She must have been brave to walk anywhere on New Bern after dark. I hate having to go anywhere near there.

I still agree with no charges, but djofraleigh's comment makes me wonder if the driver signaled. It shows the importance of a turn signal even if you don't see anyone that needs to know. And signal before turning or changing lanes, not just during.

Very Sad. I hope something can be done to make this area safer.

I actually observed for two hours pedestrians crossing Edenton St. crossing at Capitol Square today at Noon. Everyone used the crosswalk (within a step of it) and all the school groups used the pole button to activate the stop light before crossing. Most crossed without the light and all but one timed it so cars did not have to stop. (many had the appearance of state workers) Only one young lady, hardly glanced at traffic, never stopped texting, and forced cars to stop for her. She turned her head to smile & nod a thank you to the last car stopped. She could have been dead right. Her heels were four inchers, at least, and she would have had a hard time 'jumping out of the way.' The greatest danger there, where all all three lanes are not blocked by stopped cars is a car changing lanes to pass the stopped ones.

The touring middle school groups were well controlled by teachers, and the students appeared fascinated by the crossing guide and bird whistles, probably a novelty to them.

I drive by there weekly & the "center lane" is the most used traffic lane. There are four lanes on New Bern there, with the one on the left being a turn/parking lane, & the one most right feels a bit tight due to the old high crown, so most people drive in the center lane if possible. I wait to get left even if I'm going to Bojangles when I can. The traffic is not heavy at midnight, so the pedestrian could have waited until nothing was coming and not chanced being caught in the street. Guess she misjudged how much time she had to beat the car, and stopped, not knowing it was going to change lanes?

The speed limit is 45mph there. The driver didn't leave the scene, and wasn't under the influence, and there's no reason to believe the driver was homicidal, so I guess it was a tragic accident.

I would support a strictly enforced city wide maximum speed of 25mph inside the belt line. Would you? A raleigh pedestrian is killed about every other month. How many are hurt?