Brainless Pedestrian Analysis

In the short story “The Pedestrian” Ray Bradbury tells a story of Mr. Leonard Mead who is alone and isolated in newly innovated world of A.D. 2053. In this futuristic society Mr. Mead is no longer needed as a writer, so he then walks over uneven sidewalks for ten years capturing vivid images of the society he currently lives in which is strongly impacted by technology. Throughout the text, Ray Bradbury uses literary devices such as imagery, foreshadowing, and symbolism to reveal how societies may be strongly influenced by the new advances of technology.

Ignorance: Ignorance causes many collisions each year because people don’t care about anyone but themselves and then they tailgate and do many other dangerous things just to get where they want when they want. I have seen many close calls on the way to and from my cottage where people have almost been nailed by oncoming cars. The easiest way for this type of collision to

flash vividly, they’re stopping you but why? Mr. Leonard Mead, a traditional man in the

One of the many types of drivers are the oblivious drivers. These drivers are the type who don't seem to realize they have company on the road and are being selfish with their actions behind the wheel. Oblivious drivers can be inattentive to just about anything and don't try to manage their concentration of their surroundings. Most of the time, oblivious drivers are not aware of other cars around them so they do things such as cutting people off, not turning their high-beams down, or even causing accidents. Oblivious drivers can also be unaware of the conditions they are driving in, whether it's weather, construction areas, or accident sites. To be an oblivious driver, you don't have to be a specific age or have an exact amount of experience; any one can be an oblivious driver. Oblivious drivers can be very dangerous and cause many accidents on the road ways.

We have all seen them, the people that come barreling down the road not knowing what’s

Drivers who are aware of the abusive cameras are constantly caught up trying to avoid getting an outrageous ticket; therefore, in attempt to avoid them, drivers are unexpectedly and furiously coming to abrupt stops. In result of the urgent and sudden stop of driver A (the first one to cross the intersection), braking quickly doesn’t give driver B neither enough time or physical room to move out of the way, consequently resulting in a rear-end collision, sometimes involving more than just two drivers. The driver’s panic to evade the ticket ends up caught up in the misfortunes of an even sadder circumstance. Leading reasons for this is thanks to the intentional decrease of yellow-light length times. Studies have shown that since the installment of the cameras there has been intentional scheming to cut the period of yellow light to catch as many victims as possible. It has been verified that increasing yellow-lights to at least one second more would decrease the number of accidents by over 45%. (Maass). An extra reason for which there is

Every year, countless person on foot mischances happen. They happen to individuals crossing occupied lanes or roadways, individuals taking a shot at separated vehicles at the edge of the street, youngsters playing in private neighborhoods and to individuals even on walkways in towns. Now and again the driver stops. In some cases they are attempt at manslaughter mishaps. Basically these occasions can be stayed away from with somewhat more alert.

people when a train is going across. Motorcyclists should not try to swerve or get a better

‘Pedestrian Question’ is a segment from Jimmy Kimmels live show. This video was published on YouTube on the 4th February 2015 and he started by saying that February is known as Black History Month, therefore Kimmel thought that would be a good area for that nights Pedestrian Question segment with the question “Do You Have a Black Friend?”

In the article entitled, “Dutch Town Aims Safety Measures at the Feet of ‘Smartphone Zombies’’’ Tom Everett explains how distracted walkers are becoming a problem. First, Everett discusses how many people are not being aware of their surroundings when they are on their smartphones. Everett thinks a unaware walker might even step into oncoming traffic. Then, officials in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk decide to fix this problem with some LED lights. The town put light lines in a handful of intersections around their town. These light lines are synced to the traffic light, so the light lines turn whatever color the traffic light is. So when walkers are looking down at their phone, they can see the traffic light. Although, not everyone agrees with this

Most would say technology has affected their live whether it was positive or negative. Technology is advanced thing that has evolved throughout generations. We have became so wrapped up in our phones we rarely realizes what happens around us anymore. ”The Pedestrian” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury showing the perspective of Mr. Leonardo Mead, who lives in a small town where most folks don't come outside unless it for work. One night he takes his walk and realizes some different things. “The Pedestrian” shows that science fictions tends to be science fact and that technology can takeover during time. Based upon the actions shown in the story some things can be affected as in our real lives now.

I am so glad that I was able to read this book. It taught me better ways to be a mother and person. The book first starts off giving you a quiz which helps figure out what kind of temperament you are. I love how the author brought in situations that people can react to as in Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz, Sex and the City and Star Wars. It was much easier being able to put the temperaments to people or things then just reading. The Montgomery Temperament Sorter was a great tool to figure out what temperament you are. I ended up being SJ, sensing and judging or the Guardian Temperament. I found out that my daughter is the Artisan temperament. Under the guardian temperament they say that the judging tend to decide things quickly and like to run their lives and their work according to schedules. When I am at work everything has to be on schedule, while at home with my daughter I cannot run things by schedule, which drives me crazy. It is very interesting that temperaments went the whole way back to Hippocrates when instead of artisan, guardian, idealist and rationals he had air, earth, fire and water. There were definitely parts of the book that I did not understand. When it came to my temperament I would have thought that dating another guardian would be good but that is not the case. Actually it said that the

Many who are on their phones while they walk claim that they can see where they are going with their peripheral vision, but can they really? Approximately 1,000 die every year as a result of distracted walking. Distracted walking is a very important issue that has recently risen in popularity. Honolulu has become the 1st major U.S. city to ban distracted walking, and other states might soon follow. Passing a law making it mandatory that people pay attention while crossing the street can significantly reduce the number of lives claimed by distracted walking.

Watch for distracted pedestrians. Mobile device use while walking is a dangerous yet common practice today. Pedestrians distracted in this way, walk around with only a fraction of their brain looking out for dangers and have been known to step in front of moving cars. In areas with pedestrian activity, slow down and be alert.

The focus of this reflection is on pedestrian injuries from motor vehicle accidents and the public hospital system’s treatment response. This is important as though the rates incidents involving pedestrians have fallen, the number of pedestrian injures are still high with, 15% of people seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents from 2001 to 2010 being pedestrians (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015).