Cars Vs Pedestrians

It took me a while to think of this, but I've decided that 90% of all people killed or injured by motorists while crossing the road must be a complete moron. And yes, I will explain why.
This comes from sitting watching the TV and seeing advert after advert targetting the motorist for everything bad that happens to people on the road. I'm sick of it. The government should be targetting the people that carelessly take their lives into their own hands by not looking where they are going, not the motorist who is driving as careful as is humanly possible.

Did you know the single biggest killer of all 13 to 16 year olds in the UK is traffic? An interesting statistic indeed.
There's two possible reasons for this:
A) When a teenager aged between 13 to 16 crosses the road, fast moving vehicles are suddenly drawn toward them. Cars, trucks, even buses dodge other road users and pedestrians in an attempt to kill them.
B) 13 to 16 year olds are absolute morons when it comes to crossing the road and don't look where they're going.
I'm going to guess it's B that's the truth.
13 to 16 year olds aren't being targetting by motorists.
13 to 16 year olds are the worst at crossing the road.

Let's look at this simple diagram:


For me to come to a standstill from 30mph, it takes 75ft/23m of road and 3.5 seconds.
The little chav on the right hand side wouldn't be hit.
However, if he moves up to position B he'd be going to hospital with possibly head injuries and scrapes.
Between position A and B he'd be going to hospital for sure with broken bones. The closer to position A he gets hit, the more likely he is to die.
Between position A and the front of my car, he's dead meat.

3.5 seconds to stop from 30mph.
If I wasn't breaking, I'd travel that 75ft/23m distance in approximately 2 seconds.
What kind of crazy fool steps out in front of half a ton of fast moving metal giving themselves less than 3.5 seconds to get to safety?
For you to die, you'd have stepped out in front of my car with less than 1 second to get from the side of the road and out of the path of my car. And that is impossible.
To escape with serious injuries, you've got approximately 1.5 seconds to get out of the way.

That, in a nutshell, is why kids die on the road.
Yes a lot of drivers go too fast. But lets not get distracted from the blindingly obvious: you're more likely to be killed by a vehicle if you are on the road and in the way rather than standing on the pavement waiting for a safe time to cross.

Guess how many people were killed by landing aeroplanes on the runway last year.
Zero. That's because people know that to step out in front of a plane is suicide. A runway is a dangerous place to be.
Guess how many pedestrians were killed by speeding trains in 2004.
1 - And that was down to a faulty level crossing. That's because people know that you don't walk on railway lines unless you want to die.
Guess how many child pedestrians were killed as a result of not knowing how to cross a road.
2,339. That figure is down purely to getting in the way of a car driving at the speed limit, taken from the Department of Transport official figures.
Every single one of those deaths could have been avoided if they'd stopped at the kurb and used the Green Cross Code. Stop, look, listen, think. I remember it from being a kid, so what are they being taught now?