I’ve now watched the video a few times. Between the poor quality—where is the top half of the view shown in the videos on youtube, including street lights—and the poor lighting, viewers cannot tell how fast Ms. Herzberg moved or whether she looks in any direction. What you see is the back of her head after impact.
I was hit by a car when I was in third grade. It was after dark in the winter. His head lights were off. There was a 35 mile per hour speed limit. I looked before crossing from his left to the right but when I was in the right lane, I saw a gleam—the street light playing on his hood. I didn’t look a second time but instead did my best to finish crossing. He clipped my hip with his passenger fender, throwing me into a snow pile. I have no idea of his speed or the distance when I saw the gleam of the street light on his hood, maybe three street lights away?
I do know that different people react differently in a situation. Maybe she already looked, maybe she didn’t. Maybe she registered the car with her peripheral vision and just tried to finish crossing because what other option did she have? But from the video, I cannot determine that she never looked and I don’t think anyone else can.
