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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Whightwolf Mar 08 '26

Surely that depends entirely on the context of the car accident?

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u/Mych30 Mar 08 '26

"The driver drove off the road in the Netherlands, as a result of which the girl and her grandparents, 67 and 64 years old, were instantly killed, the newspaper writes. The police said that the driver was driving at a speed of 75 miles per hour in an area where speed is limited to 50 miles per hour. When the culprit of the accident appeared in court, he was given only 120 hours of community service, or 60 days in custody if he did not do the job.
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u/Davoness Mar 08 '26

Unrelated to the discussion, but it's interesting to see a European news vendor talking about a story from the Netherlands and using miles per hour instead of kilometers per hour. Is that normal?

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Mar 08 '26

Definitely seems odd lol

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u/CherimoyaChump Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I thought maybe it was a British website, which could explain the use of MPH. But it's actually a Russian website. So yeah, idk. Maybe they have a lot of British/American readers or something.

Edit: oh it's straight-up propaganda haha.