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

**Josh0027** · March 28th, 2006 06:39 AM

hmmm... siguro kailangan lang nasa lugar ang responsibilites and liabilities ng both driver at pedestrian. Priority naman dapat ang pedestrian lag. Kaya lang kasi nakakinis na nasa biyahe ka tapos out of nowhere biglang may susulpot sa harap mo. Pag naiwasan mo parang wala lang... kala mo naglalakad sa luneta tsk tsk tsk.

**vhenok** · March 28th, 2006 06:45 AM

napapanahon na..........dami nang nagkalat sa lansangan eh!

**GlennSter** · March 28th, 2006 09:17 AM

hmm...i remember dati na may panukala si bayani na ganun nga.na pwede pa kasuhan ang jaywalker pag nasaganasaan siya..

ewan ko lang kung ano nangyari dun

**mazdamazda** · March 28th, 2006 09:29 AM

well... according sa news kagabi... tumawid yung babae sa walang pedestrian lane (kahit na may tinayo na mga pedestrian overpass si bayani sa may caloocan).

nung isang araw naman, sa may LRT Quirino. bumaba yung mama sa leftmost lane. ayun, nahagip ng sasakyan.

**karlbo** · March 28th, 2006 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by mazdamazda

well... according sa news kagabi... tumawid yung babae sa walang pedestrian lane (kahit na may tinayo na mga pedestrian overpass si bayani sa may caloocan).

may overpass na nga eh bakit hindi pa dun dumaan.. tinamad umakyat?!>... hay?!

**Bry** · March 28th, 2006 10:28 AM

Bravoexo: Paurong? I don't think so. What if you were driving down a major road tapos may biglang tumalon na suicidal right in front of you. He's too close. Even if you slam on your brakes with your two feet, aabutan na talaga. It's not your fault now, is it? I know you wouldn't want to go to jail for a crime you are not guilty of.

**falken** · March 28th, 2006 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Bravoexo

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?

Pag wala sa lugar ang pagtawid, walang kasalanan dapat ang driver. Hindi naman yung sasadyain na sagasaan sila.

**Altis6453** · March 28th, 2006 02:07 PM

I believe that in Japan, a driver who accidentally hits a jaywalking pedestrian is not liable criminally.

When you really construe our laws, a jaywalker is, in fact, violating an ordinance or law so if he/she gets hit by a motor vehicle, so long as there was no negligence on the part of the driver, he should not be liable criminally. Civil damages? That's another matter. Dapat din hindi. Pero mga pulis dito iba ang pagkakaintindi sa batas. Talo ka kaagad kung ikaw ang me sasakyan.

**oldblue** · March 28th, 2006 02:36 PM

*flagg, I ran over a jaywalker once sa coastal road, night time. he was drunk tip toeing as the road was his playground. hit him at 60kph sa right side bullbar. bullbar bent and damaged my right front lights. then his face hit the hood twice and left a mark, then slapped on to the windshield that left a lot of blood, then proceeded on with his travel above the roof and the roof racks, then slumped on the asphalt.

after hitting him, my first instinct was to run. at first I was furious bec. he acted like an idiot crossing a multi-lane highway. pero noon nakita ko sya lying on the road with a small hole in his skull above the left ear, with the smell of blood na sobrang lansa bec. ang dami, nanlumo ako noon sobra.

never knew then that a vehicle like that can inflict such damage to a person's body. I was 19. never mind him being an idiot and a drunk. and never mind the abala and the expenses. tao pa din yun. and from then on, I realized why the law is on the side of the pedestrian ... the person survived after 1 month in the hospital, thank God.