A 96 year old man should not have to drive his disabled son to his appointments, and there are no circumstances in which it is ok to speed through a school zone.
I completely get not fining him, but the case should not have been dismissed and the judge should have recommended some kind of service or help that could take his son to his appointments so this very elderly man is not at risk of killing children with his car.
Children deserve the same opportunity to live to 96 that this guy had.
Are we sure those services exist in wherever these people are from?
edit: man people get a pitchfork and they want to use it all the time. I'm not saying to dismiss the guy, I'm saying there are probably deeper issues at play here.
We’ll never know for a fact because the judge didn’t even try, but yes, in most places in the US, there are many services for exactly this kind of thing. There are usually city services, private services, community services, etc.
I live in a city without any public transport whatsoever, and even we have a number of services that will transport disabled people to wherever they need to go, they would transport this man’s son and him without him having to drive.
As someone who uses services for the disabled, while there is great stuff out there it always falls short. It’s nearly all geared to the minimum requirement and anything more isn’t there. It’s all designed for survival and little more - the disabled deserve more than survival, we should help them thrive
Whether or not there was available public transportation, there is zero reason why this guy needed to be speeding through a school zone. Leave five minutes earlier.
I'm not disagreeing but I'd honestly feel like disabled services are going to be safer and more reliable than your 96 year old parent.
Also, I'm not sure if his son just needed blood work, but anytime I've had to do labs the doctor puts in a request and I can go at any time. You don't need to ever rush there like you do with a regular appointment.
We’ll never know for a fact because the judge didn’t even try,
I imagine the judge probably knows that even if there is a system, it is entirely overloaded like everything else in America that has to do with helping people instead of profit.
I'd still argue that whether the services exist or not, we probably shouldn't have a 96 year old man speed through a school zone. That sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Idk if the judge is senile or or acting for the cameras, but I don't think you should be allowed to summarily dismiss a case for no good reason if there is merit to it.
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u/Kurovi_dev Feb 27 '25
A 96 year old man should not have to drive his disabled son to his appointments, and there are no circumstances in which it is ok to speed through a school zone.
I completely get not fining him, but the case should not have been dismissed and the judge should have recommended some kind of service or help that could take his son to his appointments so this very elderly man is not at risk of killing children with his car.
Children deserve the same opportunity to live to 96 that this guy had.
Nothing about this is amazing, it’s sad.