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> evidence of PCP, alcohol, and cocaine. Robinson also had a history of reckless driving ... and the takeaway is that the automakers should add governors to th
by fargle 3y ago
> evidence of PCP, alcohol, and cocaine. Robinson also had a history of reckless driving
... and the takeaway is that the automakers should add governors to their cars. For shame, mfgs. For shame. Not like you can pin this on some drug-addled, drunk, reckless driver.
I mean, he couldn't do what he did if cars (or oxygen) didn't exist, so let's everybody grab a pitchfork and start banning something
- bagels 3y agoI really don't want to see this in my car, but if this person's car couldn't go 103 mph, and instead was limited to the 35mph speed limit of that street, I think it's a lot less likely that they would have killed those 9 people.
- nullindividual 3y agoStatistically, at least one of those people would have died at 35 mph. ~70% would have "severe" injuries. The percentages go up with the pedestrians age and the size of the vehicle.
- bagels 3y agoHe hit a minivan, not pedestrians. I don't have the stats handy, but I would be surprised if 70% of car vs car crashes at 35mph have severe injuries.
- Arainach 3y agoWe have restrictions on the ownership and sale of plenty of dangerous substances. It's a lot easier for a troubled individual to cause mass carnage if you give them something capable of delivering thousands of Newtons of force, be it a gun, a car, or a thousand kilograms of fertilizer.
- fargle 3y agothe point i was trying to make is that that this article totally ignores the personal responsibility of the idiot. when something bad happens, everyone say "why did this happen? what could we do to prevent it?". while it's true that banning fast cars would have prevented this incident, it's wrong to even contemplate that unless it's the last and only option. it's equally true that banning any private cars would also have avoided the incident. just because an idiot uses a tool to do bad things does not make the tool problematic - it means the idiot needs to be smacked. it's supposed to be a free country. before we start impinging on innocent peoples' rights, is there a solution that impinges on the rights of the guilty? in this case: yes. the idiot in question was violating two dozen laws and had a history of many moving violations. this was not a one-time event. the issue is not fast cars. it's why this guy wasn't already in prison and why he owned or could use any car.