Originally Posted by
TimothyH
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
There's a good chance if he was in the middle of the lane he would have been run over rather than knocked over.
There is also a
good chance that he might have been seen.
So, it appears you are rating "being seen" at the same chance as being
dead (or much more seriously injured).
Anyway, there isn't really a "good chance" that he would be significantly more noticeable a few feet to the right on that road.
If a driver didn't notice him at the curb from 50-100 (or more) feet away, he wouldn't be much more noticeable 2-3 feet to the right.
It's a particularly bad place to expect that drivers will notice you at all (whatever you are doing).
Originally Posted by
TimothyH
Both of us are doing nothing more than speculating.
I'm not speculating. I'm basing it on the facts that are available.
* We know the driver didn't see him.
* We know he didn't do too badly with what he did.
(Just to be clear, I'm a fairly vigorous lane taker.)