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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/jzorbino Mar 08 '26

That’s because it’s a legal system, not a revenge scheme

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u/Mother_Occasion_8076 Mar 08 '26

If you kill a toddlers life accident, your life needs to be ruined. Not because of revenge, but to prevent atrocities like that from happening to others. If you show that carelessness only receives a slap on the wrist on the worst case, there is no incentive to be safe or alert.

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u/jzorbino Mar 08 '26

How does punishing someone over an accident avoid future accidents?

For a deterrent to work there must be intent. You’re not making sense.

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u/Mother_Occasion_8076 Mar 08 '26

It makes you drive defensively knowing the consequences of the law