DwZ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoA 19-year old Albuquerque woman became the third employee of the city’s bicycle safety center to be killed by drivers in the last two yearswww.abqjournal.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down112
arrow-up1542arrow-down1external-linkA 19-year old Albuquerque woman became the third employee of the city’s bicycle safety center to be killed by drivers in the last two yearswww.abqjournal.comDwZ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·11 days agowhat happened to the good old man-slaughter which should also apply in cases of accidents
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 days ago12 out of 12 jurors will be drivers. They will not convict another driver for being distracted because they also do it all the time. Prosecutors know this and don’t wan to waste time on pointless cases.
minus-squareokamiueru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 days agoIt’s not the driver that kills, it’s the car. How are you going to assign man-slaughter charges to an inanimate object? PS: The inverse is true for guns tho.
what happened to the good old man-slaughter which should also apply in cases of accidents
12 out of 12 jurors will be drivers. They will not convict another driver for being distracted because they also do it all the time. Prosecutors know this and don’t wan to waste time on pointless cases.
It’s not the driver that kills, it’s the car. How are you going to assign man-slaughter charges to an inanimate object?
PS: The inverse is true for guns tho.