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Issue 303, January 10, 2025
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🕵️Trivia Question
What is the primary difference between vehicular manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the USA?
Answer at the bottom of the newsletter
What’s Happening Now
🚗 Safety Tip of the Day: Avoid overspeeding; it can lead to deadly consequences.
Driving at excessive speeds reduces your ability to react to hazards, increases stopping distances, and intensifies the impact of collisions. In the USA, overspeeding has been a major factor in fatal accidents, sometimes resulting in vehicular homicide charges. Speed limits exist to protect everyone on the road, and exceeding them can turn a simple mistake into a tragedy.
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🔍Trivia Answer
Vehicular homicide involves recklessness; manslaughter, negligence.
Vehicular homicide is a more severe charge, implying a higher level of intent or recklessness, whereas manslaughter generally covers situations where the driver did not intend to cause harm but acted carelessly.