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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Yeah, we do get a bit too into the weeds on sh-t like this. We just can't help ourselves, it's like when a Border Collie sees a squirrel, and-...
I knew the bad-faith argument would make an appearance sooner or later.
The driver is entirely responsible for causing the collision. Full stop.
What I'm saying is that responsibility for causing an event and responsibility for protecting yourself from other people's mistakes are two different things. One is moral and legal, the other is practical. You can be completely blameless and still have made choices that didn't help your odds of avoiding harm from someone else's fu-k-up.
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What is the practical difference between the driver being responsible for causing the collision, and the pedestrian being responsible for not avoiding the collision?