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I loosely agree with Lucas on the modern blame culture; knowing all of your rights but none of your responsibilities assuming that is where he was leading to? I step out into the path of an oncoming vehicle, there is a collision, do I entirely blame the other party? How much responsibility do I take?
However, in this developed country and child is knocked over daily either coming or going to school. A bleak stat. How much blame do you place at the door of said child?
Then the broader issue becomes design. Has the the road been made to useable from the most vulnerable road user position? Has the vehicle been designed in such a way that accidents are inherent to the design? Knowing what we know about the DfT's lust for 'motorflow' it's not hard to see why there are accidents in certain places: There's a pelican crossing on tower bridge road that took an eternity to give green man (even if it hasn't been engaged in a long while). It entirely easy to see how someone waiting loses patience, thinking it broken and just crosses anyway. Mix that with someone driving at 33mph, the tesco lorry drop blocking 40% of your visibility and the next time you're using that crossing, it's dead sagging flowers tied to the lamp post with ink run messages on cards.