Originally Posted by
RunningPirate
Oiysh...this is sort of lose/lose...
As a runner, I make it my responsibility to look behind me before I make a directional change or U-turn...to avoid situations like this. However, as a snowboarder, I know that the person in front of me technically has the right of way, and that it's my responsibility to maneuver around him/her as (s)he can't see me and is not going to look.
I can understand where you are going with this, but this situation involves a public street. It would not make much sense if the person in front can do whatever he/she desires and has no responsibility to look behind, such as brake suddenly or cut right/left. If this was the case, a driver who changes lanes without looking, causing an accident as a result, would not be at fault for plowing into the car next to him/her. People will use this argument everywhere and there would so much carnage all over the world if the driver at the front is allowed to abuse all privileges and laws of driving in this manner.