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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by jiggawatts on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:00PM (#39984771)
Your right to buy a massive truck for driving two miles to your office job without a reversing camera infringes on the right if my three year old kid to live when you back up out of a parking space and can’t see behind the massive and oddly clean truck bed.

Similarly, you aren’t the only one that gets to use your car. Assuming you have friends, they might like a lift from you and not risk their lives doing so because you choose FREEDOM! over seat belts. Or the friends of your kid that you drive to soccer practice. Their mums and dads would like the freedom to have their kids reach adulthood.

We live in a society. We’re not Doctor Manhattan floating above the surface of Mars in perfect solipsistic isolation. It’s not about the government. It’s about your friends, family, neighbours, and community… all of whom are represented by the government.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by starfleet_bop on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:21PM (#39986036)
The safety of your three year old child is your responsibility. If your child is run over then it’s due to your lack of adequate supervision in the face of lack of capability of the child to avoid the accident and/or education of not to stand in the way of moving vehicles.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by jiggawatts on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @10:47PM (#39986489)
So if I run over your child because I chose a grossly unsafe vehicle, then that's your fault, not mine.

You won't blame me. You'll blame yourself.

Got it.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by lovich on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @06:02PM (#39996175)
Where exactly would you draw the line where responsibility would lay on this hypothetical car driver if even running over a child would be someone else’s fault?

That’s a legitimate question. Does it need malicious intent otherwise it’s up to everyone to protect themselves from others and no one has a responsibility to mitigate harm?

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