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It is in many countries. For example, in Germany, in any situation where a driver and a pedestrian or cyclist crash, the driver always has partial fault. In cas

It is in many countries. For example, in Germany, in any situation where a driver and a pedestrian or cyclist crash, the driver always has partial fault. In cases where the cyclist or pedestrian dies, it almost always is a crime for the driver. In some situations, when the driver is driving recklessly, it becomes murder. On February 27, a driver was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment for murder by car: http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2017-02/berlin-illegales-autorennen-fahrer-urteil http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2017-02/berlin... (that was two drivers doing an illegal car race, and hitting a car that wasn’t participating).

vaseem 9y ago
Laws like these are very dangerous.
- astrodust 9y ago
  Not as dangerous as cars.
- lorenzhs 9y ago
  No, they recognise the danger cars pose to others and the responsibility this places on drivers. What makes cars so special that it's seen as okay when a person is killed with one?
legulere 9y ago
Not always, there are cases where the driver did everything right and still an accident happened: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/prozess-gegen-lkw-fahrer-warnung-an-alle-radfahrer-1.95367 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/prozess-gegen-lkw-fahrer...
- kuschku 9y ago
  As the article you linked shows, there’s a different burden of proof in that case, though.