> (1) The operator of an approaching vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian, bicycle, or personal delivery device to cross the roadway within an unmarked or marked crosswalk when the pedestrian, bicycle, or personal delivery device is upon or within one lane of the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning. For purposes of this section “half of the roadway” means all traffic lanes carrying traffic in one direction of travel, and includes the entire width of a one-way roadway.
IMHO it's a slippery slope and vision of other cars can be obstructed by cars driving around pedestrians.
In general, people shouldn’t be doing 40mph within 10 feet of a pedestrian in the road (like they were in this case).
Anyway, I record this intersection because I see all kinds of carnage… 10 collisions in the past year next to a park. Human drivers are the worst
https://youtu.be/uycFSrUI700?si=DPgNc_B5CNDctDyt
1) cyclist assumed they were safe to cross as there was a pedestrian 2) the driver didn’t slow down for the pedestrian in the road at all 3) driver was probably speeding 4) driver didn’t brake until very late, probably distracted 5) cyclist was 15 years old so probably not using enough caution in general
I honestly think a self driving car would have been going slow for the crossing pedestrian and this collision would have never happened (but I guess we can all just guess).
The question is, what’s better, occasional software glitches or human stupidity? I guess time and data will tell.