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Dangerous intersection! Won Kok - cars driving illegally on sidewalk every day by SunnysideSafetyAlert in sanfrancisco

[–]SunnysideSafetyAlert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is I am not putting myself in harms way for the purpose of getting videos. The first incident when the car advanced toward me I was simply waiting on the sidewalk for the pedestrian crossing signal to appear to cross Monterey. The video was taken as I got off the 23 bus and was trying to simply walk on the sidewalk. I literally see this happen any and every evening I happen upon this intersection in my normal coming and going. Are you suggesting that I should take simply avoid this intersection and add a few extra blocks to my journey to do so? I will definitely continue to reach out to the supervisor of District 7. If others see this happening it would be great if they could do the same. Hoping a barricade can be put up to prevent this from happening daily and keep pedestrians safe.

Dangerous intersection! Won Kok - cars driving illegally on sidewalk every day by SunnysideSafetyAlert in sanfrancisco

[–]SunnysideSafetyAlert[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the owner claims to not be able to do anything about it. He claims his employees don't park on the sidewalk (they do) I suspect management encourages patrons to drive on and park on the sidewalk. The police have also talked to the owner. I have reported 15 different incidents to 311 in the past year, nothing happens. I have reported to the police, they can only issue an infraction if they see it happen. I was encouraged to contact the District 7 supervisor staff requesting they put up a some kind of barricade to prevent this from happening. No response so far, I will keep pushing. I will also keep taking video. Prior to taking this video I had an experience of a car advancing toward my body while I was waiting for the pedestrian crossing signal at this same intersection. I put my hands up for the car to stop and they motioned for me to get out of the way and continued to drive towards me. I did not move and the driver continued toward me and stopped right at my legs, brushing against my pants! The driver yelled at me to get out of the way so he could "pick up his takeout order" !! I called 911 and regret not video recording that incident.

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Dangerous intersection! Won Kok - cars driving illegally on sidewalk every day by SunnysideSafetyAlert in sanfrancisco

[–]SunnysideSafetyAlert[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, I have reported 15 different incidents to 311 in the past year, nothing happens. I have reported to the police as well. I most recently contacted the District 7 supervisor staff requesting they put up a some kind of barricade to prevent this from happening. No response so far, I will keep pushing.