Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
There is an ingrained respect for pedestrians on the road.
Some places, maybe.

Just last week, someone was charged for a hit-skip that happened in Florida in March. She ran down two 14-year-old girls, killing one of them, and took off. Seven months later, having admitted she was messing with her phone when it happened, she's being charged only with leaving the scene, NOT with vehicular homicide. The prosecutor explained it's because the girls were wearing the wrong color clothes and walking on the wrong side of the road.

No respect for anyone not in a car - bicyclist, pedestrian, or even motorcyclist - in most places that I'm aware of.


I have to say, I have the scripts that allow comments on newspapers turned off for security reasons, but most of the time I'm really glad I don't have to see the comments.