Having spent all my childhood in India, I'm inclined to say yes. Unlike North America's overall individualism, Indian society, in large part relies on a strong

Having spent all my childhood in India, I'm inclined to say yes. Unlike North America's overall individualism, Indian society, in large part relies on a strong sense of community (based either on religion or class). (Of course, there is more nuance to it, and I concede that my statement is, to some extent, an oversimplification.) A direct consequence of this communal feeling then is a mob mentality that is not afraid to play vigilante. The vigilante part is only exacerbated in the absence of a fair policing and judicial system. There have been multiple cases [1],[2] where a mob has taken matters into their own hands either out of a collective sympathy for the victim [1] or a collective animosity toward the driver [3]. There are many more instances one can find, and at the risk of sounding political, crashing into a cow will get you into more trouble than crashing into people. [1] https://www.ndtv.com/patna-news/bihar-3-children-sleeping-on-patna-footpath-mowed-to-death-by-speeding-car-2059594 https://www.ndtv.com/patna-news/bihar-3-children-sleeping-on... [2] https://www.ndtv.com/cities/driver-beaten-to-death-after-truck-runs-over-kills-child-in-jharkhands-dumka-1913887 https://www.ndtv.com/cities/driver-beaten-to-death-after-tru... [3] https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/auto-driver-beaten-to-death-by-mob-police/article25593345.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/auto-driver-beate...