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Manslaughter is also a felony. Even the language around automobiles is corrupted. Essentially all "accidents" aren't. Owning and operating a multi-ton machine
by Arainach 3y ago
Manslaughter is also a felony.
Even the language around automobiles is corrupted. Essentially all "accidents" aren't.
Owning and operating a multi-ton machine capable of travelling at high speed and rapidly accelerating is a huge responsibility. Being distracted isn't an accident, it's negligence. Not mechanically maintaining the vehicle is negligence. Not supervising your vehicle, even when you have some sort of digital aid enabled, is negligence. None of these are accidents.
Calling a system that is not fully self-driving "autopilot" while knowing exactly what the general public considers that term to mean is....something worse than negligence.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Manslaughter is also a felony The driver was convicted of a felony. > Calling a system that is not fully self-driving "autopilot"...is....something worse than negligence So we agree that the driver isn't, by default, subject to a minimum penalty of jail time.
- Arainach 3y agoI don't understand what you're arguing at this point. Given the rates of vehicle deaths in the US, the penalties are clearly not high enough to act as a deterrent. The "default" for this charge absolutely involves at least a year of jail time (that is, in fact, the defining difference between a felony and a misdemeanor), and the plea deal in this case is an affront to justice.