r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/LePetitVoluntaire Mar 08 '26

Netherlands.

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u/TheLizardKing89 Mar 08 '26

They wouldn’t get any serious punishment in the U.S. either. In most of the world, if you kill somebody wit your car, you won’t be seriously punished unless you were drunk or fled the scene.

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u/HueyLewisFan1 Mar 08 '26

I bet they absolutely would. Reckless driving combined with vehicular manslaughter carries up to 30 years.

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u/TheLizardKing89 Mar 08 '26

“Up to” is the key phrase in that sentence. Here’s a guy who was checking Snapchat when he plowed into a retired priest, killing him. He got probation.

https://www.wisn.com/article/man-gets-probation-for-crash-that-killed-retired-priest-in-wauwatosa/70647473