Pedestrians rarely step out without warning. This is a fallacy. And I
have
seen pedestrians crossing at junctions walk upto the junction, look both
ways, step out and be hit by a car that wasn't indicating; the driver
then
claimed 'she just stepped out' when in reality she had walked to the
junction, looked both ways and stepped into the road where she has right
of
way over vehicles turning.

Part of the driver's role is to anticipate what pedestrians might do and
drive at an appropriate speed to be able to stop if a pedestrian does
step
out. If children are particularly close to the road, you slow down to be
able to stop if necessary.

If you have to pass close to a line of parked vehicles which block your
view
of anyone trying to cross, you slow down.

This is not particularly advanced driving, it's the basics, which you and
a
majority of drivers seem to ignore.

By god you are so bloody virtuous .
In all the above and your previous posts there has not been anything
so
holier than thou in among the drivel that you have written.
You don't seem to get it do you but you have put yourself up and you
will be crucified for making statements similar to that above.

Sadly you are right but when you look at the posts I was replying to, there
was no alternative.

It was justify myself, or concede the point, as the crux of ian's argument
was that because I am a driver I am automatically making no attempt to avoid
accidents. And that in fact most accidents are unavoidable.

The only response was, (and I knew it), going to see me crucified.

But is it better to be modest and say, "yes, there's no way anyone could
drive any better than they currently do"?