Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[Bob_McBob]

I'm prepared to believe whatever actions the pedestrian took satisfied the criteria in HTA s 140(4), such that it was "impracticable" for the vehicle to stop before striking them. However, anyone who drives through roundabouts regularly and sees how most drivers treat pedestrians in them should immediately recognize how utterly absurd it is to charge a pedestrian unless they literally jump in front of a car intending to be hit. This isn't a situation where there is any ambiguity about whether a pedestrian intends to cross, and responses I see from other drivers complaining about pedestrians who don't "wait for the flow of traffic to stop" etc. are not grounded in reality. Many drivers simply do not yield for pedestrians at roundabouts unless they're assertive, and there should almost never be a situation where you can't see a pedestrian approaching a crossover or waiting to cross long before you reach the crossover.