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Way too soft a punishment imo

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[–] Echinoderm@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On June 9, 2022, Fagan had been drinking when she drove erratically...

Fagan, who gave birth last month

That's either a very poor life choice, or a very deliberate life choice for someone facing prison time.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

The old Elisabeth Holmes playbook.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

In the moments after, Fagan lied to police and blamed it on "African men" she did not know.

What the fuck does that even mean?

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If someone drives at that speed in the city, should be charged for murder, not just dangerous driving

Driving a car that fast in city it's equivalent to shooting a gun in a crowded place and should carry the same consequences

[–] bizzle@midwest.social -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

78 kph/48 mph isn't that fast honestly, I think the biggest problem was that she was fucking wasted. If you can't keep your shit together at 50 miles an hour you probably shouldn't be driving.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact you're converting to mph makes me think you might not be familiar with speed laws in Australia and what the expected traffic speed is on the average street.

78 is very much too fast

[–] Getawombatupya@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago

35m stopping distance is quoted for 50km/h. 78 km/h is 65m, or 10 car lengths. from the standard calculator, which assumes normal, non inebriated reactions. This bloke is cooked.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

It's weird how they talk about grandfather here without clarifying who is he a grandfather to (I thought it was her grandfather) and how grandfather is like a title or something. I would've expected it to be reported as "killed a year old man" or something