"Richard" wrote in message
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So for example, by this fool's interpretation, someone crossing at a
junction where he has right of way, who is hit by a driver who
doesn't check
the junction, is unable to stop, etc, etc, would be responsible for
his own
accident.

Yes, because anyone stupid enough to wander out into the road without
taking full cognisance of approaching traffic - 'right of way' or
not - deserves to die for the good of the gene pool.

The alleged 'right of way' of pedestrians is, in the real world, an
irrelevance; cars are big and hard, pedestrians are small and
squashy... You can't argue technicalities about "but I had the right
of way" once you're dead. Stop arsing around with theoretical
arguments about 'right of way' and just use the Green Cross Code/Kerb
Drill to cross the road safely.

__Steve__