Do I have to slow down for Predestrians or children who are walking on the sidewalk? Or can I keep driving?

Question

I got into an accident with some idiot asian lady. I'm on the main road and she is entering a intersection, however she has a stop sign and she must check traffic before entering intersection as well as yielding to traffic in the intersection since I have the right of way. She does not yield to me, and I slam on brakes and hit her anyway. The insurance company said its my fault since I was driving 35mph. THE SPEED LIMIT is 40 mph, but they say that there were kids on the sidewalk. THE KIDS weren't crossing the street, mind you, and they WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF the sidewalk, walking parallel to my direction. They said I drove too fast. The speed limit sign didn't have the when children are present, and the sign before the 40 mph speed limit sign said that School Zone Ends. So are you telling me this lady can just drive into a intersection without looking just because I was going BELOW the speed limit, and since there are children. Now I want your two cents. This is in California...

Answer 1

slow down. You don't want to kill them.