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[SutterBrother]

17 is a kid.

[PepsiFree]

“I hate to be the one to say this but she really should watch where she’s going.”

Yeah guys she got hit by a car. Pretty sure the lesson was delivered before the bravery of being the first one to say it out loud took over.

[Shazam]

Really the driver’s mistake was that he didn’t finish the job.

[woob]

I walk around downtown quite a bit and the amount of people who just walk across streets, without so much as a brief look at traffic is wild. Do these people have no self preservation skills? Yes, pedestrians have right of way, but with how distracted drivers are these days, I'm not puting my trust in them.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Really the driver’s mistake was that he didn’t finish the job.

Carmaggedon rules; zero points awarded.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Carmaggedon rules; zero points awarded.

He did get out and yell at the person he hit, so that's gotta be good for 50 points.

[Bigtime]

Dude is just going to use the "the sun was in my eyes" defense and will get barely a slap on the wrist.

[cam_calderon]

Don't know about Calgary but the way people drive in my city, I wouldn't trust anyone to stop for me. No matter who has right of way you've gotta have more awareness than that girl did.

[cheevers]

She was already a good 10 feet out into the crosswalk when this dbag hit her though. Even if she was watching she would have had to dive out of the way and possibly hit anyway. Some of the responses here show why walking in this city is so dangerous. Oblivious drivers are a cancer in Calgary.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by cheevers

She was already a good 10 feet out into the crosswalk when this dbag hit her though. Even if she was watching she would have had to dive out of the way and possibly hit anyway. Some of the responses here show why walking in this city is so dangerous. Oblivious drivers are a cancer in Calgary.

Yes, it is. Which is why you should pay full attention for the entire time you cross. No one in this thread is going to improve the abilities of the worst drivers no the road, but perhaps we can convince some people to look out for their own safety, knowing that others are not doing that.


Speaking of which, one of my favourite quotes on the subject:


“I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.”― Stephen Hawking

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

The minivan driver can't ####ing drive, the pedestrian can't ####ing pay attention... and it turns out you can't ####ing read, Cappy!

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)

Use this as a legal argument in a court and tell me how well it plays out. Sure, maybe you could make an argument of contributory negligence when you get sued for her injuries, but the reasoning behind these types of provisions is to prevent people from pulling the old Russian "lay down in the road and get hit for money" angle.

I just think it's funny that a 17 year old girl gets hit at a crosswalk and everyone is jumping on her for not paying attention - which we have absolutely no evidence of.

She wasn't paying attention because she was not looking at the car that just plowed into her? surely this is some of her fault and the man was in his right to get out an yell at her for contributing 50% to the accident....

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by cheevers

She was already a good 10 feet out into the crosswalk when this dbag hit her though. Even if she was watching she would have had to dive out of the way and possibly hit anyway. Some of the responses here show why walking in this city is so dangerous. Oblivious drivers are a cancer in Calgary.

It's victim blaming and lessens the ####tiness of the drivers.

We used to victim blame for another crime until we all started to realize that was stupid and let women off the hook for wearing short skirts

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Cappy

Use this as a legal argument in a court and tell me how well it plays out. Sure, maybe you could make an argument of contributory negligence when you get sued for her injuries, but the reasoning behind these types of provisions is to prevent people from pulling the old Russian "lay down in the road and get hit for money" angle.

I just think it's funny that a 17 year old girl gets hit at a crosswalk and everyone is jumping on her for not paying attention - which we have absolutely no evidence of.

She wasn't paying attention because she was not looking at the car that just plowed into her? surely this is some of her fault and the man was in his right to get out an yell at her for contributing 50% to the accident....

Good lord you people need to work on your reading comprehension. The driver is 100% at fault. That doesn't change the fact that you should pay 100% attention when crossing a road, in case you encounter a driver who will be 100% at fault. Unless you like getting hit by vehicles.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Cappy

Use this as a legal argument in a court and tell me how well it plays out. Sure, maybe you could make an argument of contributory negligence when you get sued for her injuries, but the reasoning behind these types of provisions is to prevent people from pulling the old Russian "lay down in the road and get hit for money" angle.

I just think it's funny that a 17 year old girl gets hit at a crosswalk and everyone is jumping on her for not paying attention - which we have absolutely no evidence of.

She wasn't paying attention because she was not looking at the car that just plowed into her? surely this is some of her fault and the man was in his right to get out an yell at her for contributing 50% to the accident....

Please respect the brave men standing up to criticize a teenage girl for having the childish negligence to get hit by car while in a crosswalk.

What do you think crosswalks are for, anyway? Crossing?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Good lord you people need to work on your reading comprehension. The driver is 100% at fault. That doesn't change the fact that you should pay 100% attention when crossing a road, in case you encounter a driver who will be 100% at fault. Unless you like getting hit by vehicles.

Maybe he couldn't read it clearly because the sun was in his eyes.

[Fuzz]

It's actually her parents who were probably negligent in teaching her to look both ways before crossing a street. Victim of poor parenting.


Y'all are blowing my mind, do you have no self preservation skills? Do you look before crossing, or do you just assume all drivers are perfect and follow every rule of the law to the letter? Have you met people? People are ####ty distracted selfish morons. Why would you put your life in the hands of people? Here we have a video of what happens when you do that. Until you can make all people perfect, you might want to upgrade your self preservation skills.

[you&me]

The driver can still be 100% at fault, while being hit by the driver was still avoidable if the pedestrian acted differently.

To put it another way, how many of you would have been hit by the minivan under the same circumstances?

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by cheevers

She was already a good 10 feet out into the crosswalk when this dbag hit her though. Even if she was watching she would have had to dive out of the way and possibly hit anyway. Some of the responses here show why walking in this city is so dangerous. Oblivious drivers are a cancer in Calgary.

They are literally everywhere!! I’m not walking in front of a car without constantly monitoring them/making the contact/ensuring they stopped.

The “victim blaming” comments to those raising this are hilarious. Are yall unable to have multiple takeaways from an event?

Also #### that piece of #### for not being immediately concerned over the kids wellbeing and for not being overly apologetic. What a ######. 100% was on his phone.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

It's actually her parents who were probably negligent in teaching her to look both ways before crossing a street. Victim of poor parenting.


Y'all are blowing my mind, do you have no self preservation skills? Do you look before crossing, or do you just assume all drivers are perfect and follow every rule of the law to the letter? Have you met people? People are ####ty distracted selfish morons. Why would you put your life in the hands of people? Here we have a video of what happens when you do that. Until you can make all people perfect, you might want to upgrade your self preservation skills.

You know, it’s entirely possible a teenage girl made a mistake or had a momentary lapse in judgement as to whether the slower moving vehicle would come to a stop. A mistake she’s not likely to make an again.

I think people are allowed to find the jumping to conclusions and the “thank goodness someone said it!” narrative funny. Isn’t also true that we shouldn’t expect the victim to be perfect here? I’m sure you’ve done something equally or even more dumb without consequence. Such is life.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

The “victim blaming” comments to those raising this are hilarious. Are yall unable to have multiple takeaways from an event?

I think we can agree there is a measurable difference between having a takeaway like “this is a good lesson to be extra vigilant when crossing the street” and actual victim blaming like “she was staring at her phone” or “her parents are negligent for not teaching her to cross the street.”

There’s reality, and then there’s some funny things people are just making up which seem to serve only to justify victim blaming.

I think everyone is aware it’s important to look both ways when crossing the street.