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Making it a crime to kill people with your car would be a start. If you're sober you can pretty much kill people with no fear of meaningful consequences.

• oblio 5y ago
  Aren't there vehicular manslaughter laws in the US? In Romania you have them for DUI, breaking general traffic laws (going through a red light, not respecting pedestrian crossings, etc).
  • kqr 5y ago
    Unsettlingly often, the verdict in cases like that is "the driver was not at fault" or "the driver could not have foreseen that" or "the pedestrian did something unexpected" or "the pedestrian should never have been there in the first place". And of course! That's the way it has to be. It is so easy to accidentally kill someone when you are driving a big vehicle that in order for anyone to drive at all, they need some degree of protection from the law.
  • throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    There are. Intent matters. Despite the GP's hyperbole if you kill someone in any sort of circumstances that are not highly sympathetic you are in for a bad time with the courts.