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Because emergency braking isn't guaranteed to stop your car before you have hit a pedestrian. Plainly said: physics exist.


Maybe we shouldn't be driving so fast in built-up areas?


I personally am not in favor of decreasing the efficiency of our entire economy so that pedestrians who think they own the roads can walk wherever they want and expect everyone else to defer to their whims.

Also, you've repeatedly asked the question "why should drivers get any right of way on the roads". Well, for one, I would imagine that the average car operator pays more towards the upkeep of the roads than the average pedestrian.


Property taxes pay for city streets.


> the average car operator pays more towards the upkeep of the roads than the average pedestrian

Pay to play, huh?

Rich people get to use the roads for what they want, huh?




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