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Message: [QUOTE="Joey D, post: 12266756, member: 6203"] In some states, the traffic code states that a vehicle must maintain at least 10 feet from a pedestrian. I looked through the California traffic code and couldn't actually find anything regarding it though. Subsequent searches across the net had CHP officers chiming in saying that you can legally proceed once the pedestrian has cleared your car. 10 feet is more than the width of most cars and definitely more than the 6-foot width of a Bolt. That seems like plenty of room - especially when you consider the standard for traffic lanes in the US is 12-feet. As for the example with the child, if you didn't know the area you have the same risk of hitting them. Probably the better course of action, when the child runs out into the road, is to call the police. It's illegal in most states for a pedestrian to enter a roadway not at a crosswalk. It's also illegal in every state except Utah to allow your children to play outside without supervision and the Utah law just passed this week. While hitting the kid would be tragic for all parties, chances are the driver would not be at fault if they were obeying the speed limit. In researching this story, I seem to think the cop was being jumpy due to what happened in Arizona. However, both sides are withholding the full story. We don't know if the pedestrian was standing on the curb, if they had the WALK sign, if the light was red, or if they had cleared the vehicle completely. All we know is the Cruise (and GM) is saying the sensor data is saying there was 10.8 feet of space between the pedestrian and the car. [/QUOTE]

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