Heavier cars are safer for their drivers, but far deadlier for everyone else

Re:Heavier cars are safer for their drivers, but far deadlie... by mytherin on Monday September 12, 2022 @02:14AM (#32806659)

Is that really so crazy? Driving a vehicle means constantly putting others' life at risk. Being a pedestrian does not. Holding people driving vehicles up to (significantly) higher standards seems like the sane thing to do, considering the immense damage they can cause to others.

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Re:Heavier cars are safer for their drivers, but far deadlie... by throwawaylinux on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:25AM (#32807103)

Having to prove yourself innocent of criminal accusation? Yes I think that is a pretty bad system. That has nothing to do with the standards you have for negligence or competence of operation, it is about a private citizen being compelled by the state to provide proof of their innocence of a criminal accusation.

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Re:Heavier cars are safer for their drivers, but far deadlie... by mytherin on Monday September 12, 2022 @05:28AM (#32807763)

Having to prove yourself innocent of criminal accusation after killing someone else seems like a pretty reasonable system. The idea that killing other human beings using a car is "expected" and "the norm" seems to me like the bad system.

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Re:Heavier cars are safer for their drivers, but far deadlie... by throwawaylinux on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:29AM (#32809151)

> Having to prove yourself innocent of criminal accusation after killing someone else seems like a pretty reasonable system.

I think you have it backward. You are being asked to prove yourself innocent after being accused of being the guilty party in an incident in which somebody died.

> The idea that killing other human beings using a car is "expected" and "the norm" seems to me like the bad system.

I don't know where you got that idea from. Seems pretty deluded.

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