Thought it was talking about the cost of living for a second
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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Come to Colorado! For just $150 you can splatter us on the road!
The sentences for those that kill others with their cars are far too lenient. I feel sorry for the family who lost a loved one because of this.
"Black faced up to 90 days in jail as a result of the charges in the plea deal, as well as a fine.
Ultimately, Judge Corinne Magid sentenced Black to 12 months of supervised probation and 200 hours of community service. His license was suspended for a year, and he must pay a $150 fine."
The victim's family asked for six days of jail time, to mirror their "jail" time of waiting/worrying in the ICU.
In my country they would probably scrap the community service, too, because -to paraphrase judges in such cases- that poor driver already has to live with the knowledge that he killed someone, which is already such a harsh punishment...
It's insane what terminal car brain does to a society.
That last paragraph made me so sad
Suspending the license for a year is absurd. That's all a human life is worth? I lost my license for life because of a health problem. If I can figure it out, so can a fucking killer.
I lost my license for 2 month because they thought i smoked weed. I didn't, the pee and blood test proved it. But still
I’ve heard multiple times, if you want to kill someone use a car.
I feel like if someone did a killing with their car and was let off, and someone enacted vigilante justice of their own, I wouldn't vote to convict.
In most cases like this the prosecutors don't even charge the driver because they know the jury will be full of drivers, not cyclists, and it will be impossible to get a conviction anyway. This guy pleaded guilty for some reason but usually the jurors will think "I'm a driver and I may be a similar situation some day. I wouldn't like to go to jail for something like that".
Jury nullification cuts both ways.
The family asked for a few days in jail.
What a broken legal system to even create a situation where this is normal.
If it were a gun instead of a car with the same result the penalties would probably differ quite a bit. Both can be seen as lethal weapons. Hopefully the family files a civil case asking for millions to bankrupt the guy who hit the cyclist.
Was the driver really rich?
I seriously doubt he walked.
He lost his licence. How's the public transport there?