http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/08/man-struck-by-bus-in-downtown-seattle Comments On: Man Struck by Bus in Downtown Seattle by Cienna Madrid en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by care bear]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:45:52 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by SamWayneSmith]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:26:30 -0800 The Stranger
That said, this collision has nothing to do with yielding the right of way since the pedestrian stepped out in front of a moving vehicle.
Posted by fletc3her]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:54:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raerosen]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:05:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raerosen]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:56:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by More, I Say!]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:32:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by south downtown]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:11:19 -0800 The Stranger
total CF commute.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:41:37 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by bigyaz]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:38:49 -0800 The Stranger Who died defending his right of way.
He was right, dead right as he drove along
But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.
Posted by wxPDX]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:11:45 -0800 The Stranger He wasn’t served the coffee, however, because he was bleeding from his head.

Injury discrimination!
Posted by Renton Mike]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:02:32 -0800 The Stranger "Witnesses told KOMO News the bus appeared to have the right of way and the man just walked out in front of it."

If a pedestrian steps out into traffic, and the vehicles have the right of way, the act of stepping into traffic does not, to my understanding, mean that those vehicles have "lost" the right of way. The law requires that vehicles yield to pedestrians, yes. It doesn't empower pedestrians to willy-nilly change right of way.

It's a shame if this person was texting or not paying attention or whatever. I hope he can recover. But based on what I can find out, the driver of the bus did not do anything wrong.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/arti…


Posted by TJ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:02:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TVDinner]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:56:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by PCM]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:47:35 -0800 The Stranger
Wouldn't surprise me if that turns out to be the case. 3rd Avenue at Stewart, Pine and Pike is a white knuckle drive for anyone. Pedestrians dart out against the light at those intersections every day. I've been working down here for seven years and I'm surprised we don't see more people getting hit. I saw two extremely close calls last week alone.
Posted by Hernandez]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:24:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ziggity]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:20:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by amsellie]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:16:57 -0800 The Stranger
Uh no. The pedestrian had the right of way. I didn't even need to read the article. Know why? Because that is the LAW.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:09:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:07:55 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by emor]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:07:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Gordon Werner]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:06:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:58:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:56:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:56:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:54:36 -0800 The Stranger