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I don't understand how in this city a driver can run someone over and kill them but not get charged with a crime. The laws of this state in regards

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 11 '14, 06:00

to vehicular accidents is a joke. A woman was killed crossing in the crosswalk with the light. The car was turning with the light and just ran her over, dragging her half a block.
How is that guy not charged with a number of things including vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving to name two?
Oh right, in NYS you can basically run anyone down with your car and nothing will happen to you. If you want someone killed in NY just use your car instead of a gun or knife, it's legalized murder.

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- I had read the laws weren't strong enough but either way something is very wrong when people are getting away with killing pedestrians and aren't - Krusty Jul 11, 06:16 1
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- I've read (a little) about this in NYC - ty97 Jul 11, 06:13 6
  - According to this site, only one sober driver was charged in 2013 with killing a pedestrian../ - Inigo Jul 11, 06:23 4
    - 178...honestly given the number of people in NY, the number of cars and walkers that strikes me as low... -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 06:25 3
      - According to this link, New York rates 13th worst in fatality rate per 100,000 people. - Inigo Jul 11, 06:36 1
        
        I've now met my quota of saying "According to this" for the day. -- nm - Inigo Jul 11, 06:40
      - We're on pace to have more people killed by cars than murdered. So we've got that going for us. - Krusty Jul 11, 06:28
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without addressing specifics, it's easy to imagine a vehicle-pedestrian accident where the driver wouldn't be at fault. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 06:02 9
- Sure, it's easy to imagine. But how it is (by far) the *norm* -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 06:09 7
  - (the norm in NYC. I can't speak to other locales) - ty97 Jul 11, 06:11 5
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      - Why? Is it harder to prove a case like this? - Krusty Jul 11, 06:21 3
        
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        Dashcams! -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 06:32 1
        
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  - Yup. Nearly every time the driver gets away with no charges for the death. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:11
- Sure but very often the driver is and nothing is charged. This guy won't be charged and he hit a woman with his car and killed her. - Krusty Jul 11, 06:05

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