Late-night roads warning after taxi hits Hull man

“Not many people will walk around 50 yards to the nearest crossings, they're less likely if they've had a few beers down them. However, it's upto the pedestrian to be cautious when crossing the road and drivers should slow down and be aware of idiots walking into the road, especially late at night.

Not sure what's the matter with HDM but they won't let my messeages get through, so I apologise in advance if this appears more than once. Do they put our messages in a queueing system?”

“Not many people will walk around 50 yards to the nearest crossings, they're less likely if they've had a few beers down them. However, it's upto the pedestrian to be cautious when crossing the road and drivers should slow down and be aware of idiots walking into the road, especially late at night.”

“did they check his papers while he was in hospital.....”

“This occurs more than what people may think. Only when someone is seriously injured or killed does it make the news. Just a few days before this incident, I hit 2 pedestrians outside of 'The Welly' club. They simply walked out from between the parked taxis. Luckily for them, I had already slowed as i knew the area was potentially frequented by revellers and after I breaked, skidded and hit them, their injuries were just cuts and bruises. My speed, or lack of, meant they both hobbled away without serious injury. I called the ambulance and the police attended. Because their injuries turned out to be minor, it didn't make the news. We only hear about the serious incidents.”

“That should say 'Saturday'... !?!”

“I didn't think it was implicating the driver of the taxi. Try driving up Lairgate in beverley on a Friday or a****ay night. The pavements are so small and the pubs come right out onto the street that you cannot help having to slow/stop for pedestrians.

I do agree pedestrians have a responsibility too but it's the driver that's the one in charge of the killing machine which is why they have to alter their driving to suit the circumstances. If I'm driving down a road with lots of drunks around I will expect someone to stumble or fall into the road.”

“An incident last week as I drove down Spring Bank towards town, leads me to believe that one or two of our visitors from overseas are trying to engineer accidents to make false insurance claims.
Driving no more than 25mph I saw the guy among a group of four others look at me approaching and even after seeing me stepped into the roadway. I was more than able to brake in time but he smirked and rejoined his mates on the pavement.”

“Also my point missgb. Shouldn't any speeding charge be dealt with by the legal system, rather than implied via HDM. But having re-read it, maybe HDM are suggesting it was the pedestrian's fault. "He is believed to have been heading north along the road, near The Bull pub, with a friend when he was hit." Shouldn't he have been on the footpath?”

“@Sezby

My point was that the story seems to place all of the blame on the driver without providing any evidence of speeding or poor driving and no mention of the state of the pedestrian. If the driver had been speeding or driving erratically I'm sure there would have been some mention of legal action against him.”

“Circumnavigate.”