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Want to get away with murder? Hit them with a car. You might get away with claiming it was an accident, but, even if convicted, the sentence will be a fraction of that you'd get if you used ANY other weapon.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

In Ontario, you can kill 16 kids, and get 10 years.

I've seen countless deaths here in Ontario (Canada) where the driver either gets nothing, a traffic violation, or a very light jail sentence.

Even worse, we had a teenager run over by a driver who failed to look both ways before going through a stop. And you know what the city did? They banned e-scooters on that road. The victim was simply trying to get home after work.

The only time when you see slightly harsher penalties is when the driver went out of their way to use their vehicle as a weapon.

But all other cases of distracted driving, driving under the influence, "accidents", and simple neglect, rarely come with adequate consequences.