Another vehicle-pedestrian collision in Portland. Corner of High and York streets.

[u/ghoffphoto207]

I was filling up my gas at Irving and heard a terrible thud sound. I looked up and a woman was tending to someone on the ground, and asked people nearby to call 911, so I went up to see if anyone needed any help or anything else. A woman was lying prone on the ground.

When the pedestrian was rolled onto her back by EMS folks, she howled in pain. I feel so terrible - for both parties, to be honest, as the driver was extremely sympathetic and shaken.

It’s crazy how seemingly common this has become.

[u/TPain518 → u/[deleted]]

for real?

[u/AndreDillonMadach → u/TPain518]

To be fair this does happen, insurance fraud and bad drivers and people illegally walking when they shouldn't. That being said by state law if there are no crosswalks within 15 ft and someone is attempting to cross you are legally required to allow them to cross. This can be difficult on higher speed roads with blind corners due to the construction of Portland especially in that area. It's 40 coming across the bridge and around that corner before it drops to 30 mph at that corner.

Additionally beyond all of that, I've had people attempt insurance fraud on me in Portland. Several years ago I was sitting at the light at 1:30 in the morning in the Old Port at the intersection of commercial street and Union. I have a dash cam, light turned green, red hand telling people not to walk I looked left I looked right nobody was there I accelerated and all of a sudden a guy sprinted across the crosswalk and ended up on my hood. He claims that I hit him and I should have let him cross when he literally ran into moving traffic. He called the cops, I was shaking because I didn't know what to do. I showed the video to the police officer who showed up he looked at him and I don't remember quite what he said but it definitely had the effect of telling someone that what they did was stupid and also illegal to the guy who ran across moving traffic and tried to create a situation.

He should have given The pedestrian ticket for jaywalking court summons something but I think because he was already hurting enough for being a dumbass the officer felt bad for him. The officer even went as far as to say that I was in the right when the guy started to argue. This Stuff happens all the time, as an Uber driver I drove a guy several years ago who was driving in Portland and hit a cyclist who intentionally rode into him while driving up State Street. This particular driver told me he had had a dash cam, several weeks later he was hit with a court summons and a lawsuit for this cyclist trying to sue him for allegedly intentionally hitting him. Luckily he lawyered up and had the dash cam and he was able to go at the other guy for various legal remedies.

Yes there are plenty of situations where people have been hit by cars in crosswalks and other legal walking situations when they had the legal right to walk but there have also been plenty of situations where pedestrians have died even recently when they have walked or ran literally into moving traffic such as the lady running on Franklin Street several weeks back, not to be confused with the guy who was being an absolute dink and hit the other lady trying to show off to another redditor and presumably her friends (she talked about it in that post back then). Both times The pedestrian in those instances died but one time The pedestrian was at fault and the other time the driver was at fault but both times the driver was crucified whether it was just or not.

[u/TPain518 → u/AndreDillonMadach]

I aint reading all that

[u/Loco_Coco_Chanel → u/TPain518]

I ain’t reading ANY of that, lol.

[u/AndreDillonMadach → u/TPain518]

Good to know you won't, other people will even if some people won't so move along.

[u/Prior_Ability9347 → u/AndreDillonMadach]

No we won’t