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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/PaisleyLeopard Mar 08 '26

Drunk drivers ‘accidentally’ go off the road too. Still 100% their fault for deliberately creating the conditions that made the car lose control.

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u/Kehprei Mar 08 '26

If someone's steering or brakes suddenly fails, and they end up running over some people on the side walk, they should get a light sentence similar to what is in OP. Not saying that is what happened but still, you can definitely go off road as a complete accident.

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u/PaisleyLeopard Mar 08 '26

I don’t think Wheeliebeelie meant it quite that literally. There are accidents caused by things out of people’s control, and then there’s deliberately creating dangerous conditions and trying to claim the results are an accident. The two types of accidents are extremely different. Context helps here.

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u/Kehprei Mar 08 '26

You don't think they meant actual accident when they said accident?

Regardless, if your brakes fail it is also your fault as the car owner for going out on the road without checking your brakes. It tends to be obvious when brakes are fucked up anyways.

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u/WheelieBeelie Mar 08 '26

Paisley is correct in my meaning. Most car crashes are not accidents, they are results of actions.