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Originally Posted by KSig RC
We overuse the term "accident" with reference to vehicles (most auto crashes had at least some fault that makes "accident" kind of misleading), but some things in life are just accidents or mistakes that, while having dire consequences, do not rise to the level of unlawful behavior or negligence.
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I agree with this, and I wish we thought of it more.
I understand why family and friends sometimes want to blame people, but it's probably important to remember for criminal stuff especially. (I'd even want people to remember it for civil cases, but that's probably so counter to our culture these days that it would never happen. I understand that liability is going to be different though.)
I'm sort of surprised that going 16 over doesn't seem negligent, but maybe there's a precedent or guideline of some kind or maybe there was testimony about how given the limited amount of time she had to react that her speed wasn't much of as issue in his death. This is probably sick the way I'm expressing it and I apologize, but even at 55, depending on when he walked out, he'd have been just as dead.
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