the accident occurred in late July in Chelyabinsk the driver of a Lexus struck a pedestrian who ran across a six-lane highway outside of the crosswalk. As a result the man died. After such accidents, many believe that once a pedestrian is violated, the driver automatically gets rid of liability, but in practice it is not so. In the new issue of “Group analysis” we describe how, in practice, establish the guilt (or innocence) of the motorist in such cases.