Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoA Florida driver faces charges for killing a 9 year old boy riding a bicycle, then speeding off to escape. Witnesses tried to stop him with the kid’s bicycle still trapped under his vehicle www.ksl.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down18
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkA Florida driver faces charges for killing a 9 year old boy riding a bicycle, then speeding off to escape. Witnesses tried to stop him with the kid’s bicycle still trapped under his vehicle www.ksl.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoThat’s what licencing is for. You assume that licence drivers understand the limitations and risks of the vehicle they are in. You assume that they would drive slowly and/or with a window down if they can’t see/hear well enough to avoid hitting things in a residential area. Not this “I knew I hit a bicycle, but I didn’t think there was a kid on it,” Hunter said, according to the charges.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 days agolol no I don’t assume any of that and it’s kinda weird how often people on lemmy are telling me what I assume
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoStill DEFINITELY not that Insane attitude to have, maybe worse to verbalise
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoIf he heard it or not, hitting something and not stopping is crazy.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoEspecially when you have multiple people flagging you down to stop! His age, the vehicle, his lack of skill behind the wheel… there were so many preventable red flags that a kid ended up dead.
That’s what licencing is for.
You assume that licence drivers understand the limitations and risks of the vehicle they are in.
You assume that they would drive slowly and/or with a window down if they can’t see/hear well enough to avoid hitting things in a residential area.
Not this
lol no I don’t assume any of that and it’s kinda weird how often people on lemmy are telling me what I assume
Still DEFINITELY not that
Insane attitude to have, maybe worse to verbalise
You lost me mate
If he heard it or not, hitting something and not stopping is crazy.
Especially when you have multiple people flagging you down to stop!
His age, the vehicle, his lack of skill behind the wheel… there were so many preventable red flags that a kid ended up dead.