Had something similar happen to me before. Was driving down a main street that went through the edge of a college campus. A student on the side of the road, not

Had something similar happen to me before. Was driving down a main street that went through the edge of a college campus. A student on the side of the road, not at an intersection, decided to cross the road not too far in front of me. It didn't even make sense to cross there, as I had just barely driven under a walkway that crossed above the street specifically for students to cross that street safely too. (I attended that college too. The walkway is more convenient than what they did). Surprised the hell out of me. I had just barely enough time to realize what was going on and swerve around him. If my reaction time was just slightly less or I did the wrong thing in the moment I would have hit him head-on and either severely injured or killed him. I believe the speed limit was 35mph there, so I was likely going just over that. That was like 15 years ago at this point, and it still bothers me how close I came to hitting him. I can only imagine how much worse it is for your friend.