[Edit] Pedestrians or Motorists: Who's liable?

**Bry** · March 28th, 2006 02:15 AM

I read a headline in a local tabloid kagabi (Bulgar) na pag-nakabundol or nakasagasa ang driver ng jaywalker wala na daw habol yun sa driver. This is too good to be true! Dati ko pa wini-wish na maging batas ito dito sa atin.

What do you guys think?

**falken** · March 28th, 2006 02:21 AM

I hope it'll come true.

**Josh0027** · March 28th, 2006 02:26 AM

Tama naman dapat yun eh. Pareparehas naman tayo na dapat sumunod sa mga rules and regulations. Kakaiba lang talaga itong sistema na pinapairal natin. Baka mayroon din yan sa mga broadsheets.

Pero kung nabangga mo tapos tinakbuha mo eh ibang storya na yan.

**oldblue** · March 28th, 2006 02:51 AM

hindi naman siguro kakaiba yun pinapairal sa'tin. life and limb are more important than property. maraming gray area yan jaywalker vs. car. although nakakainis at nakakaabala yun makabundol ka ng jaywalker, mas masakit pa din ang nangyari sa kanya kaysa sa'yo na na-dent-an or nabasagan lang ng sasakyan.

marami lang talaga sa'tin ang kulang sa edukasyon sa physics - that getting hit by a moving car is the same as getting hit by a running person, kaya ganun sila maglakad sa kalye.

**team_PONGLAI_11** · March 28th, 2006 04:09 AM

dapat ganon nga kasi kadalasan kawawa driver kahit mali na ang jaywalkers. jaywalkers na nga sila pa tama ano ba yun. dapat ma implement talaga yan.

**nugundam93** · March 28th, 2006 04:10 AM

sana nga ganito :D

**Flagg** · March 28th, 2006 05:24 AM

E sir oldblue, pano ito...

One day, noong 3 mos old palang Non-pro ko, naka stop me sa stoplight in front of Welcome rotonda towards UST (noon gumagana pa stoplight doon). Maraming tumatawid doon kasi major crossroad yun. An old lady crossed the road, stopped in front of the jeepney beside me, then walked straight into the right side of my front bumper. When she hit the bumper, nadapa sya. So syempre labas me. Mukhang tulala si lola, di nya maintindihan what was going on... OK lang daw sya. Aba bigla may lumabas na 'relatives' demanding damages for lola's injury! Had to give P500 (blue seal noon P20 lang :swear: ) kasi nagmamadali ako (sundo chiks ehehe)...

So yes, sana nga magkakatotoo yung jaywalking = driver no liability. Parang Hong Kong.

**Bravoexo** · March 28th, 2006 05:47 AM

Paurong tayo ah.. sa ibang bansa, priority ang pedestrians, kahit jay walking...(well of course if you didn't see the jaywalker, wala talagang magagawa...pero it shouldn't not invite motorist to just mow them down if jaywalking nga sila, right?

**Flagg** · March 28th, 2006 06:07 AM

Hindi naman po mow them down. Yung liability lang, like in my case above... naka-stop na nga e... 3 cars away from the pedestrain walk pa me noon.

Ehehe sa trauma ko doon, naaalala ko pa ngayon exact details. Pati suot ni lola: white duster. Relatives: matabang mid-age lady naka-yellow t-shirt and glasses. Buti nga di na umabot sa pulis, baka lumaki pa gastos ko... nakuha na nga yung pang-date ko e...