Although maybe I should have elaborated, if you knock someone over while speeding and they Die you could be done for manslaughter, personally that would weigh quite heavy on my mind if that was to happen.
Like I said, no one seen you do it. You could just call the emergency services and get out of their. I see no benefits from stopping other than to be moral, which isn't going to help the injured person now anyway.
Oh, definitely, but what I meant by a selfish reason is this. Imagine you do get convicted for manslaughter. Here are two possible "summings up" by the judge, the first where you stopped, the second where you didn't.
1. It is the findings of this court that you committed manslaughter by losing control of your car on the ice. The court finds that your vehicle was in good working order and the accident was not the result of your actions. The court also commends you for your quick thinking and administering first aid before the ambulance arrived. We see that you took measures to save the victim's life and that you have suffered personal anguish as an event of the tragedy. You are free to leave.
2. It is the findings of this court that you committed manslaughter by losing control of your car on the ice. The court finds that your vehicle was in good working order and the accident was not the result of your actions. However, rather than stop, you sped away from the scene of the accident leaving the victim dying in the road. In your testimony to this court, you have admitted you saw no need to act according to morals and your primary concern was that nobody saw you strike the victim. Although nobody saw the accident, you were apprehended anyway and charged after forensic evidence matched the victim's blood to your car. It is the feeling of the court that you be made an example of and that your behaviour be discouraged in others by the severity of the sentencing. Given that your actions in fleeing the scene of the crime may have cost the victim their life after you yourself struck them, I have no hesitation in sentencing you to eight years of imprisonment with a minimum of four years to be served.
Would you stop if you knocked someone over?
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I see your point.
Although maybe I should have elaborated, if you knock someone over while speeding and they Die you could be done for manslaughter, personally that would weigh quite heavy on my mind if that was to happen.
Like I said, no one seen you do it. You could just call the emergency services and get out of their. I see no benefits from stopping other than to be moral, which isn't going to help the injured person now anyway.
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Oh, definitely, but what I meant by a selfish reason is this. Imagine you do get convicted for manslaughter. Here are two possible "summings up" by the judge, the first where you stopped, the second where you didn't.
1. It is the findings of this court that you committed manslaughter by losing control of your car on the ice. The court finds that your vehicle was in good working order and the accident was not the result of your actions. The court also commends you for your quick thinking and administering first aid before the ambulance arrived. We see that you took measures to save the victim's life and that you have suffered personal anguish as an event of the tragedy. You are free to leave.
2. It is the findings of this court that you committed manslaughter by losing control of your car on the ice. The court finds that your vehicle was in good working order and the accident was not the result of your actions. However, rather than stop, you sped away from the scene of the accident leaving the victim dying in the road. In your testimony to this court, you have admitted you saw no need to act according to morals and your primary concern was that nobody saw you strike the victim. Although nobody saw the accident, you were apprehended anyway and charged after forensic evidence matched the victim's blood to your car. It is the feeling of the court that you be made an example of and that your behaviour be discouraged in others by the severity of the sentencing. Given that your actions in fleeing the scene of the crime may have cost the victim their life after you yourself struck them, I have no hesitation in sentencing you to eight years of imprisonment with a minimum of four years to be served.
See what I mean?