@nuncio @mariellequinton @twobiscuits @mbonsma "Look where you're walking" is the first rule of walking.
@MaierAmsden @nuncio @mariellequinton @twobiscuits @mbonsma "don't squish the delicate sacks of meat" should be the first rule of driving, but somehow isn't.
The first rule of driving is "don't hit other cars".
@kboyd @MaierAmsden @nuncio @mariellequinton @twobiscuits @mbonsma It already is. We call that rule "vehicular manslaughter."
@LouisIngenthron @MaierAmsden @nuncio @mariellequinton @twobiscuits @mbonsma yeah, but most of the time it seems to result in a slap on the wrist or a ticket - often, less than $500.
@kboyd @MaierAmsden @nuncio @mariellequinton @twobiscuits @mbonsma
Wait, you think accidentally killing people only results in a $500 ticket? You're gonna need to cite a source on that one, because we clearly don't live in the same world.
In my state, vehicular manslaughter is a second-degree felony.
@LouisIngenthron I do have a bunch of links to news articles of "no charges filed in fatal accident", though I suspect that many of them are (to some degree) the correct call for the situation. But they serve to illustrate that "vehicular manslaughter" is not the panacea you suggest. Cars are still the chosen priority.
https://www.kingstonist.com/news/kingston-police-locate-alleged-driver-in-fatal-hit-and-run/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/motorcycle-crash-langley-rcmp-1.5671048 (motorcycles are dumb, though)
@LouisIngenthron @MaierAmsden @nuncio @mariellequinton @twobiscuits @mbonsma I said squishing, I didn't say the degree of squishing involved. And many vehicle-on-pedestrian incidents fit my description of a slap on the wrist.
That said, I have personal known at least one person who has unintentionally killed someone with their car, and I don't think they even got a ticket.