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Originally Posted by Michael1954
As a fellow 'arroder, I quite agree about driving in Great Harwood. I am especially cautious going down Queen Street and on to Tesco's. Pedestrians aren't so clever either, frequently stepping out into the road, oblivious of traffic.
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thats because they know they have right of way and no matter what if you hit one no matter how much fault lays at their hands YOU will be the one to suffer especially after a big fat payout from your insurance
we need jaywalking laws like in america where at least some of the pedestrians safety is put in their hands
i was in great harwood one time and a group of teenagers were playing a game of jumping into the road to scare drivers to see if they could make cars swerve yet if they had got hit it would have been the driver at fault.
admittedly i did not swerve i accidently hit the accellorator but my guess is that teenagers pants turned to a shade of brown
ps:
the word accident was used in its loosest form