The pedestrian stopped as soon as they saw the car suddenly veering towards them; not just once the driver intervened, as far as I can tell. Whatever the hypot

The pedestrian stopped as soon as they saw the car suddenly veering towards them; not just once the driver intervened, as far as I can tell. Whatever the hypothetical (it certainly might have missed the pedestrian, or made a last second emergency stop) - it suddenly veered towards a pedestrian that was already walking on the road, and that alone is absolutely not OK. Scaring the living daylights out of people isn't acceptable, even if you might not have killed them without an intervention. And let's be fair, if the pedestrian had not paid attention, and the driver neither, this certainly could have lead to an accident. Even if it were "just" an unexpected emergency stop; that itself isn't without risk.