Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[jeffster]

Yes, I suppose the pedestrian could be suicidal.  Impact marks on the side, rather than the front, of the vehicle would also be an indication.  In many cases, I imagine that there are witnesses.  The possibilities are many ...

Even marks on the side of the car doesn't mean anything, the lanes are wide, I could take 3 strides into a road and still hit the side of a car.

In any case, you're welcome to believe that the police here are correct, but I find it extremely dubious, and am unwilling to accept that right now. Unless the pedestrian was literally suicidal (which frankly, should have been in the police report), the story as presented is not acceptable, and amounts to incompetence by police and media.

Which...frankly, it par for the course in the region.

My money is on the pedestrian walking through a crossing, a driver, distracted, or even just not that focused, speeding around the circle, hitting them on the exit, telling the police "the pedestrian jumped out of nowhere", and the police charging the pedestrian regardless of what the pedestrian stated, if they even were asked.

I remember back in 2019 when that woman (a care taker) and child were hit by a train. It's not like pedestrians are infallible. They do stupid things.

A scenario where a pedestrian crosses properly, oncoming vehicles had properly stopped. Pedestrian then does a 180º and heads back onto the crossing and vehicles were already accelerating. Or, if a pedestrians back is facing the crossing, a driver would reasonable conclude that the crossing is clear of a pedestrian, only to have the person turn around and go onto the crossing.

While I 100% agree with you that the WRPS has a lot of crooked cops, I doubt there was anything nefarious here. Only thing I can think of is the potential the the driver of the vehicle was family/friends of the cop. That would be sorted out in the courthouse, as judges generally do not like police (AKA: fake lawyers).