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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think if you choose to do something that puts people at a higher risk than necessary, you should be responsible for the consequences.

If you drink drive and kill someone, you can't say it was an accident. If you're doing burnouts in a crowded street and kill someone, you can't say you didn't mean it. Same with speeding. Driving a death machine puts us all at a heightened risk, and when things go wrong, there should be consequences.

The people who died in Daylesford definitely had consequences of this drivers choice. Why shouldn't the driver have consequences?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Generally you don't prosecute someone who had a medical issue while driving regardless of how large their vehicle is.

What an utterly insane take you got here.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -2 points 1 year ago

Why don't you try giving a counter argument instead of resorting to hyperbole.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -3 points 1 year ago

So your argument is that it's not generally done? I know that it's not generally done. I was talking about what I want to happen.