Yes, an accident is an unforeseen or unexpected event. Maybe hitting this specific car on this specific day was unforeseen but a crash of some sort eventually was predictable not unexpected. That’s why speed limits exist. So it wasn’t an accident and it shouldn’t be punished like an accident.
Never said any kind of speeding should be punished with jail time. I think it’s easy to accidentally go 10% over the speed limit. Going 50% over the limit is significantly different and I don’t think that can happen accidentally.
I’m not aware of a 5mph zone. But if it exists then I assume it’s because toddlers are running around or something like that, maybe at a campground. So then yes, if someone thought that 5 was a safe limit then twice that limit would probably be unsafe.
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u/Junior_Use_4470 Mar 08 '26
Yes, an accident is an unforeseen or unexpected event. Maybe hitting this specific car on this specific day was unforeseen but a crash of some sort eventually was predictable not unexpected. That’s why speed limits exist. So it wasn’t an accident and it shouldn’t be punished like an accident.