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Because your life, as a driver, is shielded by a huge metal can. Pedestrian life is not. Pedestrians can't put your life in danger, while you can put their life

by r3bl 7y ago

Because your life, as a driver, is shielded by a huge metal can. Pedestrian life is not. Pedestrians can't put your life in danger, while you can put their life in danger. That's why, in "normal" countries, it's always the driver that needs to be questioned by default, not the pedestrian. If the driver proves that he did all he could to avoid the accident, he faces no consequences. If not, he faces them. This really isn't that complicated. It's okay for the pedestrian to not respect all the rules because he's not in the position in which he can put other people's lives in danger — only his own. Drivers are willingly putting themselves in a situation in which they can put other people's lives in danger, so the burden of proof is on them.

Ygg2 7y ago
> Pedestrians can't put your life in danger Sure they can. They can increase the likelihood you'll get in danger, by trying to avoid collision with them.
- PakG1 7y ago
  Mm, even if they "tried to not put their life in danger", they still wouldn't be putting your life in danger... simple physics.
  - Ygg2 7y ago
    By disregarding the laws, and forcing you to accommodate their behavior, they can still end up putting your life in danger. E.g. you drive on a road designed for relatively high speeds say 80-100 km/h. They decide to cross it, despite it not being a safe zone for crossing. You hit the pedals and swerve off the road injuring yourself (or you get rammed by a vehicle behind you).
    - r3bl 7y ago
      Oh yeah, poor endangered drivers. Why does nobody think about them? Injury =/= death. If you swerve off the road, you have airbags. If a car behind you hits you, again, you have airbags. You have tons of metal shielding you from a collision, insurance that is supposed to take care of the situations that can't be blamed on you, and airbags and seat belts that are supposed to reduce the consequences of a collision. Pedestrians have none of that. Where I come from, this (alongside first-aid skills) is the very first thing you learn on your way of getting a driver's license, before road signs and traffic rules are even mentioned.

by r3bl 7y ago

Ygg2 7y ago

> Pedestrians can't put your life in danger Sure they can. They can increase the likelihood you'll get in danger, by trying to avoid collision with them.

PakG1 7y ago
Mm, even if they "tried to not put their life in danger", they still wouldn't be putting your life in danger... simple physics.
- Ygg2 7y ago
  By disregarding the laws, and forcing you to accommodate their behavior, they can still end up putting your life in danger. E.g. you drive on a road designed for relatively high speeds say 80-100 km/h. They decide to cross it, despite it not being a safe zone for crossing. You hit the pedals and swerve off the road injuring yourself (or you get rammed by a vehicle behind you).
  - r3bl 7y ago
    Oh yeah, poor endangered drivers. Why does nobody think about them? Injury =/= death. If you swerve off the road, you have airbags. If a car behind you hits you, again, you have airbags. You have tons of metal shielding you from a collision, insurance that is supposed to take care of the situations that can't be blamed on you, and airbags and seat belts that are supposed to reduce the consequences of a collision. Pedestrians have none of that. Where I come from, this (alongside first-aid skills) is the very first thing you learn on your way of getting a driver's license, before road signs and traffic rules are even mentioned.