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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by heavyset_go on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:15PM (#27572515)
Because the justice system consistently lets drivers who cause injuries to, or kill, pedestrians with their cars slide.

Consequences for injuring or killing pedestrians only seem to enter the equation when serious negligence is involved, like when drivers are intoxicated, or when there is a hit-and-run.

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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by midasuni on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:41PM (#27573715)
Even then killing with a car is treated far less seriously than otherwise. If you want to murder someone, have a few drinks and drive into them. They’ll be dead and you’ll get kit in a couple of years. Avoid the drinks and you might even get away with it completely.
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by heavyset_go on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:26PM (#27574733)
I went to school with someone who killed another person while driving drunk. They were found guilty and the judge didn't sentence them to serve any time incarcerated.
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