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BuzZz · #11 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:47 am

AdrianZ wrote:
9000white wrote:in any accident situation the motorcyclist is always at fault.
same way with 18 wheelers.
what if a 18 wheer hits a bike?

If your Mashby, you get a new Bandit.......

#12 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:02 pm

BuzZz wrote:
AdrianZ wrote:
9000white wrote:in any accident situation the motorcyclist is always at fault.
same way with 18 wheelers.
what if a 18 wheer hits a bike?
If your Mashby, you get a new Bandit.......

Snrk... LoL

High_Side · Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:50 pm

BuzZz wrote:
AdrianZ wrote:
9000white wrote:in any accident situation the motorcyclist is always at fault.
same way with 18 wheelers.
what if a 18 wheer hits a bike?
If your Mashby, you get a new Bandit.......

Yeah, but he tortured himself with the Blurred Vision for a few months first...

Mag7C · #14 Unread post by **Mag7C** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:52 pm

I'm pretty sure if it's not at a crosswalk, and not in a parking lot, pedestrians DON'T have right of way. You can't just walk across a highway and expect people to stop for you. Well you can, but you won't live long.

Anyway sorry to hear about your wreck. People suck.

flynrider · Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:15 pm

britishjoe wrote:yeah in CANADA a pedestrian allways has right of way, so I would of been charged with something, even though he wasnt on a crosswalk and he was hammered drunk!

Does this mean pedestrians can just randomly stroll across busy thoroughfares, without regard to traffic signals or traffic? That doesn't sound right to me.

Here in Phoenix, people are killed on a fairly regular basis when they dart out in front of cars while attempting to cross one of the busy six to eight lane streets. None of the drivers are ever cited. Realistically, what can you do if someone just jumps in front of your moving vehicle. It's also against the law in most places (in the US) for pedestrians to pull those kinds of stunts. We call it "jaywalking".

#16 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:20 pm

In Edmonton at least you need to demonstrate clearly an intent to corss. Which means standing at a crosswalk with both feet pointing towares th the e road and pointing across the street with one hand before you have the right of way.

Dirtytoes · Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:55 pm

flynrider wrote: It's also against the law in most places (in the US) for pedestrians to pull those kinds of stunts. We call it "jaywalking".

ya that's how it is in california......you're at fault if a pedesrian jumps in front of you?.......i've never heard of a more ridiculous law........god knows who makes these laws.....

Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:26 am

the lawyers make these laws--we got them standing on street corners here just waiting for some doofus to get his arse knocked off so they can sue for the grieving family.

britishjoe · Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:10 am

Im british, and in the UK, you would get run over and killed. and you wouldnt get in to trouble, but down town calgary is the worst, people think they can cross the road reading a book, without a crosswalk. I wouldnt call it a jaywalking its more like deadman walking, if it ever happens again to me, Im gonna MAD MAX there arse take um out and not worry about the consequences, Im psst and Im fed up with the pain now, Im hurting slowly more and more, becouse I put my self at risk for some arse whole drunk. who couldnt be bothered to walk half a block to a crosswalk.

its 7am on sunday, I know it could of been alot worse, but ive been up most of the night, and im pssst