Friday, September 4, 2009

Reckless driving

couple months ago there was a case on the news where some teenagers stole someones car at night, the owner had another car and he heard them take off so he got in his other car and chased the teens down. in the end the stolen car crashed and 1 one the 2 teenagers died

we didnt hear much afterward but today the latest development came out. the guy who chased down the kids is accused of dangerous driving that caused death

The "by the book" thing you have to do when you get your car stolen like that is to call the police and they will handle it. so in that sense the guy who chased the 2 kids made a mistake.

but seriously if youre in such situation, its kinda hard to just sit tight and wait mostly when you feel you cant act. The driver shouldnt have to pay for having his car stolen or for the kids to take the decision to increase their speed and drive beyond their capacities. The guy can be charged with reckless driving, i dont have a problem with that, but i have a problem with the fact that he could be charged for causing the death of the other teen.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Non. Le gars qui a poursuivi les 2 jeunes devraient etre poursuivi et accuser d homicide involontaire. En AUCUN cas un bien materiel (dans ce cas une voiture) n'a une valeur plus grande que la securite d'etres humains, dans ce cas 1. les 2 jeunes et 2. tous les autres automobilistes ou passant qui auraient pu etre impliquer dans un accident a cause du reckless driver... Et tu te contredis en disant qu il devrait etre accuser de conduite dangeureuse mais pas dhomicide involontaire... Les 2 vont ensemble.

Pako said...

Je dis pas que la voiture a plus de valeur que la vie des 2 jeunes, je dis juste que en tant que personne qui vient de se faire voler sa voiture c pas facile de juste laisser la police faire les choses. Je dit pas que le gars ya eu raison non plus, mais je suis pas surpris qu'il ait fait ce qu'il a fait. et bon jsui pas tres bon en droit, mais messemble que si tu conduit a 180 et que tu cause un carnage dans la ville sans tuer personne, t ete un reckless driver sans toutefois avoir tuer quelquun