Comment 100778

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted May 01, 2014 at 18:17:11 in reply to Comment 100777

I clarified that I am not talking about legal fault or common law legal responsibility.

I'm trying to advance the discussion of why people die on the roads, who is responsible (in a non-legalistic sense) and how they could be made safer for all road users.

And a proper consideration of the most vulnerable and the most dangerous road users is a good starting point. And, as Brandon points out (and as described and justified in detail in the book Carjacked), society as a whole and the North American courts in particular consider pedestrian deaths to be unavoidable accidents, and tend to blame the victim.

Perhaps the woman who struck three cyclists from behind after drinking in conditions of poor visibility, does have a good case to sue the dead victim. (I thought that normally if a motorist rear-ends another vehicle they are always at fault http://www.icbcclaiminfo.com/node/27.) But the community outcry (11,000 signed the petition) shows that it is an outrage to common morality.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-05-01 18:41:53

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