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Unfortunately that means that we can reasonably expect it to happen, and so (under law) have a "Duty of care" to such air-heads ! Hence, riding in a way that you cannot stop when a foreseeable event happens is reckless IMHO.
He should have ridden at a safe speed, given his lack of brakes !?
You hit the nail on the head. We have a duty of care to air heads, i.e, normal people walking about. Vehicles are less important than people.
William.
@The.Gren
We all know that 90% of Peds are on the phone/music and so think that there is an invisible force-field around them. Many seem to believe that this gives them the ability to just walk into the road - we've all had them step out in front of us.
Unfortunately that means that we can reasonably expect it to happen, and so (under law) have a "Duty of care" to such air-heads ! Hence, riding in a way that you cannot stop when a foreseeable event happens is reckless IMHO.
He should have ridden at a safe speed, given his lack of brakes !?
PS, this is a legal perspective, not my emotional one ;-)