One of the funniest things was to see a bicycle pile-up in Amsterdam when a tourist walked into the bike lanes. OK, well, it wasn't funny at the moment. This jay walking thing is dangerous, cars or not.
I am all for personal responsibility. However, here in the US the driver would get sued to hell and back if a person were to jaywalk and get hit. Going back to the Netherlands, it was interesting to take tours of windmills and find no safety barriers between the tourists and the internal mechanism. Here in the US we'd probably add a full plexiglass barrier to prevent accidents. So I have to wonder how much of this is due to differences in the laws around the world.
Oh god, jaywalking tourists on bike paths! It's totally fine to cross the bike path, but you really should watch before you cross. Pedestrians can behave very erratically, and it can be incredibly hard for a cyclist to predict what you're going to do (though I've gotten pretty good at it over the years). Fortunately such collissions are rarely serious.
I am all for personal responsibility. However, here in the US the driver would get sued to hell and back if a person were to jaywalk and get hit. Going back to the Netherlands, it was interesting to take tours of windmills and find no safety barriers between the tourists and the internal mechanism. Here in the US we'd probably add a full plexiglass barrier to prevent accidents. So I have to wonder how much of this is due to differences in the laws around the world.