justinsain

I would.

They had time to see the car and a second to react. I would've accessed the cars direction and immediately jumped backwards and got myself about five feet of separation. The women jumped but in the direction the car was traveling.

I was actually in a similar situation but on a bicycle and made a split second decision
to avoid getting hit. When you do extreme sports, or handle animals, or drive race cars or anything else that requires accessing the situation in an instant and reacting accordingly those that have that type of recognition would've made a different move. I photograph a lot of racing at tracks. Every position I'm in I think about what I will need to do if a car comes towards me. I never turn my back on the action.

I walk my dog every day on a sidewalk next to a heavily traveled road and in the past year I've seen marks where three cars have wrecked over the curb and onto the sidewalk I use.

Every time I walk my dog I've got half my attention on my dog and half my attention on the traffic around me. The instant something gets out of the ordinary I'm ready to react appropriately. When I worked construction on high rise apartments I always accessed my working conditions and preplanned an escape should something happened.

My whole point is one should ALWAYS be aware of their surroundings. Be aware of the people around you. Give yourself a chance when it matters the most. Unfortunately people these days walk through life with their nose down in their cell phone oblivious to their surroundings.