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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are really bad at judging whether a car came to a full stop behind the white line.  A stop sign camera went in near our neighborhood and the email list was flooded with idiots posting their videos saying "see?  I STOPPED", but when you watch the video they either slowed some but didn't stop or stopped after the line.  That kind of "stopping" can make the difference between life and death like for this little girl.

No, I don't trust MPD or eye witnesses.  It's possible that the van driver stopped but I don't think it's likely. [b]Otherwise they would have been able to see a girl biking towards them and not started driving forward[/b].[/quote]

He might have seen her but assumed she would stop at the curb. Pedestrians only have the right of way if they're waiting at the curb or are in the intersection.

I think it's strange that people are so determined to hold the driver at fault. I'm sure this has wrecked him. [b]But the police would have charged him if there was evidence he did anything wrong.[/b][/quote]

Put it this way. With the extremely tragic death of a five year old, they have more incentive to charge him and let the courts figure it out than not. But if there's no evidence, the DA won't even bring it to trial.[/quote]

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