Stuff like this could be prevented, but instead “freedom” for maniacs who are behind the wheel.
People don’t realize they’re piloting giant, combustible bullets aimed at one another. They use their phones or drive under the influence because they truly believe they’re the exception.
they’re piloting giant, combustible bullets aimed at one another
The analogy I’ve been using for a couple of decades is “big shiny metal boxes that go VROOM, VROOM, VROOM!”. As in - we are still primitive, irrational, easily distracted monkeys taking on more than we are mentally able to handle.
This makes me so angry, every time. Over 100 in a 45mph zone? … Get this man off the road, asap. It’s unbelievable what you get to hear as a cyclist, but driving like this is somehow excusable with: “It was road Rage!” …
Imagine if he hadn’t killed anyone. Then it would just be “funny”, “hey he was just having fun”, “Hey, all younger guys do this stuff!”
It’s so twisted. I live in Europe, and it’s not as severe here with cars in comparison to the US but it’s still shocking to me how people drive here every day. On the Highway it’s especially crazy to me, people just don’t care. They tailgate, they don’t indicate they want to change lanes … like at all. And I don’t even have a driver’s licence, it’s just driving me nuts from the passenger seat.
He couldn’t remember if he was texting. He was texting on a red light, which is okay. Holy shit
Very few are okay with this. Hence the laws and speed limits.
You can read this in the title of the video. The man was charged with a crime.
Because he killed someone. People drive like maniacs all the time and people defend it and change the subject to blaming pedestrians on their phones. People do dangerous things in their cars all the time.
And they are arrested and charged if caught.
We all know that isn’t true most of the time.
Do you have any data whatsoever? Or is this more truthiness type stuff?
I mean, I’ve literally watched people violate traffic laws all the damn time and suffer no consequences.
Here’s 45 minutes at a single Montréal intersection. 61 motor vehicle infractions, 1 bicycle infraction, zero tickets.
Take a look at any non congested highway and see how many speeding infractions their are; rarely unforced (at my last job I conducted about 1,000 speeding infractions per year, and recieved zero tickets).
Here’s an article on thecorrelation between reducing traffic enforcement and leathality of roadways.
You’re missing the point. And a lot of times people aren’t changed when they kill someone with their car.
Please elaborate your point then. Of course if it was an accident with no negligence a person isn’t going to be charged nor should they.
Here are some links that show little to no punishment when the driver is clearly in the wrong.
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