Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
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#2Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories.
What a cultural mess.
Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#3Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories. What a cultural mess.
When a pedestrian or cyclist is killed by a car in the US, so long as the driver is not drunk and does not leave the scene, the driver will almost never face criminal penalties.
What we call car accidents are considered an unavoidable part of life to be resolved by civil courts and insurance payouts.
I'd say say the US has a cultural mess regarding cars too.
Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#4Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories. What a cultural mess.
When a pedestrian or cyclist is killed by a car in the US, so long as the driver is not drunk and does not leave the scene, the driver will almost never face criminal penalties. What we call car accidents are considered an unavoidable part of life to be resolved by civil courts and insurance payouts. I'd say say the US has a cultural mess regarding cars too.
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Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#5Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories. What a cultural mess.
When a pedestrian or cyclist is killed by a car in the US, so long as the driver is not drunk and does not leave the scene, the driver will almost never face criminal penalties. What we call car accidents are considered an unavoidable part of life to be resolved by civil courts and insurance payouts. I'd say say the US has a cultural mess regarding cars too.
Its crazy to me that California requires so little coverage, on the order of 30k. If you wipe out the sole bread winner of a household, they can expect to make something like 1yr or less of replaced income.
In other countries, say canada, insurance minimum can be 1M .
Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#6As a Chinese immigrant I am always baffled when Americans visit third world countries.
Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#7Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories. What a cultural mess.
This is most definitely true. It's because a lifetime of compensation is most of the time more money than a single flat payment for causing death. I know of one foreigner who upon accidentally injuring a pedestrian, non too seriously, was advised by his expat friends to get on the first available flight out on the double. Staying would have involved a victim exaggerating injuries and extorting a foreigner for life. So he went to the bank got some money and beelined it to the airport. Not even going back to his flat to pick up things, except for a friend picking up his passport.
Sad perverse incentives.
Of course he can never go there again as he's officially a fugitive.
Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#8As a Chinese immigrant I am always baffled when Americans visit third world countries.
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Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#9As a Chinese immigrant I am always baffled when Americans visit third world countries.
You're confusing "China" with "all third world countries"
Re: Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit
#10Holy cow, that's some messed up shit. I've never heard of such a thing. And that they're getting slaps on the wrists if any punishment at all because cops are believing their insane stories. What a cultural mess.
Yet it is terrible. Almost as bad as driving without a license plate so you hit and kill somebody you can flee the scene and nobody would be able to identify you. But that does not happen, right?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-laz-rear-license-plate...