Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 hours agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down18
arrow-up1194arrow-down1imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis.lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareoptional@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoAs a Non-American I seriously wonder which one is which. I don’t have the feeling that either of them is treated with any seriousness in the US.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoJust looked up some “penalties” in Canada for murdering people with your car. If you use a car to drive aggressively and cause death, you only get a maximum of 2 years in jail. That’s it. Take a life for maybe up to 2 years in jail. It’s not taken seriously at all.
As a Non-American I seriously wonder which one is which. I don’t have the feeling that either of them is treated with any seriousness in the US.
Just looked up some “penalties” in Canada for murdering people with your car.
If you use a car to drive aggressively and cause death, you only get a maximum of 2 years in jail. That’s it. Take a life for maybe up to 2 years in jail.
It’s not taken seriously at all.