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"The bus driver definitely did not begin the turn from a stop, or even from a slow down." You don't know that. "Definitely"? You're just guessing.

There were witnesses and the event is documented. The driver had a green light.

How are you going to control, or limit, the speed of a bus making a left turn? this is driver behavior. Human behavior is always modifiable. In this case "how?" With better training.

We don't know why the pedestrian didn't see the bus coming Lets say they did see the bus. Why didn't they get out of they way? Probably b/c there wasn't time. Why wasn't there enough time? B/c of the speed the vehicle bearing down on them was travelling.

visibility is challenging Yes. This is one of those other factors contributing to crash risk. But visibility does not contribute to crash outcome. Speed does.

We brought about a revision to the intersection, which now has a dedicated left-turn phase, oncoming traffic stopped, pedestrians with a "wait" light. Bravo us. This is one example of an intervention that can reduce crash risk. Crash risk, not crash outcome.

by Tina on Mar 30, 2012 1:44 pm • link • report

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