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Last I checked from CA SWITRS data, that was not the case. Car/bike, Car/pedestrian collisions had cars be at fault in at least 2/3rds of the time.
by scarejunba 7y ago
Last I checked from CA SWITRS data, that was not the case. Car/bike, Car/pedestrian collisions had cars be at fault in at least 2/3rds of the time.
- magicalhippo 7y agoAt least where I'm from, cars by default at fault if they hit a pedestrian. I'm not saying they account for the majority, but I do see a lot of very close calls on a regular basis due to pedestrians behaving as if they're alone in the world.
- jessaustin 7y agoAt least where I'm from... Out of curiosity, where is that? This seems like a much better policy than I've seen...
- magicalhippo 7y agoThat'd be Norway.
- cesnja 7y agoThat's because the other party made a decision (maybe uninformed, but nevertheless) to command a two-ton killing machine when there's no need for it.
- magicalhippo 7y agoIn the same way that the pedestrian who carelessly walks into the road without sensing their surroundings makes a decision (maybe uninformed, but nevertheless) to step in front of said two-ton killing machine.
- cesnja 7y agoThe difference here is that you are framing the driver as the victim, when it's just the opposite.