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Re:Silicon Valley stays on top as tech salaries climb across... by legerdemain on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:25PM (#26337417)
Speaking from family experience, here's what actually happens: someone driving an expensive car drunk hits you. Then they pay a small bribe and get away with impunity.
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Re:Silicon Valley stays on top as tech salaries climb across... by jjjeii3 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:37PM (#26337489)
In Germany you don't even need money to only get probation for such a deadly crash incident:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https:/...

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Re:Silicon Valley stays on top as tech salaries climb across... by legerdemain on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:42PM (#26337527)
To make sure we're on the same page, the grandparent is describing this as a positive part of living in Ukraine.
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