It was banned in Montreal and it should be banned everywhere, yes.
I see people get close calls every week in my small 20k “friendly” town. Makes me miss my city dearly.
I’m also hoping people will stay behind the crosswalk instead of slowly inching forward until, I kid you not, they are literally in the intersection with their back tire over the second line.
The problem is that it’s too easy to get a driver’s licence and retain it without updating or testing in any way. Make it more difficult for terrible drivers who are inattentive or unable, to get a licence in the first place. In the 90’s and 00’s I worked as a Paramedic in a number of major cities and it was terrible then. Now it’s even worse. There are so many distractions and everything moves even faster. Some people just can’t manage it and should not drive.
I spent a couple years as a driving instructor and licensing examiner. It is disturbing how hamstrung I was on failing people. And that many people openly talked about losing good habits/forgetting important info now that they don’t have to test any more is an extra layer of terrifying. Mandatory retesting every 3-5 years, more if someone has a lot of infraction/collisions, and yearly after 65.
Considering my sister just got hit because of a right on red while she was crossing an intersection… yeah its just a mess.
She’s okay ish. Very bruised. Lucky nothing else happened.
Dude hit and ran.
Very frustrating.
Maybe a good starting point in the US would be to ban it in cities or ban it anywhere there’s a side walk / bike lane? That way you might avoid a lot of the hicks who would inevideably be super against this.
