England UK

Ian wrote:
>
> <squashme@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > The other car lit up the side of the road? How good were your lights
> > then? What "all drivers are murderers" brigade is this? Outnumbered by
> > the "all pedestrians deserve what they get" army. Big lump of metal
> > travelling at speed with smallish preoccupied or angry brain inside it
> > meets skin, bone, gristle and various liquids container with similar
> > small brain. Law of the jungle.
>
> If the peds had their back to the traffic whilst walking along an unlit
> country road at night they weren't following the 'country code' or HC rule
> 2. Pedestrians must take some responsibility for their own safety and not
> expect others to take it for them.

Much like a driver should be able to stop within the distance he sees to
be clear.

Responsibilities fall on both sides, a fact often forgotten.

John B