Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

*shrugs*...you do you.

Most pedestrians aren't suicidal...and I have a low opinion of our police, I think it's quite likely to be a miscarriage of justice.

I mean, think about it, unless the driver has dashcam footage, how do you even prove the pedestrian jumped out in front. And even when the police have footage of a crime, it usually takes days or months to file charges.

Yes, I suppose the pedestrian could be suicidal.  Impact marks on the side, rather than the front, of the vehicle would also be an indication.  In many cases, I imagine that there are witnesses.  The possibilities are many ...

Even marks on the side of the car doesn't mean anything, the lanes are wide, I could take 3 strides into a road and still hit the side of a car.

In any case, you're welcome to believe that the police here are correct, but I find it extremely dubious, and am unwilling to accept that right now. Unless the pedestrian was literally suicidal (which frankly, should have been in the police report), the story as presented is not acceptable, and amounts to incompetence by police and media.

Which...frankly, it par for the course in the region.

My money is on the pedestrian walking through a crossing, a driver, distracted, or even just not that focused, speeding around the circle, hitting them on the exit, telling the police "the pedestrian jumped out of nowhere", and the police charging the pedestrian regardless of what the pedestrian stated, if they even were asked.