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Originally Posted by Calgarian
Why would we want this as a law? Pedestrians have the right of way and that's the right way to do it.
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That way everyone looks both god damn ways and doesn't assume that everyone can see them when they step on to a road. Pedestrians are easy to stop and control. If they're the ones responsible for looking, then there is almost no chance that they step into traffic blindly and get hit by a car that they didn't see.
The same cannot be said for cars. A lot of things can obscure a drivers vision (sun, distraction.. etc.) and guess what, 3 ton cars going 50-60 km/h are a lot harder to stop in time.
Makes ZERO, ABSOLUTELY ZERO sense in my mind that pedestrians have the right of way at intersections without lights.