On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:26:39 -0700, John David Galt
> wrote:

>Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>> Anyone stupid enough to walk out in front of oncoming traffic deserves
>> a Darwin Award - and there isn't a cop on the planet who will ticket
>> you for it (as long as the pedestrian is not in a crosswalk, of
>> course).
>
>If only this were true.

It was true the time I hit a pedestrian. He was crossing the street in
mid-block and walked right out in front of my car; I braked, but he
was too close, and he was knocked to the ground. I was not cited.