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[–] 55 points 1 year ago (9 children)

If you drive while tired and kill someone as a result that's not an accident. You intentionally kept driving instead of pulling over and taking a nap.

There is effectively no difference in drunk driving and driving while extremely tired. Both impair your driving ability equally.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    IMO driving while tired is worse as the impairment creeps up on you for hours and you can stop at any time. There should be almost no impairment in your decision making.

    On drugs it conceivable that you took a couple of shots and then your drunken mind decided to drive. In this case the decision to drive was made by someone impaired.

    If you drive in a professional capacity your employer should be held accountable too. People that drive their employees to drive unsave should lose their business and spend some time in jail.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I largely agree, but the Maricopa prosecutor and judge saw it differently.

    Edit: Downvotes don't change reality.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Doesn't mean much. Police violence cases are regularly ignored by prosecutors and judges due to lack of public interest/insufficient evidence you didn't deserve to be battered.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Never had to report to a boss, eh?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    i don’t care enough about your boss to ignore 2 people dying

    it should be negligent homicide unless mechanical failure can be proven and even then he should have to show proper upkeep

    cars are 1000 pound+ death machines if people don’t respect the responsibility they should face more then this dude is getting

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm not ignoring their deaths. Send him to jail for a year, sure. But it won't fix the problem and it will allow him to experience life inside prison. I don't think they teach vehicle maintenance in there.

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