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In the US, you are de facto allowed to kill people with your vehicle, so long as you're sober. If you shoot a kid you probably can't get away with "well I was
by CalRobert 6y ago
In the US, you are de facto allowed to kill people with your vehicle, so long as you're sober.
If you shoot a kid you probably can't get away with "well I was duck hunting at the playground, it was an accident!", but run them down in your truck and you'll have a sympathetic judge telling you this shouldn't stop you from getting back behind the wheel, and how the kid shouldn't have been there.
- bredren 6y agoRun away / spooked carriage horses that trampled were treated in a similar way.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoThis is a bad comparison. "Duck hunting at the playground" is more similar to driving your truck through a playground than it is to hitting a pedestrian who enters a roadway full of active traffic. Why should it be the driver's fault if someone else puts them in a situation where a negative outcome is unavoidable?