A pedantic point from me here, but it’s not ‘jaywalking’ if you have the right of way. It’s only jaywalking if it’s against regulations.
Still stupid to be in the road at night I agree, right of way or not.
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NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I know I am part of the problem, but the number of people walking around in dark colors and dark jackets at night baffles me. Bonus points if they are jaywalking because they have the right of way.
Combine that with spending any time after sunset either partially blind from super bright LEDs or fully blind from high beams and yeah. Constantly having to drive defensively and try to spot potential hazards a mile ahead in the brief window of just being partially blinded.
So I am all for some thermals I can glance at
My genuine favorite is a motorcyclist who lives out near my ex. Lights off more often than not and he has jet black leathers and helmet and bike
tiramichu@lemm.ee 11 months ago
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Jaywalking” is propaganda, not a legitimate thing.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just because its origin was from propaganda doesn’t make it not real. There are actual laws against Jay Walking, you can be charged and fined for it.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
With good reason - predictability.
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s pretty real where I live. Pedestrians can get fined if you are being actively dangerous with it, and the fault can be actually theirs if they cross outside a “safe” location.
lemann@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Do people still get fined for jaywalking in the likes of NY?
kautau@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sure, but, as to be expected, it’s more of an avenue for racial profiling than anything else
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
AFAIK the law here in Ontario is that pedestrians can cross mid-block on a non-controlled-access-highway (ie a regular road not expressway) as long as any oncoming vehicles have plentiful space to safely come to a complete stop. You only lose the right-of-way as a pedestrian if you’re doing something that forces drivers to make emergency manoeuvres.
Case@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
I nearly killed a group of people one night.
Full on slamming of brakes and trying to not have another sort of accident.
Roughly 3am, a major major highway, and a group of people decides to dash across.
Dark clothing. Crossed between where any lights were.
Everyone involved was very lucky in that moment.
brunofin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I wanted to bring this up, I’m glad others also see it. (Or rather don’t? :p)
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
If you cannot drive safely around pedestrians in normal street clothes, you should not be driving. You are the one bringing a lethal machine into the equation, they’re just out living.
brunofin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Sure but people can be a little more sensible to think not to dress as a fucking ninja at night and expect to be seen?
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Then please enlighten me as to how you manipulate the laws of physics to increase the reflectivity of clothing while your night vision is impaired by all the headlights at face level angles too far to the left?
Defensive driving is acknowledging problems and trying to mitigate them. Stupidity is pretending there isn’t one
justJanne@startrek.website 11 months ago
The law says, regardless of the speed limit, you need to be driving slow enough to react to someone suddenly stepping on the road. If you can’t do that while driving at the speed limit, you’ll just have to drive slower.
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Taken literally, that means that since you won’t be able to stop if someone steps just in front of your vehicle, you should never drive faster than ~10kmph. Which can be a valid interpretation, but I doubt it’s going to be a widely accepted one. For example at least where I live, if someone steps in front a vehicle within breaking distance driving at the speed of the road’s legal limit, both pedestrian and driver will share responsibility (the exact ratios being determined by the exact situation).
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not how that shit works. At all.
First, throwing out generic legal advice is dumb. It’s not consistent in any way. Second, in most states and countries you’d have to prove negligence. You absolutely will not and should not be held responsible if some idiot runs out between two cars and gets hit while you are following the law.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Ah. So you don’t have a magic secret but will still smugly pretend you do.
That seems safe
paultimate14@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Drive slower, or walk yourself if you can’t see well enough to drive.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You clearly have never driven at night.