their vehicle, regardless of what any other poster on this board thinks.
Wouldn’t doubt if dude in the 300 was on his phone, everytime I drive harris it is proven how few people are focused on the road….
Exactly.
No brake lamps, so who is at fault?
Wrong on several aspects.
So, if you purposefully slam on your breaks to intend a collission from behind to occur, you are at fault.
‘ZACTLY
Folks need to focus on driving instead of Facebook while sitting behind the wheel.
I’d be willing to bet the guy driving the car that did the rear ending was not on FB at the time if the collision.
HoJ is correct. Unless peds are IN THE CROSSWALK, no need to stop. I wish more people would better themselves and learn the rules of the road.
If I see someone walking down the street sorta near a crosswalk, should I slam on my brakes?
It is state law that drivers must stop when school buses are stopped to let off passengers. Google it.
I cant tell if this is a joke.
whenever I stop to allow pedestrian to cross, I worry if and when to car behind me decides to go around me. I suppose not realizing there is a person crossing the road. We all Gotta be a defensive drivers.
We all need to check our vehicles before driving them.
I almost got rear ended stopping for a stop sign. Now I don’t stop for stop signs anymore!
HOJ runs inconsequential stop signs all-the-time……three ways are the best…..Arcata is the most repetitious……Arcata usually messes up all things road infrastructure……for bikes that know no rules and peds who just disrespect.
Almost, that’s funny shit there!
Great extension of HOJ’s “logic”, shows the flaw.
Ha!
One car length for every ten miles an hour. Tailgating is a common problem all over Humboldt County. BACK OFF M.F.!
It doesn’t matter if she “slammed on her brakes”. The other driver should have been x amount of cars behind her BECAUSE things happen and sometimes people HAVE to slam on their brakes. What don’t people get? Who’s to say the kids weren’t in a crosswalk? What if they did just jump out into the street? What, she’s supposed to just run them over? No, that’s why it’s illegal to tail gate. The driver that rear-ended her is 100% to blame as he should have been following at a safe distance.
Bet she was hit by one of those aggressive drivers who can’t ever seem to get anywhere fast enough.
Good idea to tapp……. the heck on the brake………….. Saved my life at Renner exit…. lets the car behind you see the brake lights better … you can also hit the emergency flashers, ********** If that dont work, hang onto your virginity*******your about to get a rearendo.
My two cents: put on your hazard lights if you’re going to stop for a ped. It’ll make other drivers aware that something is happening.
The lady is my neighbor and she’s home now doing ok. There was a car in front of her who was stopped and she was rear-ended after she had stopped.
HOJ wins the prize for the biggest asinine comments. She’s not manipulating anything. She’s home hurting. Shame on you for being such a nasty person.
Bless you
Hurting from what? A 5mph impact,no way, she must have lived her whole life in a bubble, suck it up, just a car , couple pulled muscles at worst, you would think she got Tboned on the highway
She’s 86 and witnesses say the car was going about 30. Why do you feel the need to begrudge her being hurt?
30 mph not much either, nothing to really mention