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Over the weekend, a 79 year old woman was killed by a ctiy bus in Brooklyn. The NY Times reported that Holocaust survivor Anna Dymburt was crossing Glenwood Road on Saturday morning, when a bus making a left turn hit her. The bus driver was not charged. Now, this is at least the third death in the past two months where a city bus has accidentally fatally hit a pedstrian: Last month, a woman died crossing the East 86th Street and in late January, another Holocuast survivor was killed in the Bronx. Does this mean city bus drivers need to be more careful or do pedestrians need to further be on their guard? We think both - we're amazed by how city bus drivers can make those wide turns and we do see some pedestrians blatantly ignore the rules of the road and walk into traffic.
Transportation Alternatives had maps of where pedestrian crashes occur in the city: Here are maps for Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
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We New Yorkers do some pretty unsafe things on the street, let's just admit it. Standing in the street instead of on the sidewalk while talking on the phone or completely oblivious to the world with iPods in our ears, or just looking the wrong way, pedestrians trying to beat the light. I've seen some pretty close calls. I've actually grabbed someone by the collar and pulled them back, on 40th and 7th.
On the corner of 157th and b'way, people (including me) are often standing not on the corner where we should be, but at least 5 feet away from the corner in the street while we wait for the light to change. We constantly get beeped back onto the corner by the m4 which needs that space to ease into the bus stop. This is the kind of thing that probably happens every few blocks for the driver, who I imagine is exasperated by the end of the day and can't keep believe he's responsable for the welfare of such careless people.