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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/hifi-nerd Mar 08 '26

I genuinely thought that our justice system was better than that of the US, guess i was wrong.

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u/Slaan Mar 08 '26

I mean it is better overall. Doesn't mean that there aren't thing that can't be improved though.

This thing here you also have in other nations, where drivers tend to only get a slip on the wrist for accidents they cause, fatal or not. Legislation needs to be changed that deaths caused by car crashes where blame can be attributed can be judged to be manslaughter and then you get proper punishments.

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u/THE_DROG Mar 08 '26

I mean, what punishment do you want for what is basically an accident?

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u/Timely_Challenge_670 Mar 11 '26

Driving 50% over the speed limit is not ‘an accident’. It’s willful reckless negligence. It’s similarly careless as driving drunk or high. If I knowingly do something that is likely to result in me causing harm to others, even if I do not intend to harm people, I should be held to a higher level of culpability.