Killing a Man Through a Car Accident
By usemyname
@usemyname (640)
Philippines
October 21, 2009 11:22pm CST
Car accidents are quite rampant nowadays. Some of the persons involve in the accident are usually injured, disabled or worst, dead. Speaking of the dead, don't you think the driver responsible for their deaths be charged for murder? I read in the constitution that the driver could pay the amount PhP 10k-50k for every dead person to bail. Isn't this a degradation of the value of someone's life? Something must be done about this portion of the constitution.
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7 responses
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
From what I know about murder, it is an act of killing a person with "intent". In the case of car crashes/accidents it is not intentionally done to the victim, that is why they cannot make it as murder. It is still considered as a civil case and not a criminal one. I find it absurd that the payment is between 10k to 50k because at these times these amount could not even cover the cost of the victim's cost for burial and other expenses incurred. I think this law should be changed now.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
Being a civil case this is the only penalty that the guilty can be imposed of unless there are other circumstance that would prove to compel him to go to jail. I think there should be stiffer penalties like revocation of driving license and a much higher amount to at least cover for the loss of life. I know that life is more valuable than any cash but this is the only thing that can at least pay for whatever damages is created.
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@saqibthe007 (39)
• United Arab Emirates
22 Oct 09
Well the car accident is 100% driver's fault. Because most of the time what happens is, in order to save the accident with another car or some vehicle he tries to pull his car toward footpath where he could hit any pedestrians, which means that in order to save money based things he hit a human being. thats awful man!
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@usemyname (640)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
It's not really 100% because there are some times when the negligence is on the part of the victim. So, I think somewhere between 80-90 percent is acceptable.
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@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
Yes car accidents are rampant todays most especially the motorcycle accidents. Motorcylces are accident prone vehicle I don't know why they prefer to ride it even if the many are get killed because of it. Yes our law is not that strict to that.
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@robertsixy (160)
• Mexico
22 Oct 09
Well it depends, with my own toughts i could tell you that it doesnt matter if it was her fault or his fault, its still a murder and the driver should be condemmed as a murder. But there are lots of people that dont know how to cross the street, at least it seems to, and sometimes its not the drivers fault, i think that there has to be a really thorough investigation to discover wich was the guilty one.
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@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
Not necessarily murder but should be jailed for at least for 25 years and the punishment must include banning that driver from ever driving again for life. Accidents happen and with the ever increasing number of vehicles added to the streets everyday, the risks is just getting higher, it's high time we raise the punishment. We all know that being able to drive is not a right but a responsibility. Cheers!
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@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
22 Oct 09
usemyname,
In the first place, I wonder if this discussion could actually help your government see the injustice and address the issues here.
I do agree that the issues brought up by you seems ludicrous and pathetic, however, I would seek that you form a group to write to the relevant authorities or parliament to address this.
I am sure you are aware that there is a channel for you to speak and voice out to, in your country. Staying where you are will not improve things and this pathetic situation will still remain.
Hope you see the light of things here.
