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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When a driver hits a pedestrian, the driver is ALWAYS at fault, full stop. A driver needs to be able to stop at any moment in time for anything to come walking, rolling, or flying in his/her visor. That's the law. There is no reason, ever, for a body to be struck by an attentive automotive driver, hitting the breaks when they need to be hit.[/quote]

First this isn't even the law and second you have no idea what happened here.[/quote]

Okay, then let's make that "USUALLY". Here is the link to enlighten the matter: http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/auto-accident/driver-at-fault-pedestrian-car.html
If you read my statement as carefully as you should, I by no means claim to have seen the accident and very clearly make a general statement about these kinds of situations. Even turning "always" into "usually", you'll see that my claim stands because "reasonably cautious" means pretty much all the things I state above, including a kid or a ball rolling or darting out from between two parked cars. The driver's attention - especially near schools (this one is marked in all directions!) - and speed needs to be focused on and adjusted to such eventualities.[/quote]

What you quoted isn't the law.  This is the law which includes guidelines for pedestrians also:  http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Gateway/ChapterHome.aspx?ChapterNumber=18-23

That said I have no idea what happened in this incident but what you said as the law, isn't actually "the law" (unless you are a personal injury lawyer).[/quote]

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