Darrell went to a neighborhood tavern late one night and had a few too many beers. He chose to drive home because he was intoxicated but also overconfident. Unaware of his substantial impairment in judgment, he had trouble keeping control of his car. He sped through a neighborhood, oblivious to a stop sign at an intersection. At the same time, Sarah, a pedestrian, started to cross the street at the marked crosswalk. Darrell's automobile rammed into Sarah with incredible power and the collision was unavoidable, sending Sarah flying several feet away. He fled the scene out of panic, leaving Sarah hurt. What offense is Darrell engaged in, and how would you handle it? List all offenses committed by both parties.

Assume that a truck driver is driving while drunk (ie. while they have a blood alcohol content that is over the legally permitted limit). The driver loses concentration, and collides with Jim's car, injuring Jim too. Jim's car, however, was improperly parked in the middle of the road, while Jim transferred its contents onto a pallet on the side of the road. Arguably: Select one: a. Liability for damage caused to Jim's car and Jim's personal injuries should be apportioned since both parties caused the accident. b. Neither party has a legal action as they were both breaching the law. c. Jim is wholly responsible for the damage as he caused the accident. d. The truck driver is wholly responsible for the damage as the driver caused the accident.

If you observe an impaired driver, a safe behavior for you would be ____________.To follow the vehicleTo pass that car as quickly as possible to get away from itTo pull beside the impaired driver and motion for him to pull over so you can offer to help himTo increase the amount of space between you and the other vehicle and allow the impaired driver to proceed in front of you

Flora’s car breaks down, leaving her stranded on the highway in the middle of rush hour. As more and more cars drive past her, Flora is surprised that no one stops to help her. The fact that other drivers fail to help Flora is most likely explained by

1. Consider the following traffic accident. The defendant was driving her car at approximately the speed limit (35 mph) down a two-lane city street. No cars were parked on the driver’s side of the street at the time the accident occurred. The car proceeded through a lighted intersection and struck a 12-year-old boy at a point approximately 150 feet past the intersection. The car dragged the boy 41 feet before stopping. Once the car stopped the driver backed up and drove over the boy again. Most of the boy’s injuries were to his leg. Damages were set at $100,000. What human factors issues should be considered to determine whether the driver was able to stop the car prior to striking the boy?

You are a jaywalker at a distance x from an intersection. At time t = 0 you start tocross it at a constant velocity perpendicular to the direction of the street such that it would take you timeT to cross it. Incidentally, at t = 0, there is also a car at X = 40.0 m away from the intersection. It is aself-driving Tesla, and it drives toward the intersection at such a speed that if the light remained green,the car would reach the intersection at t = T .At time t = 0, the light turns red, and since the car is driven by a computer, it immediately beginsdecelerating with constant acceleration a such that it comes to a stop at exactly X = 0.You are x = 8.00 m from the intersection. Do you get hit by the car? If yes, report the speed of the carrelative to the ground when it hits you, as a percent of its original speed before the light turned red. Ifno, report how far away the car is from you when you finish crossing the street