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lelanthran • yesterday at 7:39 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> It's basically legal to kill people with a car as long as you aren't drunk or grossly negligent.

It's the same even without cars; if you kill someone by accidentally bumping into someone, or running them down with a bicycle, you aren't going to get charged with murder as long as you aren't grossly negligent.

Why do you want an exemption for cars?


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TheCoelacanth • yesterday at 7:46 PM

Name one other multi-ton object that you can move through public spaces at high velocities without the law considering it inherently grossly negligent.