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No, but they are expecting a certain level of competence that will minimize risk.
by organsnyder 3y ago
No, but they are expecting a certain level of competence that will minimize risk.
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- tekla 3y agoDamn, if only we could apply this standard to driving
- lazide 3y agoAre you saying that vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving are not crimes?
- jader201 3y agoI think they are suggesting they’re not adequately enforced. At least 10-25% of drivers I see in the road are constantly on their phone. So it’s definitely not enforced enough to deter that.
- organsnyder 3y agoI think drivers regularly underestimate the life-altering consequences of a serious accident, especially if they're at fault.
- epistasis 3y agoThey are new names for existing crimes that were invented to lessen the penalties. Additionally, enforcement is extremely weak, and even with these lesser penalties, police will do everything they can to avoid dealing them out, even when they apply.
- Spivak 3y agoThis is by design and it wouldn't make sense otherwise. It would be crazy if 50 legal jurisdictions just happened to all reach the same wrong conclusion. Driving a car non-negligently carries an inherent risk that you will kill someone and this risk is borne by all drivers. And we've decided that this risk is acceptable and legal to take on. You are explicitly allowed to do a thing that has a non-zero chance of killing someone else. It would be ridiculous if we locked up the people who happened to kill others while not driving particularly dangerously. Justice is not being served by locking up the unfortunate unlucky sods while everyone else is engaging in the exact same risky behavior. It's why cops are unlikely to go after someone who say killed someone while speeding a not crazy amount; the thousands of drivers that go by every other day are doing the same thing. But they will throw the book at the statistical outliers of dangerous driving.
- lazide 3y agoDon’t forget that the bar for negligence that also allows random distracted soccer moms, burned out and exhausted workers, and the 25% percentile of the bell curve to drive isn’t very high. But if those folks couldn’t drive in the US with the way things are currently setup socioeconomically, everyone would have a huge problem. And it usually isn’t that big of a deal - or at least emotionally doesn’t feel like an unreasonable risk, which is all society cares about.
- Supermancho 3y agoCompetence in what, exactly? There's obv something wrong at the The Lodi Parachute Center, but bars onsite to the remaining private airports are common. eg Lake Paris. "We did not witness the pilot consuming alcohol" is an insinuation, indicating a lack of supporting facts. https://www.dropzone.com/fatalities/ https://www.dropzone.com/fatalities/ These are a blip. I don't see the reason for outrage. Take risks and sometimes it doesn't work out. I rather the govt spend resources somewhere else.
- NCFZ 3y agoMaybe competence with respect to having the instructors be certified. Or at least trained by people whose credentials aren't suspended. It's interesting you focus on the alcohol claim but not any of the accusations mentioned in the article that would have gotten people killed.