I,A there may be some here who call you an ignorant hater asschoad but you don't have to listen to them. Remember, its not your fault. You will be fine. These people, they just don't understand you. They don't get just how hard it is to drive in this town with a bunch of floppy yuppies slogging up the roads. I get you man. I do.
Can you tell us some more about the incident? What other things was the perp doing besides flagrantly darting around in the crosswalk. I feel like there is a real story here.

Sure, joggers are awful human beings but if this person was in the cross walk then you were in the wrong, dipstick.

If you need time to react to things that are commonplace, such as people using the sidewalk, then turn in your license now and ride a bike. It doesn't matter how this person reacted, you were at fault.

@ TheOnlySane & Good Dog:

I think you guys are missing the point. Even the most observant, considerate, competent driver imaginable, driving at or below the speed limit, still wouldn't always be able to avoid hitting a jogger, or whatever, if they dart into traffic without even looking, crosswalk or not.

This is especially true when there's no traffic light or warning signal in play (which I'm assuming was the case in I,A's situation). And what if it's dark and rainy? Do you two actually cross streets without looking just because you're in a crosswalk and the law is on your side?

People get hit all the time (by bicycles and cars alike), even in crosswalks. In the end, it's usually the pedestrian that is at fault for assuming things that shouldn't be assumed. The law isn't going to put your skull back together.

I am going to print this I,A for future reference.

Exactly what I was going to say, human in training. As a pededstrian, event at crosswalks with red lights or flashy yellow crosswalk signs, I always make sure drivers are slowing down and see me before I cross - not just walk out willy-nilly. That's just dumb.

It is actually illegal to enter the road in a cross-walk at more than a normal walking pace, on foot or on bike. Look it up.

"Entitled." Fuck you and anybody else who uses that word, or "privilege." In their BS sociological contexts, usually inaccurately. Go ahead and say it about the Romneys, although they're losers.

IAnon, please take some remedial driving lessons or don't get behind a motor vehicle. Given the intersection (one way on 2nd going North) and your description of where the jogger was and your admission that the jogger was legally correct, you must have been trying to make a right hand turn on red from 2nd onto Burnside. Wait your ass behind the crosswalk and look for the pedestrian traffic that has the right of way and don't move until its absolutely clear or the light turns green.

And, no, pedestrians don't have any sort of speed limit entering or exiting crosswalks. Bikes do, but not pedestrians.

Floppy haired fucks usually have buck teeth in my mind, why not yours??

He/ she can't eat shit. Their 20k Olympic racewalk coach would break their knees if they found out about the extra calories.

I'm untitled.

"Hey floppy haired fuck, I flipped you off."

I love these meet-cute stories!!!

Thought it was floppy eared fucks. What's up doc?

When i was growing up we were taught to look both ways before crossing the street. If an entitled PDX pedestrian gets run over for running into traffic, they pretty much deserve it.