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I'll add that runners tend to run in the street (and ought to do so against traffic and wearing reflective vests) for a couple reasons: dog attacks and surface composition.
The extra 15 feet one gets from running in the street can act as a bit of a buffer - or at least increase reaction time - from a dog charging out of a house or yard, which is an all-too-common occurrence.
And asphalt is a much more forgiving surface than concrete. Also, running in the street obviates the need to step up and down from the curb at each intersection (I know most residential city neighborhoods don't have ADA-compliant curb cuts yet), which is also murder on the joints.
I agree on all the other points, though. I wish that all jurisdictions (this was as much a problem in Washington as in Syracuse) would step up enforcement across the board - both pedestrian and motorist scofflaws ought to be ticketed for infractions.
We've got police unions that refuse to allow their members to put in an honest day's work, though. Without self-policing, we're stuck with a visible majority of people who think the law does not apply to them.
If it does, I like the government's chances - even though juries are reluctant to convict for vehicular crimes that carry serious jail time, Fitzpatrick's career record is something like 80-1. He doesn't personally try cases that aren't a slam-dunk.
I was in Syracuse last nite so my car radio was still on a Syracuse station, 92.1.
So this morning I heard of a home invasion in N Syracuse, a shooting and a man was beaten to death.
My goodness is the news in Syracuse always so, uh, lively??
It depends, as things can occur in bunches and sometimes it is the news cycle that repeats things for days. So, it could be incidents from over the weekend that still get news time.
Also, the news in general is pretty much about crime, scandals and other trivial or negative things going on.
I'll add that runners tend to run in the street (and ought to do so against traffic and wearing reflective vests) for a couple reasons: dog attacks and surface composition.
The extra 15 feet one gets from running in the street can act as a bit of a buffer - or at least increase reaction time - from a dog charging out of a house or yard, which is an all-too-common occurrence.
And asphalt is a much more forgiving surface than concrete. Also, running in the street obviates the need to step up and down from the curb at each intersection (I know most residential city neighborhoods don't have ADA-compliant curb cuts yet), which is also murder on the joints.
I agree on all the other points, though. I wish that all jurisdictions (this was as much a problem in Washington as in Syracuse) would step up enforcement across the board - both pedestrian and motorist scofflaws ought to be ticketed for infractions.
We've got police unions that refuse to allow their members to put in an honest day's work, though. Without self-policing, we're stuck with a visible majority of people who think the law does not apply to them.
I agree with every single point except the one about the curbs. I think perhaps only 30% to 40% of the curbs in the city - overall - are ADA compliant at the crosswalks. But in the neighborhoods where there tend to be runners that percentage that are compliant is between 80% and 100% depending on the area.
Would be nice to see this kid get 15 years. He will still be young enough when he gets out to make something of himself, but he will also have plenty of time to dwell on the transition from being a punk sniffing fumes to behaving like an adult and taking responsibility for one's actions.
Maybe some of his friends who think it is a joke to blast their horns to frighten people, or driving as close as possible to scare pedestrians (as was apparently the case with this hit and run), will also notice that their juvenille actions have serious consequences.
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