SomeOtherOrder

SomeOtherOrder t1_jebl4g5 wrote

Search for deep pockets, aka “someone’s gotta pay”

The guy who drove his car through the store probably doesn’t even have adequate insurance limits to cover the property damage, let alone the fatality and all of the other injuries.

Juries are going to be sympathetic to the victims here. This won’t even go to trial if any of the parties involved have any sense.

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SomeOtherOrder t1_j41y0o2 wrote

No. If you hit a stationary object, that’s typically considered collision not comp.

The “brick fell off someone’s truck” situation is tough. The moment it touched the ground, it’s no longer considered a falling object or “missile” so comprehensive wouldn’t apply.

If it fell off the truck and landed on your hood or windshield, that would be considered comp.

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SomeOtherOrder t1_j3orcy9 wrote

Driving a car on Henry Ave at an uncontrolled intersection is 100% legal.

Crossing 4 lanes of travel on foot with no traffic controls is not.

Please please stop defending idiots who want a cheesesteak over people just trying to get home 🙏.

I feel like I need to repeat that the people doing this by and large drove there and didn’t feel like finding parking. It’s more convenient for some reason to park across the street and try to run across rather than walk a little further to Walnut and wait to cross. That’s objectively their fault.

I understand no one really deserves to get hit by a car but at what point do you put some blame on people running across a dangerous busy street for the sake of a fucking cheesesteak?

If somebody I knew got hit doing this, yes, I’d be sad for them. But I wouldn’t remove their responsibility from the equation.

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SomeOtherOrder t1_j3oqlg5 wrote

Alternatively: don’t run across the street there just because you want a sandwich.

These are rarely people that walked the whole way. Most of them drove there and ran across the street because it was more convenient than finding parking.

I always obey the speed limit in that area specifically but it doesn’t stop dumbasses from casually strolling across the street. People driving too fast should be reprimanded but you’re a reckless idiot if you’re crossing that street on foot with no traffic controls.

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SomeOtherOrder t1_j3optar wrote

Of course, everyone has jaywalked.

…but you’re asking for a problem if you’re doing it there specifically. It’s 4 lanes with no traffic stops for at least 100 ft in either direction.

The problem is that it’s very normalized at that spot for no reason other than an overrated cheesesteak.

Jaywalking at a normal intersection with no traffic is one thing. Jaywalking like anywhere on Henry Ave is a shitty risk to take.

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