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Vehicles approaching a crosswalk with pedestrians in it are -required- to stop. This isn't complicated.


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For every complicated question there is an answer that is simple and wrong.

The person becomes visible as separating from the cross walk in the video 1 second in and intersection with the crosswalk happens about 3 seconds in. A reaction time of 1 second gives you 1 second to bring the car to a complete stop.

Pedestrians playing frogger by stepping out directly in front of cars that can't reasonable react in time are often deemed at fault. In one particular groan inducing situation a pedestrian was successfully sued for the damaged caused by the collision.

Beyond legal liability slamming on the brakes in this situation is just logically the wrong thing to do. A good driver would note that they are going to pass the pedestrian without incident. A bad driver slamming on the brakes drastically increases the chance of an accident in an attempt to slavishly follow a poorly understood interpretation of the rules at the expense of actual safety.

If you slam on the brakes at one second you will come to rest 3 feet from the pedestrian who will predictably freak out.

If you slam on the brakes at 1.5 seconds you probably hit them.

If you slam on the brakes at 2 seconds you will probably come to rest in front of them pointlessly.

If the pavement is wet or your car is even slightly shitty you will almost certainly hit them

In any case you risk injuring yourself, risk a collision with another car which you will be responsible for.


An excellent point. Are you proposing the vehicle in question performed all of that analysis and came to the conclusion that rolling through was the right move or did it merely ignore the crosswalk? Because I can't call it based on that picture and there's been some fairly alarming incidents involving people fucking around with FSD recently that lend credence to a more negative interpretation.

No I think the car is too stupid for that complex calculation. This post is like watching a bad lawyer lose a good case.

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