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Old May 19th 17, 01:32 AM posted to rec.autos.driving,misc.survivalism,misc.legal,alt.politics.liberalism,talk.politics.guns
Klaus Schadenfreude[_2_]
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Default NC motorists who hit protesters blocking roadways will be legally protected under proposed bill

On Thu, 18 May 2017 20:22:02 -0400, "Scout"
> wrote:

>
>
>"nospam" > wrote in message
.. .
>> In article
>> >, Siri
>> Cruise > wrote:
>>
>>> > > In California vehicles yield the right of way to pedestrians
>>> > > regardless
>>> > > of
>>> > > whether the pedestrians are making a legal crossing.
>>> >
>>> > that might be what the law says, but anyone who steps in front of a
>>> > moving vehicle which shows no signs of slowing down is not going to
>>> > enjoy the outcome.
>>>
>>> Actual protesters obstruct traffic in a way that the cars have enough
>>> time to
>>> see them and stop.

>>
>> you were talking about jaywalking.
>>
>> the entire goal of protesters is to shut down roads and inconvenience
>> innocent drivers who just want to go to work or home or wherever it is
>> they're going. some of them attack the drivers who insist on getting
>> past their crap.

>
>Further, it should be noted that obstructing traffic to the point of
>shutting down a road can readily be foreseen to result in traffic accidents,
>and thus damage, injury and possibly death.
>
>As such, the protestors could be held legally liable for ALL of
>that....including any injury, or death that resulted from their attempt to
>obstruct traffic.
>
>Being a pedestrian does NOT mean you can obstruct traffic. Nor does it
>absolve you of your responsibilities to prevent dangerous situations and not
>to knowingly place yourself into danger.



Particularly when they obstruct traffic with no other purpose OTHER
THAN obstructing traffic, violating the civil rights of others,
preventing emergency vehicles, etc. etc. etc.

>As such a defense of your acting in willful criminal negligence is certainly
>a reasonable defense for anyone having struck you.



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