So lets hear your opinions.
Setting:
6:30 am, i drive the same way everyday to work, for the past five years to be exact. Its dark, the intersection i pull up to has a stop sign, and cars on both sides. I pull to a stop, glancing to the right, then to the left, im checking for people and head lights so i can take a left turn.
Woman on the left with a dog, no cars.
About 2 seconds after i come to a stop, someone is banging on my window cussing me out.
Its a jogger.
Obviously he is trying to be dramatic acting as if i hit him.
But here is the deal, its dark, he is wearing black pants, a black stalking cap, and a dark gray shirt. no reflectors of any type.
Also, he must have not of seen me, since i blocked his 'path', he decided to make a point by physically running into my car after i stopped. Then beating on the window with both hands and calling me an asshole, then jogging off.
Personally i think he needs a punch to the face, and im tempted next time to stop short, then run him over.
Thoughts on whos at fault?
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He's an idiot for not wearing anything reflective and running into a stopped vehicle.
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Which window was he banging on?
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This happens more often then you think, most likely he's a bum or has no job so he goes around in the dead of night trying to be "hit" by a car so he can sue you.
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Both are at fault. You didn't yield or give proper clearance to the pedestrian. The pedestrian obviously was not too concerned about his role being in dark attire when there is no daylight. So as with all things insurance wise these days, you both are at fault for it is a 'no fault' deal anymore.
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It was a harmless accident. You did him no harm, and it seems like the jogger just wasn't looking where he was going
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Runners fault, but be the better person and don't run him over lol. Now recently I was being a pedestrian while wearing a bright red-orange coat at night, and this Asian lady almost turned my foot into a flipper!
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Edited by Gatsby: 12/18/2013 2:49:47 PMIf he has no reflective gear and its dark, tell him to suck his mom and he deserves to get hit.
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Lol sounds like a burglar.