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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by stevenwoo on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:18AM (#20400616)
It's like the article states - it's actually unusual for a non drunk driver in America to face charges when in any incident with a bicyclist or pedestrian even with a death unless there is a LEO watching or LEO victim. It's a common topic on blogs about cycling in the USA.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by marvin on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:42AM (#20400717)
In parts of Europe, any motor vehicle accident where a pedestrian or cyclist dies is likely to result in a charge of manslaughter for the driver, unless the pedestrian or cyclist was obviously at fault.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by hkt on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:21AM (#20400629)
What's LEO?
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by artofcode on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:24AM (#20400644)
Law Enforcement Officer
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by pacaro on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:28AM (#20402251)
Often in more formal writing the phrase "peace officer" is used, at least in part this is because in the US there are so many different types of cop and so many jobs that have some level of cop-like authority that saying cop or police officer is insufficient
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:23AM (#20400638)
Law Enforcement Officer
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by t413 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @07:00PM (#20407467)
Low Earth Orbit.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by naravara on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:56AM (#20401482)
Ha. I’ve seen cyclists get hit by cars that aren’t watching before they turn and the cop who saw the whole thing still blames the cyclist just for being hard to see.
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