NYC firefighter dies after falling off motorcycle, being struck by car
gothamist.com
The vehicle that hit 31-year-old Matthew Goicochea did not remain at the scene, police said.
  • lemmy12369@midwest.socialEnglish
    8·
    8 days ago

    If your walking/riding on the road your a second class… nay disregarded in all aspects of reality for only the benefit of motorized. You might as well have signs that says if your not in a car and using this path… you will forgo your basic rights.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    an unknown vehicle hit his motorcycle moments later and left the scene.

    No arrests have been made.

    Hit-and-run probably works more than 50% of the time, so people do it.

    But to be honest, the driver wouldn’t get much punishment anyway. Maybe a ticket.

    Lives outside of cars don’t seem to matter.

  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    64·
    8 days ago

    It says that an unknown vehicle hit the bike after he had already fallen and left the scene.

    Imagine someone loses control of a motorcycle and falls off in front of your car and you hit him.

    Even if someone is attentive and slams the breaks, there’s no guarantee that you will not hit the person.

    Then you get charged with manslaughter or something. Is it just me or does it seem unfair for a situation like that?

    The article only says the bike was hit after the man had fallen off the bike and the car left the scene, but I kind of don’t blame them for leaving.

    • TauZero@mander.xyzEnglish
      141·
      8 days ago

      What you smoking? No one in New York is ever charged with vehicular manslaughter. It’s all an “accident”.You can even flee the scene like happened here, and if you are found you will still not be charged (leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death is a crime but never enforced for some reason, a small traffic fine at worst). Just look, if they ever find this driver, all they’ll do is ask some questions and let them go. You can even drive drunk, kill someone with the car, flee the scene, evade capture for days, and then maybe you’ll be charged, but the charges will be dismissed anyway because now days later you being drunk cannot be definitely proven.

    • wraithcoop@programming.devEnglish
      31·
      8 days ago

      Imagine not leaving enough room to respond. You do this to another car (rear end) and you are automatically at fault. What’s different in this scenario?