Who would be at fault - pedestrian vs car

CiniO

Video which was just posted in Dashcam thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHs4zYW_m5w

As I assume this happened in Ukraine, so pedestrian will be 100% at fault, and she will have to pay for damage to vehicle out of the own pocket.

What I wonder though, should such thing happened in Ireland, what would be the outcome?
Would the car driver be at fault, following the rule that it's always the driver guilty when car hits pedestrian?
Or would pedestrian be blamed as well, or maybe blamed 100%?
Who would need to pay for damage to vehicle?

seventeen sheep

What really shocked me was the other vehicles just driving off! :eek: Wtf is wrong with people.

kleefarr

Looks like she ran out into the road without looking. No way driver could be at fault there I would have thought.

Supergurrier

It may be argued the pedestrian was at fault but as a motorist you must always be vigilant for other peoples mistakes and hope they do the same as you are in a 1.5-2 ton piece of metal.

Drive a 3.5 ton van most days at work and the amount of lemmings you see looking to claim the darwin award is frightening.

Voodoomelon

Assuming there was no dashcam, I can't imagine if that happened here, would the pedestrian be responsible. "Expect the unexpected" tripe would be spouted by a judge. I'd say the driver would at the absolute minimum, be liable for damage to their own car.

Del2005

I know two people who drunkenly fell in front of cars and both times successfully sued the drivers, our law means that the pedestrian is almost always in the right even if it's their fault.

Chris_Heilong

is not the motorist always at fault in Ireland? Any way no need for other cars to stop as there are already people there to help her and they dont even know whats going on.

Unknown Soldier

That driver was clearly paying attention. Stopped only a few feet from the point of impact and you can hear him/her hitting the brakes when he "sees" the woman.

Is that was me and there was no dash cam I'd be recording point of impact, brake mark lengths etc.

Nino Brown

Thank god it wasn't red paint or the poor driver would have had a heart attack.

dmc17

Nino Brown wrote: »

Thank god it wasn't red paint or the poor driver would have had a heart attack.

Bigcheeze

Driving isn't great in this video. A good driver would note the bus at the stop and recognise the risk of passengers/pedestrians walking behind the bus. A good driver would back off the gas and drive more defensively in this situation. Blame lies with both the pedestrian and driver here. Drivers and pedestrians are not equal despite what some Eastern European countries with horrific road safety might think.

Fred Swanson

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Veloce

Del2005 wrote: »

I know two people who drunkenly fell in front of cars and both times successfully sued the drivers, our law means that the pedestrian is almost always in the right even if it's their fault.

On the flip side I know of a case where a drunk guy stood out on a lane of a dual carriageway late at night and was struck by a car - luckily he survived - but didn't get anywhere pursuing legal action with the driver.

And an incident in Limerick a couple of years back whereby a pedestrian was struck by a taxi as he was running across a road to catch a bus as it was about to depart. He was uninjured but left a dent on the bonnet of a taxi. The taxi driver sued him successfully for the damage to the bonnet.

Outkast_IRE

Its way too common for people to get off the bus and they try and cross the road behind it, i would always be on the lookout for this when i see a bus stopped.

Completely the womans own fault though running across the road like that.

MuppetCheck

A cyclist (well a young fella about 16 on his way to school) came out from behind a parked car in front of my father once, a similar situation to that. Thankfully he was alright but every panel and a few lights on the front of the car (about two months old) were denied or scratched.

The guards placed liability on the guy that came out onto the road in front of the car.

HIB

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057356381/16

This guy might know.

My hunch is that they are both partially to blame.