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It would help if you actually state the country in question, so we can properly judge your statement's applicability. In the USA laws vary by state -- in Calif
by dbt00 9y ago
It would help if you actually state the country in question, so we can properly judge your statement's applicability.
In the USA laws vary by state -- in California it is typically almost always incumbent on the driver to avoid pedestrians.
I've also traveled to countries like Jordan where the driver is always at fault, and fatally striking a pedestrian would have lifelong consequences for a driver.
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- AdrianB1 9y agoThe country is Romania and the law is very precise: if the pedestrian is not on a crosswalkk, any accident is the fault of the pedestrian. Funny, I lived in Jordan as my parents were expats there. Never heard about a case where a pedestrian hit by a car outside of a city had any consequences for the driver.
- epimenov 9y agoFunnily enough Romania is on top of the pedestrian fatalities statistics within the EU: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Road_accident_fatalities_-_statistics_by_type_of_vehicle http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/... Maybe you should reconsider the law.
- chrismcb 9y agoIn Arizona it is legal to cross the road, outside of a crosswalk. Given that this was actually near an intersection, it probably wasn't legal in this case. But that isn't the issue. The issue is a self driving car, which is supposed to be better than a human driver, hit the person. A person died because a company was testing their product. A product that want ready to be used in real world conditions.