Thread: Pedestrian Accidents Up in D.C.- What could be the cause?

Pedestrian Accidents Up in D.C. Area? Gee, What Could Be Causing That Trend?
Posted By Anonymous Attorney On 3 April 2008

In the humble Fairfax County tab section of today’s Washington Post, reporter Jerry Markon [Send him mail] tells us of the uptick in pedestrian accidents in the area, which has prompted the expenditure of $400,000 in taxpayer dollars on a new safety campaign: A New Push for Pedestrian Safety | Police Target Drivers, Walkers and Cyclists to Halt Increase in Area Fatalities, April 3, 2008.

What Markon doesn’t say directly (or even ask about) is the obvious: that uptick is almost certainly caused by the influx of illegal aliens. You simply can’t go out driving in the D.C. area without dodging, in any three-mile stretch, a small Hispanic man on a cheap child’s bicycle, weaving wherever he pleases.

Not only does Markon hide this reality, he tries to spin it into something caused by racism and capitalism: [color=red][b]“A recent study by Inova Fairfax Hospital found that many pedestrians involved in crashes are from ‘marginalized portions of society,’ including immigrants, the poor, minorities, the homeless and elderly people.’â€

This problem is unbelievable here in northern Virginia-every night I see men on bikes riding up and down the roads and sooooo many women pushing strollers or walking with toddlers right beside traffic whizzing by at 35+ mph.I am amazed at the risks they take with their children.

{mod edit}I too live in Fairfax County and there are ALOT of guys riding around on bikes and people walking along roads that weren't meant to be walked on. It creates a dangerous situation.