This is really saddening:/

It wasn't too long ago that I read about a young Detroit man killed by an auto on or around Coolige road. Two pedestrian accidents related to Coolidge in Troy ---- too, too many! What is it with this road? Are people texting? Driving through Troy is not fun. People drive aggressively here. If you go the speed limit, they tailgate. I see people on phones all the time. A few weeks ago I saw a young girl driving in Troy with a small white dog jumping all over her and texting at the same time! There should be some way to contact Troy police when you see something like that. I tried, but by the time I could talk to anyone, it was too late. There should be something like a 911 number, but for traffic prevention

Yes, second pedestrian fatality along a 3-mile stretch of Coolidge within 4 mos, I think. Reminder for us to pay attention, not only straight ahead but peripherally...can't do this if you are tailgating or texting, or as well when talking on cell phone.

The first one you are probably thinking about is the 12 year old autistic boy who wandered away from home and ran in front of a vehicle that was on Coolidge, south of Big Beaver, traveling southbound, driven by a 44 year old Royal Oak man. As in this case, no alcohol or drugs were suspected, and in that case speeding wasn't involved. The cases are more than two miles apart, different times of day, and in neither it appears according to reports that police charged the drivers. Reports for neither accident mentioned use of cellphones (illegal in Troy) or texting (illegal in Michigan) were involved. My point, you can conjecture as much as you like, but you are responsible for your driving, not someone else's, or the behavior of pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and other drivers.

I'm not conjecturing about the accident but this does remind me of the driver's ed lesson of being a pro-active forward thinking driver. That is if for example if you see something going on the sidewalk, like a child playing with a ball, you slow down and anticipate child runnning into street after the ball. You can't be a pro-active driver if your concentration is on the car ahead of you (because you are tailgating) or on a cell phone or texting (and would you admit this to the police?, I know of an accident case where they didn't). Of course legally you may not be responsible, but wouldn't you feel better if you knew that there wasn't anything possibly that you could have done to avoid the accident?
So not conjecturing, but am using this as a reminder to myself to be a mindful driver. Very sad for this man and his family, and also for the driver, to have to live with this accident, even if there was nothing she could have done.

Both cases (as it sounds now) were accidents. Whether it was a young boy who ran infront of traffic or a man on a bike who crossed when he shouldn't have. Either way they are called accidents for a reason. As for how you would personally feel, well everyone reacts differently. If I was doing everything right and someone ran into traffic, I would feel horrible but I would also understand there was nothing I could do. Key is to remind people to pay attention when driving as well as remind people when walking or riding a bike that they need to pay attention as well.