“If someone hit her with his fists, he would get arrested,” Allen said. “But he hit her with a car, so he just gets a ticket and can walk away.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/09/17/dc-child-struck-driver-tickets/

A 12-year-old girl was hit by a car. It had $19,770 in unpaid tickets.

Victims of traffic violence in D.C. say the city needs to get drivers who rack up tickets off the roads.

The Washington Post

@TheWarOnCars It is possible to write a law saying that repetitive antisocial use of a vehicle can result in the vehicle being confiscated and destroyed ("section 59").

(Sorry, re the article pw;dr.)

@TimWardCam @TheWarOnCars this particular person should never be permitted to operate any motorized vehicles. Agree, their vehicle should be in the crusher

@TheWarOnCars

Oh, WaPo.

The girl was hit "by a car".

The driver says it was the girl's fault.
And that "she damaged his car".

This is reported without questioning the questionable physics. As if she was fully armored, with the kind of mass it takes to put a dent in a Land Rover.

And of course, the article doesn't say who paid the hospital bill.

What part of this is not #CarBrain?

@TheWarOnCars
@lisamelton

The first Black Panther action was forcing Oakland to put in a stoplight at an intersection near a school where kids are being hit and killed.

To force Oakland's hand, the Panthers would act as crossing guards while open-carrying long guns

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=72395

Black Panther Party Stoplight Historical Marker

(A historical marker located in Oakland in Alameda County, California.)

@TheWarOnCars “After he hit Paisley, witnesses said, the man berated her for being in the crosswalk, claiming she had a red signal”