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You left out the part that if there is a collision or loss of life the captain goes to prison.
by mike_d 4y ago
You left out the part that if there is a collision or loss of life the captain goes to prison.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoSame with cars
- vkou 4y agoShort of being drunk, it's pretty difficult to go to prison for killing someone in a car, even if you were driving like a moron.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoNot my experience. I knew a kid who went to prison for years after hitting a biker in black with no reflector at night.
- vkou 4y agoWas the biker the police chief's son-in-law, or some rot like that? Did the driver have a few down at the local, but didn't quite blow a 0.08? Most hit-and-runs don't even result in jail time[1]. But sure, I can believe that hitting and killing the wrong person may once in a blue moon result in the law coming down on you like a ton of bricks. [1] https://abcnews.go.com/US/hit-run-drivers-kill-people-jail-time-rarely/story?id=61845988 https://abcnews.go.com/US/hit-run-drivers-kill-people-jail-t...
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI read the whole article twice but didn't see anything saying that "Most hit-and-runs don't even result in jail time“. It basically says that statistics on conviction are unknown, and sometimes people don't see jail time. And no, the driver wasn't drinking. They were 17 at the time and went to prison instead of college. I remember it because they had a soccer scholarship. I was scared because it could have easily have been me going to prison
- AlotOfReading 4y agoDrivers get so much leeway that it's not even funny. Commercial air pilots get their licenses temporarily suspended if they're simply accused of being intoxicated.