Pedestrian struck by streetcar in OTR
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fox19.comPosted Aug 23, 2022, 11:43 AM UTC
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fox19.comFox 19 being misleading? Never
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As I mentioned in the first post, all local media reporting on this is reporting it the same way.
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Cars strike pedestrians all the time, very seldom a news story unless there is a death. Streetcar strikes a pedestrian, BREAKING NEWS ALERT
And we wonder why there is such a stigma around mass transit in America.
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Did one of them rich kids swing drunk and over extend. And get clipped by the Street Car? /s
I mean about 8 weeks ago my son was on a Streetcar. Where a family got on. And the driver took off and left their little kid at the stop. Never made the news.
My son had to talk to the superiors in the offices that manage the Streetcar. On the phone a few days later as well. As a witness. (he and other people filed online complaints)
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This doesn't surprise me. I decided to just ride the whole loop just to see where it went (usually just the library to the ballpark) And when they got to the top of the loop to start heading south again, there's a stop sign and the driver just blew through it with several cars oncoming (lots of horns blaring).
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That’s how all local media is reporting it, but it honestly sounds like the guy punched the streetcar. If not, maybe some streetcar calming is in order.
Yes, the report indicates the person left the scene and returned and injured their hand.
To say the person was hit by the Streetcar would most likely mean the person walked in front of it and it clipped their hand. If the Streetcar did not have the signal, then that would be a problem for the driver.
If the person hit the Streetcar, inadvertently or not, then the article headline is misleading.
It's not misleading when Newtonian physics are considered
But the human body is composed largely of non-Newtonian fluids. Highly misleading!
I once watched a drunk guy try to ride a lime scooter on the small strip of brickwork on the side of the grass median on central parkway. He made it about ten feet before suddenly veering to his left, doing a sweet little jump, and plowing face first into the oncoming streetcar.
This was right in front of me as I was walking my dog, and the guy laid right at my feet kind of moaning for a second before his friend came over and got him. Sure enough, the guy popped right up and seemed fine (drunk physics!) and he and his friend grabbed their scooters and ran away.