I think scandium has every right to be discouraged from his point of view.
However, we are only getting one side of the story, which by his own admission brings his liability into question.
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Last weekend while crossing the street (walking across) after midnight, I was hit by an SUV on the 4 lane highway I had to cross on my way home. There was almost no traffic, it was a clear night, I thought the street was clear and had not, at any point, seen (or even heard) the SUV that hit me - my only warning was the impact itself.
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'it was a clear night' headlights are easily seen by a pedestrian,
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thought the street was clear ' he made a judgemnent as to the safety of his progress onto a four lane
automobile road,
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I should add that I'd crossed three of the 4 lanes I needed to cross to get to the sidewalk on the other side before being hit in the 4th lane by the driver who never saw me, and who then stopped and used their cell phone to call a friend/family member but not 9/11 (that was done later and by somebody else). And somehow, at every point along the way, this has been portrayed - from my perception- as my fault
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'I should add that I'd crossed three of the 4 lanes I needed to cross to get to the sidewalk on the other side before being hit in the 4th lane'
Was scandium looking for auto traffic during the entire crossing of the four lane road? Crossing three out of four lands a person in hospital.
'who then stopped and used their cell phone to call a friend/family member but not 9/11'
The driver stopped the vehicle and did not leave the scene. I suspect he was under no other legal responsibility. Although we all hope to act in the correct and hreoic manner portrayed on the TV human nature is not always scripted. Also where did scandium get this information, his tale says he was near coherent at best during the incident.
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Later, in the ER, while still attached to heart/blood pressure monitoring equipment and hooked up to a respirator, while lying flat on my back and in a neck brace, and after the ultrasound of my internal organs but before the CT scans and X-rays, I'm visited by another police officer. He again asks, (while I can still only barely speak) if I'd had anything to drink or taken any drugs, and then mentions before departing that he'd popped in to let the driver, who he said was "very shaken up about the whole thing", know that I was "ok".
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Taken apart from the police checking for intoxication, the driver was concerned for scandium's wll being.
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he makes a point of mentioning that I had not crossed at the crosswalk that is much further up the street (and in my opinion more dangerous to cross at night because of the speed people drive at and the limited visibility there to both driver and pedestrian)
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' had not crossed at the crosswalk ............in my opinion more dangerous to cross at night because of the speed people drive at and the limited visibility there to both driver and pedestrian'
This statement will get ya wacked by any insurance company. Crosswalks are designed to control both pedestrian and auto traffic in a safe and judicious manner. If one chooses to diregard the designated crosswalk or roadway the liability rests upon the individual who chooses to disobey the legal crossing.