Warning: Walking on a Florida street may be dangerous

[Zephie]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Warning to pedestrians -- Walking down the street in Florida could be hazardous to your health.

Several major cities in the state -- Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami-Fort Lauderdale -- took the top spots on a list of the most dangerous metropolitan areas for pedestrians published by a U.S. transportation reform group on Tuesday.

The "Dangerous by Design" report, produced by Transportation for America, ranked cities with populations over a million people in terms of the danger to pedestrians relative to the amount of walking in a given area.

Riverside, California, Las Vegas, Memphis, Phoenix, Houston, and Dallas filled out the top ten in that order.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110525/od_nm/us_florida_pedestrians

[bobw999]

1. I believe that.

People don't understand that pedestrians have the right of way. Of course many pedestrians don't understand what a crosswalk is.

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3. +100

[Loge23]

2. ...and don't even think about bicycling.

They'll kill you whether you are on the street or sidewalk (if you can find one).