[lbo-talk] is law enforcement a way to raise money for localeconomies?

[Andy]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On May 9, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
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>> In other words: it's not the ped's responsibility to avoid
>> being hit; it's the driver's responsibility to avoid hitting
>> him.
>
> Even when said pedestrian walks into the fucking street without looking? Sorry, I can take this principle a good bit of the way with you, but not that far.

I agree that this can go too far, but my understanding is that in NL a
car in an accident with a cyclist or ped has a presumtion of
liability.  Not sure how this might be modified by circumstances.

And shag does indeed know her legal and political history of cycling.

-- 
Andy