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TreeMac12 OP t1_j1uhsdh wrote

"It started at the Rivers Casino on Delaware Avenue, moved to Broad Street and Spring Garden streets and finally to Broad and Lehigh Avenue."

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NonIdentifiableUser t1_j1ulbir wrote

Was this a profoundly altered person (aka drunk as shit) that just had no idea they were plowing through people? Dafuq?

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fightinforphilly t1_j1umn1t wrote

Driver will say their car was stolen even if it wasn't. Hopefully they were caught on camera otherwise they'll never find them.

Fucked up that a 22-year-old kid lost his life for absolutely nothing.

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familyofgeniuses t1_j1umryy wrote

I wonder how many cops they passed parked and scrolling through their phones while on this rampage.

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MonsterNog t1_j1uvrl3 wrote

Still haven’t caught the dude that left that lady dead and her infant with brain damage

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imscaredandcool t1_j1vhmc2 wrote

Fucked up. How come the media doesn’t argue for “car control”?

Edit: this went over real well. I’m quite aware of car regulations. I do think we need to give people less access to cars. And by people, I’m specifically taking about people from Pennsylvania, Maryland and of course Delaware

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shapu t1_j1vm4a9 wrote

Replying to imscaredandcool (#1,097,355)

Cars need licenses and insurance. You have to pass a skills test to operate one. Cars are registered and the registration information is easily searchable by any law enforcement officer. There's a central database in every state of every car owned and every owner.

I hope this helps.

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SubstantialWish t1_j1vmbp3 wrote

Replying to imscaredandcool (#1,097,355)

Because we already have "car control". We have license, registration, insurance requirements. We have traffic laws, safety laws, entire industries built around this. There's probationary licenses. There's required driving lesson hours. There's infinitely more regulations surrounding cars than there are guns.

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Edison_Ruggles t1_j1vnya3 wrote

Jesus christ. Speed bumps are cheap and effective. So are bollards at crosswalks and bus stops etc. Not saying that would have stopped all of this but it would have helped a lot. Cars kill over 40,000 fucking people a year in this country and something like a 5th of those are pedestrians. And we do next to nothing about it. Unlike gun control, there are cheap and effective things we can do.

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Phl_worldwide t1_j1vsn5h wrote

EVIL! This person is a predator to the public and should not be free

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Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j1vx8e0 wrote

Replying to Edison_Ruggles (#1,097,892)

Should regulate them the same as guns.

Anyone driving without a license forfeits their ability to get a license in perpetuity, as well as a mandatory 5 year prison sentence and $10,000 in fines.

Accidentally kill someone? Another 5 years. Kill multiple? 5 years each. Do it negligently, aka DUI? Life in prison.

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1moreRobot t1_j1vyj1w wrote

So they were so out of their minds that they repeatedly kept striking people with their cars, but not so out of their minds that they couldn't run away like a fucking sewer rat?

Find, arrest, prosecute, throw away the key.

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Kind_Session_6986 t1_j1w68vn wrote

This is why traffic regulations and enforcement needs to be prioritized. It’s time to lock up dangerous drivers and throw away the key.

Proposing speeding cameras and volume enforcement was downvoted. Those are components of this tragic incident. You stop allowing racing, behaving with disregard, and start increasing financial penalties, you decrease these events. Start taking away access and privileges to vehicles if a person will not operate it in a safe way. We need both automatic enforcement and law enforcement personnel to stop this on the streets.

RIP to the victims. How horrible for their families and friends to suffer such a loss.

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throwawaythedo t1_j1waojq wrote

Replying to Mysterious_Bat8306 (#1,097,233)

I tried listening to interviews with her and she’s so professional that she doesn’t really talk about it on a personal level. I keep checking YouTube to see if any jurors have spoken out, but no results.

Would be nice to see how he’s doing in prison. I know he attempted to sell his story to a journalist. 😂😂😂

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Scumandvillany t1_j1wfw2a wrote

Replying to Kind_Session_6986 (#1,100,375)

I've been saying this for years. Objective enforcement is the only way forward. Since we've de facto decided that urban traffic enforcement by live stops is problematic and we aren't doing it, we must enforce the rules by other means. Speed cameras/stop light cameras and auto detection of expire plates etc is the only way. There is no other option, really. We'll come around to it by default, eventually. Hell, DC has stop sign cameras for christsake. The only thing standing in the way is the PA legislature.

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Scumandvillany t1_j1wgfil wrote

Replying to taskermorrisrider222 (#1,097,688)

It is simple, and it is the only way forward that will actually catch murderers and violent criminals. Sit on this: less than ten percent of shootings have an arrest. This means there's thousands of violent people just strutting around, probably driving tinted out chargers.

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brigodon t1_j1wgl42 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,099,459)

Driving so recklessly that you hit and run from three people is not an “Oopsie I got shitfaced, shit my pants, and puked in my neighbor’s mailbox lol” experience. This was the act of a deeply unwell person who attempted at least three murders.

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Scumandvillany t1_j1x2ram wrote

Replying to TheBSQ (#1,104,445)

As long as the cameras are placed equitably and equally, there's not much more you can do. Most of these stories are about how some cameras are on relatively unused roads, high concentrations in low income areas, etc. CC is a no brainer, cameras everywhere, south to callowhill. Outside of that, just as many cameras in hunting park as there are in chestnut hill, and we'd be on the right track

Also, don't speed. If you're low income, maybe, not speeding in your blacked out charger is a good idea. I think

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joshjosh111 t1_j1x4ins wrote

Uber drivers are getting really impatient these days

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mustang__1 t1_j1xui1l wrote

Replying to GlioBlastoMultiforme (#1,106,884)

People still drive like idiots on Washington and there are several sections with speed tables. The number of people that want to hit terminal velocity before jamming their brakes on makes me want to open a brake shop in Philly.

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bluewallsbrownbed t1_j1zg27m wrote

Replying to Scumandvillany (#1,101,652)

To be 100% clear, I don't know personally know you, and was not commenting on any disabilities that you may or may not have. I was using the word crazy broadly, as in, "this guy is crazy for thinking the Sixers will win the NBA championship this year."

Basically, I was trying to say that I used to think you were a broken record about harping on about 4K, but as this country descends into The Purge, I think you're right about giving in and just admitting that this country is basically an open-air prison populated with entitled, overgrown children that need constant surveillance.

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joeheller22 t1_j213w4a wrote

How the fuck haven’t they caught or even identified this person yet, they went on a several mile joy ride, hit 3 and killed one.

Un-fucking-real

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Glystopher t1_j21do05 wrote

I’m still recovering from broken legs from getting hit and ran on a sidewalk corner back in October, now I’m noticing way more of these hit and runs on people, has it just always been this bad and my 7 years of lots of biking and walking in the city was just luck??

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AbsentEmpire t1_j21o5lc wrote

Replying to GlioBlastoMultiforme (#1,106,932)

We won't install them in most places in this city because they could damage the out of control car being driven by someone who's not paying attention, drunk, and or high; and who's about to plow over a person on the street and murder them.

Priorities are very clear from this city, and it's not people.

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