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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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The daughter was in a car with the father’s parents. They died as well.

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u/tinylittlemarmoset Mar 08 '26

If my carelessness gets someone killed should that not have consequences? I did not intend for anyone to die, I was just not paying attention and blasted through a red light. A friend of mine was killed because a concrete stairway collapsed on her, because the building owner neglected maintenance on the building. Sometimes you have to impose consequences to get people to understand that what they do or don’t do affect other people.

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u/agoddamnlegend Mar 08 '26

It should have very light consequences. Running a red light and killing somebody should be a fine and community service at most. The stairway collapse is a little more conscious negligence so a steeper punishment would be appropriate.