Bus driver found not guilty after hitting pedestrian who was crossing the street without permission: South Korea

In South Korea, a 70-year-old male driver was found ``not guilty'' of hitting and killing a pedestrian with his bus as he crossed the road without permission on an eight-lane road.
On the 12th, a judge at the Incheon District Court decided that Mr. A (
70 years old) was declared not guilty. At the time, Suspect A was driving the bus at a speed of 51 to 53 km/h on a road with eight lanes on both sides. Pedestrian B (42 years old) was there even though the crosswalk was red.
He crossed the road without permission. Mr. B collided with the bus he was traveling on and was taken to a hospital, where he died. The prosecutor's office concluded that Suspect A failed to fulfill his duty of care in the course of his work because he neglected his duty to look both ways in front of him.
Judging that this had been a violation, Suspect A was tried on suspicion of causing death under the Act on Special Provisions for the Handling of Traffic Accidents. However, the trial chamber said, ``Suspect A was driving at a speed of 51 to 53.1 km/h on a road with a speed of 50 km/h.
Based on the fact that Mr. A continued to keep his eyes on Mr. B, who was crossing the street without permission, and that he was within the braking distance of the bus when he noticed Mr.
The court ordered the Japan Road Transport Corporation to analyze the braking distance at which the bus could detect a person and stop based on the circumstances at the time of the accident.
"Yes," he asked. The Japan Road Transport Corporation determined that 33.3 meters was the distance a bus could immediately stop after spotting a person under the circumstances at the time. However, the distance at which Suspect A found Mr. B was
The separation was only 22.9 meters. The trial chamber stated, ``The stopping distance at the time was 33.3 meters, so it is unlikely that the accident could be avoided by braking.''
"It was difficult to foresee that there would be someone who had crossed the street," he said.