Ranch Club

[Sherlock]

:shrug:

I just fire up the dog and start opening the door, and watch em scatter like roaches...

Unless I don't have the dog with of course... Then I find a tire iron in my hand as I open the door works in a pinch.

Yeah right, you're probably the guy in the video at the subway station.

 

[garyt27]

me too

I wonder if anyone else besides a cop were to hit a pedestrian would the pedestrian be charged, and not the driver... Seems kind of strange to me.

I was thinking this same thing. Do you actually think the deputy was doing 25mph as is posted. My thought is that he issued a ticket to save his butt. I would like to know how many citations have been issued for this violation in the county. huh? Is it mandated to wear reflective clothing when you go walk the dog.

 

[MMDad]

I wonder if anyone else besides a cop were to hit a pedestrian would the pedestrian be charged, and not the driver... Seems kind of strange to me.

The pedestrian couldn't be charged unless the cop saw the offense. In this case the cop obviously witnessed the offense.

If the cop didn't have evidence that the driver was at fault he couldn't be charged either.

 

[MMDad]

Is it mandated to wear reflective clothing when you go walk the dog.

You are welcome to go walk in the middle of the road in the dark wearing black. You just won't know if anyone got a ticket, but people at your funeral might know.

 

[gimmes95]

Well he can thank his lucky stars that it wasn't one of majority of the calvert county sherrif's department deputies, who drive like they're auditioning for a stuntman role in Mad Max. This officer must have been within 10 mph of the speed limit which thankfully saved this poor man's life.

 

[MMDad]

Well he can thank his lucky stars that it wasn't one of majority of the calvert county sherrif's department deputies, who drive like they're auditioning for a stuntman role in Mad Max. This officer must have been within 10 mph of the speed limit which thankfully saved this poor man's life.

The guy is walking on a narrow road in the dark with dark colored clothing and facing away from traffic yet you sympathize with him?

Too bad the cop wasn't going faster. Darwin didn't win this time.

 

[gimmes95]

Let's not forget what agency we're dealing with here...

Officer Flown to Shock Trauma - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News

UPDATE: Crash Involving Deputy Halts Traffic During Friday Rush - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News

Family of Calvert Teen Killed in Crash With Deputy Plans to Sue Sheriff's Office - washingtonpost.com


Given their track record I think I'll sympathize with the victim in this incident rather than believe anything one of these reckless officers says in order to save face.

 

[n0n1m0us3]

The guy is walking on a narrow road in the dark with dark colored clothing and facing away from traffic yet you sympathize with him?

Too bad the cop wasn't going faster. Darwin didn't win this time.

I do sympathize with him. An officer needs anticipate stupidity, we pay him for that. If there were sidewalks I might feel less sympathy but there are none and we for the most part don't even have street lamps to light things up. Many people including young folk don't realize how difficult it is to see a pedestrian at night. The officer driving through this neighborhood needs to take all those things into account. He knows that there are no sidewalks, he knows that it is dark and he knows that people are walking around the ranch club.
At night I drive slow no matter how close the db behind me is tailgaiting and I keep my eyes peeled for my fellow citizens so I don't squash them with my car. Not that hard.

 

[TurboK9]

Yeah right, you're probably the guy in the video at the subway station.

You're probably 12. What's your point?

 

[exnodak]

When I first heard the rationale for issuing the citation I guess I agreed with it.

Then I actually read the law. The law states that if there is no sidewalk the pedestrian must walk on the left SHOULDER of the roadway.

I'm sorry, but in most parts of the Ranch, there is no shoulder that can be walked on. Either you are in the vehicle's path or you are breaking your leg trying to balance on about 4 inches of dirt, or on a steep slope, or on rocks. There is often no traverse-able shoulder.

I walk on the road all the time. I try to walk on the left so I can see cars coming at me and not up behind me. However, where there are trees and turns I've been clipped by car mirrors in broad daylight even though I was not "between the white lines" but as far to the side as I could get.

At night if you are walking on the left and into traffic you are blinded by the headlights and really can't tell if you are safe or need to get out of the way.

The law was written for highways, not the Ranch.

Any driver traveling the maximum 25 mph should be able to see and respond to anything in its path in time to stop or maneuver around. That's why the max speed limit is 25 mph. I just find it difficult to believe the patrol vehicle was at or below 25 mph.