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Why so low penalties? Were the victims black or brown?
Yeaaaaaah…
oh, it is another crash...
~~the driver was really a victim of the tesla/uber experiment. first - someone in tesla or uber decided to turn off the emergency brake assistent because it was giving out what they considered too many false positive alarms. the car at the moment of the accident knew about the pedestrian and tracked him, but the emergency brake which should have engaged was turned off. and then the driver was thrown under the bus by uber.~~
~~it is really hard to pay attention as a driver when there is really nothing to pay attention to. hard to blame the driver.~~
What do you consider an appropriate fine for someone who's using a product in the manner approved by laws and the manufacturer when the product malfunctions and kills someone?
They're not using the product in the manner approved by the manufacturer at all. Driver is 100% responsible in this case and 23k is an absolute insult to the victims and the judicial system.
We are missing some info regarding why the penalty was so low, though. With the details from the article, the sentence doesn't make any sense.
Do you think higher penalties would make people less prone for accidents?
When the accident is caused by a blatant lack of paying attention, I believe it would. Not paying attention, causing death of someone? 2 years in jail. You're responsible of what you do.