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Originally Posted by Cappy
Why are people on here even talking about what the pedestrian was doing prior to being hit.
She was at a ####ing crosswalk. She could've been walking blindfolded and it doesnt change the fact that the driver is 100% at fault here.
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The minivan driver can't ####ing drive, the pedestrian can't ####ing pay attention... and it turns out you can't ####ing read, Cappy!
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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
True, but she's a kid so you expect them to be oblivious. That's why we have school zones, and even though this was outside of one, the driver should have still been watching out.
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She's 17, that's old enough to have operated a motor vehicle for three years, the 'kid' excuse doesn't really apply. I used to walk myself to school when I was 5. My mom taught me to make sure the cars see me and stop, being 'oblivious' when crossing the street was a non-starter. [shrug]
In this instance, the driver is so wrong that it's confusing how they failed to stop, but what I think Fuzz and I are both getting at is how do you not even take some sort of evasive action when you see a vehicle is coming towards you with no indication of slowing down? Not even a jump out of the way, a shuffle sideways,
something to suggest you were paying attention to the 4,000 lb hunk of metal rolling toward you. That kind of obliviousness when crossing a street is worth suggesting, y'know, maybe walk a little bit smarter.
Alberta TSA: Pedestrians’ right of way
93(1) At a place where there is a crosswalk, a pedestrian has, unless otherwise directed by a peace officer or a traffic control device, the right of way over vehicles for the purpose of crossing the roadway within the crosswalk. (Read as:
The driver was 100% in the wrong.)
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), nothing in this section relieves a pedestrian from the duty of exercising due care for the pedestrian’s own safety. (Read as:
"I had the right of way" won't look as good on a tombstone as some might want to think. - Yamer)