Pedestrians always have the right of way.
Purposefully driving your car into someone is still vehicular manslaughter no matter what laws they are disobeying especially when they are clearly visible.
No matter what the pedestrian is doing, if you could avoid hitting them and you hit them anyway it is a crime and like I said, likely a fucking felony.
And guess what. I actually looked this up before opening my mouth unlike you.
[Minnesota] Criminal law defines six levels of criminal vehicular operation (CVO)—all but one constituting felony offenses—depending on the level of injury inflicted:
- criminal vehicular homicide (causing death, but not constituting murder or manslaughter)
- great bodily harm (serious permanent injury) substantial bodily harm (temporary substantial injury)
- bodily harm (pain or injury—a gross misdemeanor)
- death to an unborn child
- injury to an unborn child
A common element to each of these CVO crimes is that the person causes the specified harm to another person as a result of operating a motor vehicle under any of the following conditions:
- in a grossly negligent manner
- in violation of any of the elements of regular DWI law
- where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene in violation of Minnesota’s felony fleeing law
- where a citation was issued that the vehicle was defectively maintained, the driver knew remedial action was not taken, the defect created a risk to others, and injury or death resulted from the defective maintenance
609.2112 CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.
Subdivision 1.Criminal vehicular homicide.
A person is guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the person causes the death of a human being not constituting murder or manslaughter as a result of operating a motor vehicle:
(1) in a grossly negligent manner;
(Source: www.revisor.mn.gov)
An indifference to, and a blatant violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others.
Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or both.
(Source:legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com)
TL;DR: Purposefully hitting people with your car is Gross Negligence at best.
If you hurt any of them, but not seriously, it is a Gross Misdemeanor. (one count for each injury)
If you SERIOUSLY injure any of them it’s a FELONY.
If you kill the it is a FELONY.
If you slightly injure someone, then drive away:
No matter where the person is standing in relation to the road.
ITS NOT THE FUCKING PURGE THE MOMENT SOMEONE WALKS INTO THE ROAD.