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> you don't seem to have children of your own? No, your intuition is incorrect. I often think of the random carnage inflicted by automobiles on bystanders as a
by unyttigfjelltol 9mo ago
> you don't seem to have children of your own?
No, your intuition is incorrect. I often think of the random carnage inflicted by automobiles on bystanders as a model for societal inconsistency, which perhaps was the reason it came to mind for the hypothetical. Tire tracks across the sidewalk, marks on the post, just another risk wanly accepted by society.
Anyway, for a more extreme hypothetical, all you have to do is make the speed more egregious. One answer at 40mph; how high until the attorney walks you to the police station? 250mph? Habitual?
- b40d-48b2-979e 9mo agoIt's systematic is the problem. People have been trained by the auto/oil companies over fifty-plus-years to accept the unacceptable, that somehow the automobile is the only way to be "free" and be transported. I don't think there's any speed in which an attorney turns you in for the crime of reckless operation since we (society) don't see the risk of harm that didn't lead to realized harm. If you injured or killed someone, you get turned in, but obviously that's too late. I live on a 25mph street, I often see people traveling at double that speed and there are pedestrians nearly all the time. I've complained to the police only to be told that "it's infrequent so we can't catch them" despite this being a daily experience. I wish we lived in a different reality where these risks weren't so acceptable to the society.