Going to hold up the mirror here… how can you interpret this and excuse the driver from their responsibility to look where they are driving, to check the road ahead of them is safe and clear of danger to their fellow citizens be they motorists or pedestrians… they should never have an expectation that the road is clear… it’s their responsibility as a driver to continually be making sure of this fact… this is why we prosecute reckless driving, dangerous driving, driving without due care and attention, and a hundred other names from jurisdictions around the entire world… because if you push the gas pedal your fucking responsible for where the damn car goes… outside of extremely specific circumstances where we allow people to potentially have good reasons for their car not going where it should, faulty breaks and this sort of thing… other than that, it’s the damn drivers fault and they are responsible for operating the vehicle.

Pedestrians in california have de facto right of way over cars in any scenario so this is irrelevant here.