By 'unfortunate accident' I assumed you were talking about one of John's crap movies.

On a serious note, people can so stupid when they're walking across streets. I've seen people walking across major streets who will just dart out in front of a car and not even bat an eye-lash. The best is when I'm driving in a parking lot and someone will pop out of a store with their head down and just walk right in front of my car. Yet, I'd be wrong if I was to hit them??

I hit a woman once when I pulling out of a parking lot. She saw me and then sped up to cross, but I didn't see her. I barely hit her legs, but I got out and asked her why she was trying to "race" me? Pedestrians are just fucking stupid sometimes.

Hmmm. Well after learning a bit more about suicides than I had intended to this weekend, it could be that the woman wanted to die. A lot of "accidents" aren't really accidents and it's a way for their family to save face. Aunt Maggie being tragically hit by a car sounds a lot better than Aunt Maggie hurling herself in front of a car to end her unhappiness.

Sorry for being morbid

Yes, there are dumb pedestrians (and apparently their cluelessness because of cell phones is contributing to a rise in fatalities), but they are still 100-200 pounds of vulnerable flesh against several tons of steel, and drivers need to be more cautious if for no other reason than this inherent inequity. About a month ago a man made a turn through the crosswalk even though there were two of us pedestrians already in it; drivers do it ALL THE TIME even though it's illegal. Before he could get two blocks he'd hit a bicyclist.