Drivers Vs Pedestrians

[Kiwichef]

Hi there today I was coming out of a Tesco carpark and I was the next to get onto the road and I was going left so I was looking to the right for the next gap so when it came time to do so I powered up looked in front and proceeded to move but all of a sudden a pedestrian walked right in front of me and almost hit him but ended up in a verbal altercation so was it his fault for stepping out off the kerb to walk in front of my truck or is it my fault for not looking all the way left to see if he was about to step off the kerb?

[sddsddean]

Unfortunately it would have been your fault, but this is because everyone is so in to 'blame culture' that apparently common sense has gone out of the window. Most people on here have never sat in a truck, let alone driven one and have no idea how little you can see. You can lose a car in a blind spot, let alone a pedestrian...and don't get me started on suicidal cyclists!

[HansUrbancka]

I have always understood that pedestrians have priority at a road junction. What THECORBYLOON has indicated is that a clarification is intended to the rights of pedestrians at road Junctions. However , I think you would have been blamed, under present legislation, if your vehicle had contacted the person involved.

I refer you to Rule 8(pedestrians) and Rule 170(vehicles)
of the current Highway Code:-

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-pedestrians-1-to-35

Hans.

[Sunk]

The highway code states you should indicate and look out for ‘other road users’.
Unfortunately drivers interpret a road user to be another car, and not a pedestrian, cycle, motorbike or horse.

If you turned and you were on top of the pedestrian, chances are they moved when you were stationary.
You cannot assume a pedestrian has good eyesight or has road sense.

[piggynose]

Truck? I didnt know there was a tescos in the US.

[Sunk]

Tesco owned Fresh & Easy in the US before selling the 200 stores in 2013.