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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by corty on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:50PM (#25411219)
Nowadays, you can get yourself sentenced for murder for a traffic accident: https://m.dw.com/en/berlin-car-race-death-top-german-court-p...
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by sidlls on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:28PM (#25413559)
Good. Punishments for bad driving ought to be much more severe.
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by cbozeman on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:24PM (#25421136)
The only thing more severe than a life sentence is execution... so... execute bad drivers?
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by sidlls on Monday December 14, 2020 @08:15PM (#25425823)
I meant more generally. Drivers get off very easily for very poor behavior that is often negligent and sometimes maliciously so, especially in their treatment of pedestrians and cyclists.

"More severe" includes "any at all."

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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by pseudalopex on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:51PM (#25413003)
If you intentionally race through a city.
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