OT:Holy crap-girl gets hit by a bus, shakes it off and walks away!
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She was in a crosswalk. Where I’m from, pedestrians in crosswalks have the right of way. Yeah, she should have been more aware but I’m guessing that the bus driver is gonna have to face some volume of music.
She is the boss. Hit by a bus? Knocked thru the air? BFD!
Does she have any eligibility left? Do we have a scholie available?
Does she have any eligibility left? Do we have a scholie available?
If she doesn’t feel a ramming bus, guys have no chance.
She was in a crosswalk and stepped out between 2 other cars and did not even look in the direction of oncoming traffic before she stepped out. Agree the bus driver should have stopped (and he may have as you can't actually tell if she is hit by the bus). However, saying she has the right of way won't help any if she gets seriously injured or killed. The number of idiot pedestrians out there is just staggering and they are all counting on drivers not being idiots. Recipe for disaster.
Looks like she may have landed on her back and her backpack cushioned the fall and maybe kept her head from hitting the street.
Hope her tablet survived the blow, too! "The bus crushed my homework, teacher! Honest!"
Hope her tablet survived the blow, too! "The bus crushed my homework, teacher! Honest!"
If she doesn’t feel a ramming bus, guys have no chance.
Other buses watching this video: "Be right back."
there’s no way a bus could have stopped in that distance.
Adrenaline was probably racing through her. She’ll feel that later for sure.
love the replies.
love the replies.
Well thank goodness she didn't get dragged underneath the bus. Then I'm afraid it would have been all over.
Driver hit the brakes hard before contact as you can see all the passengers go flying. And the bus stops at the edge of the crosswalk so he wasn't moving too fast when he hit her.
But still, to get hit and fall that far.... surprised she wasn't hurt more. And if you get up from that, you take a minute or to to inventory your pieces/parts....just to be sure.
Still can't believe she didn't gesture at all to the driver.....that is usually standard instinctive reaction.
Maybe She didn’t gesture because she realized she was an idiot who stepped in front of a moving bus? I have a dashcam specifically for these scenarios (and bikes running redlights/stop signs).
This is modern America...where no one ever admits they were wrong or takes responsibility for their actions.
As a modern American, I feel personally insulted and attacked by your statement. Reported.
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That's kind of strange. First, what's the point of showing the people in the bus?
Next, if you watch the first part, it doesn't appear that the bus slows down at all. But if that were the case then she'd have flown farther and plus, the later part with the camera above the driver shows the driver lurching forward, indicating he just hit his brakes hard. So why does the bus not appear to slow down on the first part? I bet the sped up the video of the first part to make the hit look more dramatic.
Everything is a show nowadays. Speed up the video. Add in music. Show the passengers. Isn't reality interesting enough?
Next, if you watch the first part, it doesn't appear that the bus slows down at all. But if that were the case then she'd have flown farther and plus, the later part with the camera above the driver shows the driver lurching forward, indicating he just hit his brakes hard. So why does the bus not appear to slow down on the first part? I bet the sped up the video of the first part to make the hit look more dramatic.
Everything is a show nowadays. Speed up the video. Add in music. Show the passengers. Isn't reality interesting enough?
The real question is, how many attorneys who post on this board have contacted her already?
From the WRIC in the upper right of the video frame, a quick Google search indicates Richmond, VA area.
That scene was complete improv. The taxi actually was trying to cut through traffic since it was an open set and Hoffman just ran with it. Though the actual scene was a remake of the original encounter with the taxi.
At first glance, it looks like Broad Street down near VCU. It’s deceiving because there are two lanes of traffic to the right of the bus lane in the middle. Both lanes are stopped. I drive through there occasionally and you always have to keep an eye on the sidewalk as there are students and other pedestrians that are eager to pop out if they see an opening in traffic.
