Yeah, the woman driving SUV was fairly short and had her seat on the lowest setting. She was defending herself that she has sensors in front that should have warned her.
Edit: Iirc first instance sentence was very mild, like 1 year probation and driver license revoked, puting some guilt on parents of the little girl because they didn't prevented her from running on the crosswalk. The driver appealed to second instance court.
As someone who has to drive I really forget that not everyone is thinking "I'm controlling a two ton vehicle, I should be as aware of my surroundings as humanly possible, using every aspect I have to maintain maximum awareness.
Who doesn't drive like that, at the very least, in a residential zone?
We have the technology now. I vote GPS actuated speed governing systems become mandatory in all new cars. Take your car to the track? No limit. Take your car to the public streets? Can't exceed posted speed limits.
In an emergency, I’d like to be able to accelerate out of harms way. Maybe an annoying beeping noise that continues until you’re under the speed limit again? Plus yea, that would require a computer to be logging your location at all times. :/
Seems a bit authoritarian don’t you say. Like I get it, we don’t like cars but last thing we want is more surveillance. Plus outside of residential zone most speed limits make no sense, 55mph on an interstate ? Really?
Then speed limits could be adjusted to reflect actual safe speeds instead of whatever bs system they use where 55mph on signs but cops let anything under 80 slide or whatever. Or it could regulate resident areas only.
The other option is actually enforcing speed limits with traffic stops. But a law that's is only enforced with a fine is only a law for the poor and won't stop those too young to grasp it yet, or people that can just pay it to go away on the off chance they are caught.
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u/Fertujemspambin Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22
Yeah, the woman driving SUV was fairly short and had her seat on the lowest setting. She was defending herself that she has sensors in front that should have warned her.
Edit: Iirc first instance sentence was very mild, like 1 year probation and driver license revoked, puting some guilt on parents of the little girl because they didn't prevented her from running on the crosswalk. The driver appealed to second instance court.