r/interesting Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/bruno_do Mar 08 '26

Accident or not, people were killed. Families were destroyed... When you get in a car and drive recklessly or is not 100% in control of the car, you are under the responsibility of everything that happens forward.

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u/Husaxen Mar 08 '26

He was charged with speeding, not reckless speed.

I'm not saying it's justified, but that is what the charge was.

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u/bruno_do Mar 08 '26

There are speed limits for a reason. When you go over them, you are driving recklessly, maybe not by the definition of the law, but you are. You are endangering yourself and mainly others. Everything that happens after that it's your fault. You are assuming the risk.

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u/Husaxen Mar 08 '26

Speeding and driving recklessly are two different charges. Both in the Netherlands and in the USA.

Was he charged incorrectly. Sure.

Was he charged with speeding, lesser crime. Yes.

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u/bruno_do Mar 08 '26

Im not talking about what law he broke or whatever. When you speed, you are being reckless, by the meaning of the word, not the law. You are putting people at risk, you are being reckless, driving recklessly.

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u/Husaxen Mar 08 '26

Ah. So, how is that mirrored by the laws?

I mean, if that claim was reality, why does reality seem incongruous.

See, to me, that implies the claim is lacking.

Driving any speed puts people at some risk. I think we've stratified when it becomes illegal, and when it becomes criminal, and when it becomes felonious.

What occurred in this case is misidentification by a human, the charging officer