No idea; they only posted the “failure to yield” signs.
That way, when my car rolls back into you on the hill, I can drive away more quickly.
To make an analogy, I will often often check both directions before crossing a street, even if it’s a one way street, because drivers sometimes mistakenly drive the wrong way. But if a driver hits me going the wrong way, he’s still 100% at fault.
As do I. Now if only we ccould get all the drivers to look both ways before pulling into a one-way street. Pedestrians have a habit of travelling in either direction.
When the pedestrian is capable of killing the driver of the car by impact your point will be valid.
Just so everyone’s clear, I was referring to drivers who only look in the direction of oncoming traffic when crossing a sidewalk area.
Errrr, because she was “studiously looking left” (in the OP)
Where did she say she was still looking left when she pulled into the street?
Didn’t say that. But they have a tendency to run about a little more than is predictable. So it’s a good idea for people to look where they’re directing their half-ton of steel.
I maintain it is NEVER prudent to assume there’s nothing in the way of your vehicle. As has been said repeatedly - if you don’t know what’s there, don’t direct your vehicle towards it. It’s perfectly possible to look in other directions to make sure you’re not on a collision course with other people, without jeopardising the most important aspect of controling a vehicle. The OP explicitly described a situation where this was not the case.
That doesn’t mean she didn’t turn to look where she was going.
It certainly sounds like she wasn’t paying enough attention to the place her car was moving towards. Especially when she also says she was “glancing” forward.
Imagine this one: “Yes, Officer, I was trying to tune the radio, but I was also glancing at the road”.
I’ve done a bit of car control school. I can’t imagine why some of you don’t know some of that training. How to handle an apex, heal and toe. Fuxkin’ nwbies.
No, she says she was glancing to the right. Cars go forward, not right.
A pedestrian who steps out into traffic and causes a pile-up is quite capable of killing the driver or someone else. Peds need to follow the law just as drivers do, and for just the same reasons.
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I never jaywalk. Well almost never. For all practical purposes. I mean, only once or twice a week. On average.
Pedestrians come from the right and left. Cars turn to the right and to the left.
While moving forward. Cars do not normally turn in place.
Cars that begin to move forward, whether right or left, while pedestrians are in front are dangerous. That’s why it’s the driver’s responsibility to make sure that before they move, the way is clear. How many more twists can you make before you give up?
Again, Ana didn’t say anything about not looking forward. Which is where a pedestrian would be if the way isn’t clear.
Remember, I’ve encountered a driver who didn’t look to his right. He did look forward, notice me, and stopped in time. One can presume that’s also the sort of incident described in the OP.
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Seems to me an obvious admission that she’s paying scant attention to the direction she’d choosing to drive into.
It isn’t $500 bucks, but it does cost you. When I first visited California, I was astonished that pedestrians actually obeyed crosswalks, and most drivers did also. Coming from New York, I’m used to hordes of walkers intimidating cars.
BTW, from news reports I read, if a car hits a pedestrian coming out from between parked cars (and assuming that he didn’t emege when the car was half a block away) the car is not considered to be at fault. That isn’t the case for the OP.
Yes, she’s paying scant attenton to where she’s going to turn. The key words being “going to”. If she was still looking left while turning, there wuold be no argument from me. We just don’t have that information.