Can someone tell me wtf is wrong with our society?

[swiss69]

Toronto woman injured in hit and run

Toronto police are investigating a hit and run in which a woman was struck in the city's east end.

The collision occurred on Kingston Road near Warden Avenue at around midnight Saturday night. The woman, 51, was hit by the vehicle travelling eastbound on Kingston.

The vehicle, which police described as a dark-coloured sport utility vehicle, did not stop and continued eastbound.

The woman was taken to St. Michael's Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Her name was not released.

 

[yahoo40]

drunk driving

 

[afterhours]

Illicit drugs

 

[SaturnFan]

Or someone driving with suspended license and/or no insurance.

 

[doggee_01]

or all or any combination of the above

 

[Hell FirE]

A lot of people with issues. Drug addicts, smugglers, illegal drivers, residents, thieves in the city.

i pray that lady survives.

 

[grooverider]

People have been asking that question in every age of humanity throughout history. You're not going to find answer that satisfies you any time soon.

Always in the Groove...

 

[The Bandit]

The driver driving away is wrong, but they might have panicked....the pedestrian was crossing no where near a crosswalk. Why is the driver always considered at fault?

 

[wetnose]

The driver driving away is wrong, but they might have panicked....the pedestrian was crossing no where near a crosswalk. Why is the driver always considered at fault?

I dunno....because they're not supposed to hit and run????

 

[LateComer]

I dunno....because they're not supposed to hit and run????

He said the driver was wrong to drive away. I assumed he meant why is the driver always considered at fault whenever a pedestrian is hit.

 

[HOF]

Ask michael bryant

 

[papasmerf]

He said the driver was wrong to drive away. I assumed he meant why is the driver always considered at fault whenever a pedestrian is hit.

Unless of course it is a train they are driving.
Kinda hard to swerve a train to avoid hitting them.

 

[simon482]

maybe they weren't drunk, maybe there were not high. maybe they know what they did and got really scared and ran. maybe it is a kid that had his parents car and is even more scared of what might happen and ran. until the person is caught you have no idea.

i saw a guy a few years ago run over a chick on her bike, he was in a pick up truck, he didn't even know that he hit her. said he thought it was a speed bump.

there are a lot of variables so to just assume the person is a drunk, drug addicted retard is a little much.

 

[Keebler Elf]

You think hit and runs didn't happen in the past?

 

[fun-guy]

Many judgemental members on this board. We have no details, yet we accuse, probably based on historical data I would assume, but still not right.

 

[themexi]

Or someone driving with suspended license and/or no insurance.

Or simply someone who can't afford ANY increase in insurance rates, or lost points or getting sued or any number of things....

A society with too many rules not only manufactures many criminals out of regular people making human mistakes... it also fosters disrespect for the law... We are overdosing on laws & regulations & it is unhealthy to society

 

[bananaman]

The driver driving away is wrong, but they might have panicked....the pedestrian was crossing no where near a crosswalk. Why is the driver always considered at fault?

How do you know it was not at a crosswalk? The cbc story didn't indicate that, did you see that info somewhere else?
There is a crossing at Warden and 1 block east at Manderley.

 

[gabeti]

or all or any combination of the above

Yeah.

 

[OddSox]

Illicit drugs

Or even licit drugs - eg. prescription meds such as oxycontin...

 

[oldjones]

Can someone tell me wtf is wrong with our society?
Toronto woman injured in hit and run

Toronto police are investigating …etc.

Nothing much that hasn't been true of human beings since they came down from the trees. Since you asked.

Our society would be unique if we actually tried to eliminate such behaviour instead of just blaming it, like we dumb apes have been doing for millennia.