Holy shit!!

[Dave1982]

I still can't believe this.

On my way home tonight, I was on I-93 northbound approaching the interchange with I-495 in Andover, MA.

Just as I passed the ramp to get onto 495 north, I saw a black shape flitting from right to left.

A guy wearing ALL BLACK was sprinting across the interstate, with trafifc whizzing by at 60 mph.

Miraculously, he made it to the median unscathed.

I am utterly amazed that I did not end up witnessing a messy fatal accident. Talk about "Red Asphalt?" Jesus Christ!

Just witnessing that gave me an adrenaline aftershock.

Wow.

[Lyse]

Not on the freeway, but that is sadly common around here. Just a few weeks ago I was driving home on a residential road with no sidewalks and few lights, it was night and rainy. Suddenly a shadow in front of me moves and I realize that a man was walking on the street in all black/grey. Scared the hell out of me and he ended up gesturing quite emphatically and rudely.

Why is it the only people I see wear light or reflective clothes and carry lights are already on a sidewalk in a well lit area?!

[EricKei]

People walk along raised vehicle-only bridges here all the time, which is illegal 'round these parts; and they run across the interstate, which is illegal pretty much everywhere >_> I have even seen cases where people will tear up the barrier fencing designed to keep pedestrians off of the 6-lane highway just so they can dart across whilst dodging a pack of 70mph cars x.x

[Food Lady]

Did he WANT to die????

[ShadowBall]

I've done that before...I had to cross a busy highway to get to the bus stop and there was no light or crosswalk in sight. It was about 10 at night and it took me a while to get across the road because I had to wait for a break in traffic, run across, stand on the median, then run across the other lane.

But I also had to make sure I had ample time to get across so I didn't cause any accidents since I knew no one would be able to see me unless they were right on top of me. I think there were lights along the highway that allowed breaks in traffic, but I didn't feel like walking to them since it's actually harder to cross the highway at a light than in the middle of the road, it seems.

[RealUnimportant]

I've long since lost track of how many close shaves I've had with idiots walking in the road wearing nothing but black or shades of dark clothing. Considering my shifts mean I'll almost always be driving to or from work in the dark, I quickly ran out of room on the car to mark them off WWII-bomber-style.

[Sandman]

There was a fatal accident involving a pedestrian wearing dark clothing, crossing the street where there is no crosswalk, at night, on a poorly lit street.

Police did their investigation, and found that the pedestrian was at fault due to their overall stupidity on wearing black at night.

[drunkenwildmage]

A couple months ago, I was going to work at 'hollycrapitsearlyAM', and came across a person in all dark colors.. The only way I saw this person in my headlites was because they happened to be walking a small white dog at the time.. If it wasn't for the dog, I would've have seen them until I was on top of them.

[Kaylyn]

I drive night shifts, and go through a kind of ghetto area on each trip. May have mentioned this before, now that I think about it. But I CONSTANTLY have to dodge darker-skinned folks wearing dark colors that are just lazily meandering halfway into the traffic lane, or else RIGHT on the white line on the shoulder. Then look at me like I'm the idiot for almost hitting them.

Even better when they're riding horses. Yes, horses. Down the highway. One of our trucks actually DID hit a horse once, but it was on day shift.

[PepperElf]

on the road a couple of days ago i saw a man and woman standing there in the middle turn lane as if they were waiting for a bus, holding shopping bags. with a car right behind them trying to make a turn

[Antisocial_Worker]

One night en route to my favorite Denny's, I was crossing a highway bridge (Google Map it: 35°35'26"N 82°34'19"W) and had to swerve because someone dressed all in black was dancing in the center lane.

If you take a look, you can see that the bridge is a restricted access bridge, which means the person in black had to put a real effort into getting onto it in the first place, and then they had a long walk to get to the middle lane in the middle part of the bridge. However, from the way they were jumping around and spinning, they seemed deliriously happy about something or other. Either that or coked up on God knows what. Either way, I didn't have a cell phone at the time and couldn't call it in, but it definitely made an impression on me.

[Pagan]

This happens more often than it should on a curve on I-25 over in the UNM/Sunport area. Would it suprise anyone that the idiot is always drunk?

I think there were lights along the highway that allowed breaks in traffic, but I didn't feel like walking to them since it's actually harder to cross the highway at a light than in the middle of the road, it seems.

Traffic lights on a highway? I've never seen that before.

[EricKei]

Traffic lights on a highway? I've never seen that before.

I have seen them on Highways. just not on Interstates ^_^

[Solumina]

We have a lot of highways that suddenly go through towns and so those sections have traffic lights and typically a slightly lower speed limit (not that going from 65 down to 55 will really do all that much good).

[PepperElf]

my first (ex) boyfriend did that. ... granted the pizza delivery guy WAS speeding - 70ish in a 25 zone *WTF* - but I'm sure wearing a black duster in the dark didn't help his visibility either.