Cyclist To Pay Compensation To Woman Who Walked Into Road While Looking At Mobile Phone.

[ladybirder]

Is the judge's verdict fair?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7152963/Yoga-teacher-staring-phone-hit-cyclist-wins-compensation.html

[Spicerack]

Cyclist was going too fast to be in total control of his bike. Otherwise he could have simply stopped.
The fact that a pedestrian isn't looking where they are going doesn't give you carte blanche to run them down.

[SparklyKid]

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Cyclist was going too fast to be in total control of his bike. Otherwise he could have simply stopped.
The fact that a pedestrian isn't looking where they are going doesn't give you carte blanche to run them down.

15:57 Tue 18th Jun 2019

Nonsense !

[Spicerack]

That's a reasonable argument, I suppose. ;-)

[SparklyKid]

Okay, I will bite. How fast was the cyclist going ?

[spathiphyllum]

at tops, 15 MPH.

"Mr Hazeldean had come through a green traffic light, and had sounded a loud airhorn attached to his bike, as well as shouting, swerving and braking in a bid to avoid the pedestrian - but ploughed into her at up to 15mph."

[Spicerack]

SparklyKid// Okay, I will bite. How fast was the cyclist going ? //

Already told you. Too fast to stop.

[ladybirder]

Good that he had an airhorn on his bike as bikes are not required to be fitted with bells in the UK. Oh except when they are in the shop but not on the roads. How ridiculous is that. I will make them compulsory when I am PM.

[spathiphyllum]

SR, he did stop though. He stopped once he ploughed into her.

[Spicerack]

Very commendable.

[Mamyalynne]

In the time he was sounding his horn and shouting, he should have been braking.

[ladybirder]

Surely he would automatically be braking, I would.

[naomi24]

No I don't think the judge's verdict is fair. She should look where she's going.

[ToraToraTora]

radio rental decision.

[shoota]

If he hits her it is a given that he is going too fast for the circumstances, otherwise he would have been able to react and stop in time.

[Spicerack]

/ She should look where she's going./
Yes, but that doesn't give you 'the right' to run her over.

[naomi24]

Spicerack. who said anything about 'rights'? If she fails to look where she's going and steps into the path of a bike - or a car - or a bus - she shouldn't be surprised if it hits her.

[Spicerack]

She didn't step into his path. He saw her in the road, hence his air-horn, shouting and swerving. She panicked and tried to jump back to the nearest path but unfortunately he had already decided to swerve around behind her back.
He was an out of control rissole.

[naomi24]

I disagree... but there you are. People have a duty to look where they're going.

[ToraToraTora]

she stepped in the road without looking, F\F Sake, what if it's been a bus/car/truck? Monumentally mental decision. Are road users now supposed to account for any brainless eejit welded to their phone now? Utterly ridiculous.

[Spicerack]

// Are road users now supposed to account for any brainless eejit welded to their phone now? //

Yes, of course they are.