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Accident on North Side of Kodak Office - 9/7/10
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Here's the article about the accident that happened next to Kodak Office this a.m. It was a bad one. Hate when young kids are involved. Hope they're all ok.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100907/NEWS01/100907016/Children--others-injured-in-crash-near-Kodak-Office-Building&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL
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Re: Accident on North Side of Kodak Office - 9/7/10
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Sounds like such a bad accident. Here is an update:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100907/NEWS01/100907031/Six-members-of-one-Rochester-family-injured-in-crash&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL
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Re: Accident on North Side of Kodak Office - 9/7/10
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That was awful, glad no one was killed. No offense to anyone, but shouldn't someone have to speak English to drive here? At least highway signs are still in English. Sorry, but that's how I feel. Maybe that would have helped avoid the pain everyone is in
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Quote from: NoraH on 07-Sep-10, 04:58:11 PM
That was awful, glad no one was killed. No offense to anyone, but shouldn't someone have to speak English to drive here? At least highway signs are still in English. Sorry, but that's how I feel. Maybe that would have helped avoid the pain everyone is in
Actually I think the pain would have been avoided had the driver of the van (a) followed the vehicle & traffic laws and (b) made sure everyone in the vehicle was appropriately secured with either a seat belt or a child safety seat.
Language has nothing to do with it.
The corner of Plymouth and Brown is notorious for traffic accidents because drivers try to beat the traffic light. Kodak Office Building # 10 is right on the corner, and it effectively blocks the view of drivers on Brown and Plymouth (both of which are one-way streets at that location). So someone trying to run the red light inevitably gets T-boned by someone who's zipping through the intersection because they have a green light and don't see the oncoming traffic from the other street.
The problem there is not the location; it's that too many people in this world are "stuck on stupid". Sorry to sound so harsh about this, but I'm in EMS and I get to see the results of people being stupid on the roads all the time. This collision was entirely avoidable.
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That seems to be the problem all over, people running through the RED light. This is why I wait a second or 2 before I go. Yeah, I get beeped at from the car behind me but I avoided being hit numerous times because I wait. It turns Amber for a reason.
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Quote from: Donna on 08-Sep-10, 10:07:07 AM
That seems to be the problem all over, people running through the RED light. This is why I wait a second or 2 before I go. Yeah, I get beeped at from the car behind me but I avoided being hit numerous times because I wait. It turns Amber for a reason.
As I now tell the grown-up nieces and nephews, I am a member of the "Let 'em Beep School of Motoring". Ireland, sadly, is not dissimilar, where they seem to think that the red and amber lights are optional. On a lighter note, the saying here is that the Irish do not actually park their cars... they simply abandon them. And I am convinced that if I ever get into an accident State-side, it will be in the parking lot of a big supermarket or mall, where no rules seem to apply - the Diagonal Approach seems to be a favourite...
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I got broad-sided once and ever since then I look both ways before proceeding when the light turns green. Everyone today is in a hurry to get to the next red light!
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This is so appropriate! Today is the first day of school here in Ithaca, and on my way downtown I was bored so I decided to count all the cars who ran red lights. It started when I turned off my little road and stopped at the red light only to notice a van flying through the light on my right! There are kids out everywhere now and all they are thinking about it is darn, back to school. Those driving should really pay more attention to everything/everything around them.
Jim, I think you are right about "stuck on stupid".
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I agree. I am on the monroe county 911 twitter and it is astounding what goes on out there.
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And we all know that falcon watchers are the world's safest drivers.
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Priceless, Shaky!!
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Hahahahahaha!
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Very funny Shaky, but you, of course, realize that falcon watchers have two eyes, one is always aimed to the sky, while the other on the road
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Shaky, that was too funny..love it. Ok, so here's my idea of bird watching:
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