J.Primus
Senior Member
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- Northerner living in London
If this is the case, is it wrong of me to extrapolate that if a pedestrian unreasonably steps out in front of me at close quarters, I should just aim straight for them with the aim of cushioning any potential impact, rather than trying to avoid them and risking an impact with something less soft?
If a pedestrian jumps in front of me I will do my utmost to brake hard and avoid them but I won't swerve into the line of traffic or into the curb as I don't see it as worth a serious injury to myself.
I will always slow down in advance if I think a ped is going to do it and try to keep a look out for them, but sometimes they will literally go from walking in a straight line down the path to stepping directly infront of you in half a second. Luckily this happens very rarely in my experience. Most jumpers make it quite obvious they are about to do it so you've plenty of time to slow down.