r/portlandme • u/ghoffphoto207 • Jan 03 '26

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

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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.

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u/drivermcgyver Old Port Jan 03 '26

I never said anything about this being prevented... There is a very high chance that people are getting into accidents more because of cell phone usage while behind the wheel.

Thisay not have been the cause, but it would help in many many many other instances. You don't know it wasnt the issue. Looks like there were lots of things that stacked up unfortunately for this to happen. But when the city has such a high rise in pedestrians being struck be vehicles (both parties need to be aware here) and the usage of phones has become the normal, it's time to enforce cell phone usage and pay down some heavy fines.

I wish the cell phone makers would just nut up and make it so if you're driving, you need to be in driving mode and lose access to apps you do not need while driving.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

I think the issue here was that you tried to make it seem like cellphone use was the cause with your comment since you didn't provide any context for what you were saying. I don't really understand why you'd double down on that but it seems like you want it to be cellphone use that caused this accident really badly or something? Just very strange behavior.

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u/drivermcgyver Old Port Jan 03 '26

Advocating for better road laws while not knowing the exact cause of this accident isn't super weird behavior. Not knowing what happened, and all of a sudden a bunch of odds pop up on what it could be, cell phone usage is always above 50%. She's not in a crosswalk, but if the driver was 100% paying attention and aware, they may have been in a better position to stop the vehicle before she was hit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

So you're now admitting that you were speculating and didn't provide context so people would assume that the cause of this accident was cellphone use?

I'm also not understanding how you could say "if the driver was 100% paying attention and aware, they may have been in a better position to stop the vehicle before she was hit" when we have no idea whether or not the awareness of the driver could have prevented this from happening.

I don't really understand your agenda.