{"id":9040,"date":"2010-01-26T22:50:43","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T03:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=9040"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:21:09","slug":"cbc-the-national-blames-pedestrians-for-getting-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/26\/cbc-the-national-blames-pedestrians-for-getting-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC&#8217;s National focuses blame on pedestrians for getting killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3243\/3154821683_25fe1be5e8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CBC&#8217;s <em>The National<\/em> for Jan. 26 just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/video\/#\/News\/TV_Shows\/The_National\/ID=1396663435\" target=\"_blank\">ran a segment<\/a> on the wave of pedestrians killed by vehicles in the GTA in the past three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Without reference to the circumstances of the actual deaths, they focused blame almost entirely on pedestrians. They showed pedestrians walking across streets, talked about pedestrians talking on cell phones and rushing into traffic. They noted that pedestrians &#8220;jaywalk&#8221; in Toronto &#8212; which is, of course, perfectly legal if there&#8217;s a gap in traffic.<\/p>\n<p>CBC cameras happened to be there to record Toronto Police stopping pedestrians for their dangerous behaviours. There were no shots of police stopping drivers who engaged in dangerous behaviour. Then CBC tagged along with a police officer in a car as he drove along a street talking about how reckless those crazy pedestrians are. Why not go walking with a police officer for a story about pedestrians?<\/p>\n<p>It ended with a warning to pedestrians to pay attention and &#8220;focus on the task of crossing the street.&#8221; How about drivers? Shouldn&#8217;t they be told to pay attention too?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be clear &#8212; the statistics show that where there is blame, it&#8217;s divided half and half between drivers and pedestrians. Many of the fatal collisions in the past weeks have been clearly the driver&#8217;s fault, as pedestrians crossed intersections with a green light and were hit by turning vehicles or vehicles running the light. Any campaign to reduce pedestrian deaths has to focus at least as much on drivers as it does on pedestrians. Not to mention, of course, that the design of streets and intersections plays as much of a role as behaviour. <em>The National<\/em>&#8216;s segment was appalling.<\/p>\n<p>CBC local news, by contrast, did some excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/video\/#\/News\/Local_News\/Toronto\/ID=1396520944\" target=\"_blank\">actual reporting<\/a> on the pedestrian situation in Toronto and got politicians to promise to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29496851@N05\/3154821683\/\">RebelIXL<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBC&#8217;s The National for Jan. 26 just ran a segment on the wave of pedestrians killed by vehicles in the GTA in the past three weeks. Without reference to the circumstances of the actual deaths, they focused blame almost entirely on pedestrians. 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