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

ladybirder | 09:43 Tue 18th Jun 2019 | News

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Is the judge's verdict fair?

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

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In Australia it is also an ambiguous situation. A pedestrian who walks into the path of a vehicle is at fault. However a vehicle must give way to a pedestrian who has already begun to cross the road. When someone steps onto the road they become a road user and I believe they should have a duty to pay attention. Any other road user looking at their phone is committing...

11:29 Tue 18th Jun 2019

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ladybirder

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PP, are you saying he can't now sue her?

spathiphyllum

over 40 thousand pounds has been raised in support of the cyclist. The cyclist will be using just under 50% of this money to pay the woman.

ladybirder

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Spath, no he won't.
Read Jno's post at 16.12 Fri.

spathiphyllum

OK.

I thought he had to pay £20,000

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/public-raises-44k-cyclist-penalised-16800491

spathiphyllum

It is nice that people have helped him raise a buck or two.

dannyk13

Ladybirder. The amount to pay is less than estimated:-

//Mr Hazeldean's bills are not as high as the original estimated by the judge in the case. The final costs came to a bill of £21,300,//

spathiphyllum

I thought the bill was reduced.

ladybirder

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If that is true Danny I hope he and his family take a holiday with the rest. I don't think gness and sunnyD will mind;-)

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