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I don't think many people will argue that running from the police is something we want to legitimize. It is also is never going to end well. The police have ord
by tjohns 3y ago
I don't think many people will argue that running from the police is something we want to legitimize. It is also is never going to end well. The police have orders of magnitude more resources and will eventually catch you. (And meanwhile, you've probably put hundreds of innocent lives at risk while speeding through traffic.) The correct venue there is to argue your case in court.
As for the hospital... that's a nuanced one. There's certainly an argument for that, especially in rural areas where ambulances are not readily available. There's also the argument that without lights and sirens, you're putting everyone else around you at risk. There's a reason the law doesn't carve out an exception for private individuals speeding in medical emergencies.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoIf this law/tech had been in place in the 1940s and 50s NASCAR would have never been created. By imposing it, who knows what possibilities of creative expression we're artificially pruning from our cultural trajectory.
- kirubakaran 3y agoWe make tradeoffs like this all the time. Who knows how many amazing adventurous frontier literature we're missing out on, as we've moved on from gun slingers regularly robbing banks and having duels with bounty hunters at high noon. (I'm not arguing for / against the auto-enforced speed limit)
- lnxg33k1 3y agoWhat about all the entertainment we gave up since gladiators fights were outlawed? ;o
- earthling8118 3y agoDriving vehicles will never be creative expression.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoI didn't like the Mad Max movie either, but isn't that a bit much?
- gnicholas 3y ago> I don't think many people will argue that running from the police is something we want to legitimize. It is also is never going to end well. In some jurisdictions, the official policy is to not chase fleeing offenders, which both validates your point that this is dangerous, and also makes it somewhat more likely that it could actually end well for a fleeing criminal.