On 19/09/18 11:59, JNugent wrote:
On 17/09/2018 22:29, TMS320 wrote:

On 17/09/18 19:10, wrote:

The comment at the top says it all!

QUOTE: Pedestrian was at fault. If this was a Cyclist no doubt
the people on here would be blaming them instead. END QUOTE.

Correction. Everybody and their dog would blame the cyclist. Looks
like a good reason for cyclists to overtake on the left.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...steps-him.html


Ah, the standard motorist call of "she came out of nowhere". Yes,
if the vehicles the mc was overtaking were stationary, the rider
is contributory.

Ah... but was he aggressively "overtaking" or much more benignly,
just "filtering"?

I doubt it makes much difference to his victim.

Well, first you would have to define them.

As you imply, stopped traffic is... er... stopped. Pedestrians, in
my submission are entitled to take note and advantage of the
stillness and temporary non-mobility of stopped traffic.

Quite. Overtakers and filterers must be taken to task if it goes wrong.

However, the central point is that most of the comments give the
motorcyclist the benefit of doubt where there would be a general clamour
to lynch a cyclist.

Let's all be careful of what we wish for. I am sure that many would
share my view that we do not wish to end up with a NYC-style law
against crossing the road on foot anywhere but at the traffic lights
on the corner right down at the end of the street.

It would be interesting to know whether NYPD makes any effort to enforce
it these days.