Kids or not, it's a residential neighborhood and people are more likely to be crossing the street to get from one side to another, running into the street to pick up a ball, etc. Not saying that kids should just be allowed to play in the street but that is the reason why the speed limit is so low - so you have the reaction time to stop if you see people crossing the street.
If you're coming around a corner and speeding then how is it Junior's fault? They were already crossing the street, maybe they already looked both ways, but you came around a corner too fast and now, because your life and your worries is more important than the safety of others, you took someone's life. And the faster you're going, the more you chance killing the kid as opposed to injuring them.
I can't really stress to people enough the importance of not speeding in a neighborhood and of paying attention to your driving when you are in an area in which there is quite a bit of foot traffic. In the eyes of the law, if you hit a child, it is no one's fault but yours because YOU are the one who consciously decided to break the law, not anyone else, you.
You're not anyone's babysitter and that is true, but regardless, if you are speeding in a residential area and you know that foot traffic isn't uncommon then you are knowingly and willingly endangering the lives around you. It's called "Vehicular Manslaughter". Whether or not the parents were not watching the child, you will be the one that is punished the hardest for hitting a kid because you chose to break the law and put everyone at risk.
Regardless, he should not have driven so recklessly himself. Sounds like he has a lot more problems than his homicidal driving neighbors. He put your lives in danger by trying to cause an accident. He should have just called the police. Depending on your jurusdiction, police are very responsive to any oppurtunity to easily catch speeders, and had he called the police, I'd give it a week before you'd be on here asking "IIN that I think speeding tickets are bullshit?"
It's only when they're over the age of 25 and have a brain that they realise the consequences of this behaviour. That's why insurance over 25yo is so much cheaper.
A child ran out in front of me once and after blinking I couldn't see where it had went. I thought it was under my car and took a panic attack. I don't know how I would ever have lived with myself if I killed a child :o(
OP. What if the child was deaf and didn't hear your car, or wearing leg calipers and couldn't run to the other side to get off the road? Don't behave like an idiot behind the wheel of a car!!
Do you think I'm a teenager or something? I'm an adult. My insurance is only $60 a month BECAUSE of my age AND because I have a clean record.
That kid shouldn't be out in the road and/or unsupervised. I'm not saying I don't care about children or that I wouldn't feel bad if I hit or killed one. I'm saying that to put all the blame on the driver is bullshit. I think parents should own up to their parenting mistakes. You're supposed to teach your kids about roads and to avoid them. If they're too young to know better, it's YOUR job to watch them. Not mine.
I'm not a damn babysitter and even if I'm going the speed limit and hit a kids, I'd still get the full brunt of it and I still think that's bullshit. THAT'S what I'm pissed about. Parents don't own up to their own mistakes and expects society to take care of them and take responsibility when their kids are wrong because of their parents idiocy. Don't behave like an idiot when teaching your children!!
The judge doesn't give a shit how you feel about "irresponsible parents".
Driving Car + Speeding + Hitting Child + Child Dies = Vehicular Manslaughter
Meaning that, while in the process of knowingly and willingly committing a crime, someone is killed, and it is YOUR fault because by court logic, if you were not speeding, you would have had ample time to react to the child walking in the street therefore his death is not an accident, but the result of your negligence. THAT'S how the court will see it.
I understand that you're angry about irresponsible parents and all, but they're not the ones that were driving the car that hit the child, you were. You're both being negligent, so obviously it takes two... but you're fulfilling your end of the deal because, once again, your life is somehow more important than that of the child you hit, even though the child can not be blamed for having bad parents.
Not getting a ticket does not mean that you will not get caught. This is a RESIDENTIAL AREA. The law is the law. If you can't respect the law then you need to quit driving in a residential area for fuck's sake, there are other roads.
IIN that I don't feel responsible for people's kids when I drive?
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Kids or not, it's a residential neighborhood and people are more likely to be crossing the street to get from one side to another, running into the street to pick up a ball, etc. Not saying that kids should just be allowed to play in the street but that is the reason why the speed limit is so low - so you have the reaction time to stop if you see people crossing the street.
If you're coming around a corner and speeding then how is it Junior's fault? They were already crossing the street, maybe they already looked both ways, but you came around a corner too fast and now, because your life and your worries is more important than the safety of others, you took someone's life. And the faster you're going, the more you chance killing the kid as opposed to injuring them.
I can't really stress to people enough the importance of not speeding in a neighborhood and of paying attention to your driving when you are in an area in which there is quite a bit of foot traffic. In the eyes of the law, if you hit a child, it is no one's fault but yours because YOU are the one who consciously decided to break the law, not anyone else, you.
You're not anyone's babysitter and that is true, but regardless, if you are speeding in a residential area and you know that foot traffic isn't uncommon then you are knowingly and willingly endangering the lives around you. It's called "Vehicular Manslaughter". Whether or not the parents were not watching the child, you will be the one that is punished the hardest for hitting a kid because you chose to break the law and put everyone at risk.
Regardless, he should not have driven so recklessly himself. Sounds like he has a lot more problems than his homicidal driving neighbors. He put your lives in danger by trying to cause an accident. He should have just called the police. Depending on your jurusdiction, police are very responsive to any oppurtunity to easily catch speeders, and had he called the police, I'd give it a week before you'd be on here asking "IIN that I think speeding tickets are bullshit?"
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It's only when they're over the age of 25 and have a brain that they realise the consequences of this behaviour. That's why insurance over 25yo is so much cheaper.
A child ran out in front of me once and after blinking I couldn't see where it had went. I thought it was under my car and took a panic attack. I don't know how I would ever have lived with myself if I killed a child :o(
OP. What if the child was deaf and didn't hear your car, or wearing leg calipers and couldn't run to the other side to get off the road? Don't behave like an idiot behind the wheel of a car!!
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Do you think I'm a teenager or something? I'm an adult. My insurance is only $60 a month BECAUSE of my age AND because I have a clean record.
That kid shouldn't be out in the road and/or unsupervised. I'm not saying I don't care about children or that I wouldn't feel bad if I hit or killed one. I'm saying that to put all the blame on the driver is bullshit. I think parents should own up to their parenting mistakes. You're supposed to teach your kids about roads and to avoid them. If they're too young to know better, it's YOUR job to watch them. Not mine.
I'm not a damn babysitter and even if I'm going the speed limit and hit a kids, I'd still get the full brunt of it and I still think that's bullshit. THAT'S what I'm pissed about. Parents don't own up to their own mistakes and expects society to take care of them and take responsibility when their kids are wrong because of their parents idiocy. Don't behave like an idiot when teaching your children!!
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The judge doesn't give a shit how you feel about "irresponsible parents".
Driving Car + Speeding + Hitting Child + Child Dies = Vehicular Manslaughter
Meaning that, while in the process of knowingly and willingly committing a crime, someone is killed, and it is YOUR fault because by court logic, if you were not speeding, you would have had ample time to react to the child walking in the street therefore his death is not an accident, but the result of your negligence. THAT'S how the court will see it.
I understand that you're angry about irresponsible parents and all, but they're not the ones that were driving the car that hit the child, you were. You're both being negligent, so obviously it takes two... but you're fulfilling your end of the deal because, once again, your life is somehow more important than that of the child you hit, even though the child can not be blamed for having bad parents.
Not getting a ticket does not mean that you will not get caught. This is a RESIDENTIAL AREA. The law is the law. If you can't respect the law then you need to quit driving in a residential area for fuck's sake, there are other roads.
Haha no. In all the years I drive, I've never gotten a ticket, bro.
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how about parking tickets? O.O