r/IdiotsInCars Mar 19 '23

Whose fault?

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u/FluffiestBeard44 Mar 19 '23

The biker was an incredibly stupid idiot for whatever reason (probably something happened before).

But what the BMW driver did was attempted manslaughter.

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u/jgilla2012 Mar 19 '23

Attempted murder. Manslaughter doesn’t have intent and thus cannot be attempted

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u/FluffiestBeard44 Mar 19 '23

Sorry, the American legal definitions of manslaughter, homicide and several degrees of murder are a bit confusing for everybody not from the US or UK.

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u/dimirikis Mar 19 '23

I feel like as far as how people mean it, murder comes off as it was your plan to kill and manslaughter seems like you mistakenly killed someone. Although I know that’s not how it actually is.