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should mom be prosecuted for not taking away her vehicular manslaughtering son's BWM keys after monitoring his rampant speeding over an installed app? -- (link)

Posted by mr mooch (aka pickmix) Aug 30 '24, 14:40

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https://slate.com/life/2024/08/parents-responsibility-reckless-teenage-drivers.html (slate.com)

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I mean, it depends on what the legislation says, but criminal negligence wouldn't apply because the mother doesn't have a specific duty of care to - Roger More Aug 30, 15:32 1
- if she owned the car i think she does -- nm - mr mooch Aug 30, 15:33
no. she was out of town when the accident happened. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 14:56 2
- She could have easily just taken the keys with her. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 30, 14:58 1
  - And I'm sure she will live with that fact the rest of her life. -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 15:16
No. He is 18. Our house, our rules is a great mission statement, but isn’t always realistic. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 14:47 4
- The victim was 18. The driver was 17. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 14:57 3
  - Let's stop criminalizing everything is all I'm saying. - ty97 Aug 30, 15:06 2
    - Its negligence, pure and simple. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 15:36 1
      - If she had never installed Life360 and was not aware, would it still be negligence? - ty97 Aug 30, 15:40
no -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 14:45
yes. because she knew it was a problem, and was monitoring him. -- nm* - tRuMaN Aug 30, 14:41 1
- But she may need some kind of restraining order to protect herself. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 14:53

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