God damn bastard ran over my dog!

[MasterSword]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Um, yes they can. They have the right of way. And I think you'll find that crossing the street when you have the right of way often means walking in front of cars - it's the driver's responsibility to stop and let the pedestrians pass.

Yes the driver SHOULD stop if a pedestrian walks in front of him, but that doesn't mean he should be held responsible if the pedestrian just paid no attention to the world around him and walked into the street in a fast-moving highway when it wasn't safe, or when the walk light wasn't on.

I suppose this is why you've been nearly hit by cars so many times: perhaps you don't use good judgement on when you can or can't cross a street?

[vrrroom]

I assume Douglas got hit by a car and unfortunately his head was also hit pretty hard too.

[momodamonkey]

Originally Posted by vrrroom

I assume Douglas got hit by a car and unfortunately his head was also hit pretty hard too.

massive pwnage.

Originally Posted by Juno

Duh, that's because they are designated crossing zones which have lights to tell the driver to stop and if you come to a crossing and a car is coming up to it fast, you aren't just going to cross anyway because it's your right of way are you? No, that's right, you wait and use common sense. Even though you have the right of way you can't cross at that moment in time. Tough shit but you have to deal with it because otherwise you are going to get killed.

You shoudn't cross, no, for your own safety. But if one doesn't happen to notice the car barrelling toward them (or is unable to due to disability), it's still not their fault. They still legally have the right of way, and at that time it's 100% the driver's responsibility to stop and watch for pedestrians.

Originally Posted by MasterSword

Yes the driver SHOULD stop if a pedestrian walks in front of him, but that doesn't mean he should be held responsible if the pedestrian just paid no attention to the world around him and walked into the street in a fast-moving highway when it wasn't safe, or when the walk light wasn't on.

I suppose this is why you've been nearly hit by cars so many times: perhaps you don't use good judgement on when you can or can't cross a street?

I specifically said these were times when I had the right of way - ie, a walk signal at an intersection, crossing the street where oncoming traffic had a stop sign, or walking past a perpendicular street, parking lot or driveway.

I'm not trying to say that some idiot randomly running into highway traffic is not at fault if he gets hit. That's never what I was saying. It was just misconstrued that way.

Originally Posted by momodamonkey

massive pwnage.

Not if you're paying attention.