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Article #139907Re: crazy driver vs angry pedestrian lic# ERB 455 or ERB 445.
From: JD
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:31
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:31
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"Donna Whitman" <NSBooklady@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1q7g259fpcfdld8n3g67g6ooea9m8enhja@4ax.com... > On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:51:29 -0300, Brian Smith > <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote: > >>Corvis wrote: >>> >>> There is no "may be" about it.....it's the law ....look it up. >> >> I don't have to look it up, I am well aware of what the law states. >>However I am also aware of the fact that the law isn't adhered to 100% >>of the time. For a person walking to believe that the law is going to >>protect him or her is foolhardy at best. Using common sense and allowing >>self preservation to protect oneself makes one safer than any law can >>ever do for a person. > > > It's against the law to murder another person but you can't go > walking around late at night in a known violent area and expect the > law will protect you. Knowing that the person who killed you would be > committing an illegal act won't help. > > Same thing with the crosswalk situation. It's against the law not to > yield to someone already in a crosswalk but you have to be vigilant > when crossing because some drivers don't follow the law and being > alive trumps being right every time. > That may be right. But, it is NOT the predestrian's fault. If the driver breaks the law, its the driver's fault. By that logic, perhaps we should all stop driving Friday and Saturday nights because there are more drunk drivers on the road, and it would be our fault if one of them killed us.
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