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Woman yells ‘tourist’ before ramming Key West cyclist with minivan, fleeing, cops say
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IMO hit and run should always maximise the penalty of the other charges, or at least the charge the striker ran from. They intended to and effectively tried to avoid responsibility, which implies they would do it again if they thought they could get away with, and may have done before.
I was once in an accident, was transported by ambulance to the hospital, treated and brought home, then received a call from the hospital saying the cops were looking for me and if I didn't "turn myself in" they would charge me with hit-and-run.
So, while I might agree with the spirit of what you're saying, it is absolutely not something we should grant law enforcement extra power to fuck over people's lives with.
I think yelling before hitting should be treated as intent.
But assault and murder laws dont apply as soon as you get into a car.
Luigi made a mistake, he should have run that CEO down in an "accident".
That implies premeditation. Running can just be because of panic.
I'm also okay with harsher penalties for people that demonstrably can't be trusted to do the right thing, for example by panicking and fleeing the scene.