It’s willful ignorance that your actions are dangerous.
My father was killed by a driver while walking in a crosswalk with a green light.
The guy decided that operating a vehicle wasn’t a dangerous operation and he wasn’t going fast so he didn’t need to pay attention and he hit my dad just hard enough that he fell and his head hit the curb and he died instantly.
I detest how casual we are about the danger of operating a vehicle in this country (or power tools or ladders for that matter).
But this is worse because there is no logical way to support his choices.
He knows it’s dangerous if he thinks about it - but he likes how it makes him feel so he wants to do it and therefore chooses to not allow himself to think about his actions honestly.
Side note: That last sentence also describes how equally immoral and evil people justify their voting records.
Not comparing, just adding on to your comment. My wife was in a crosswalk, with the crossing signal lit up, when one of those airport shuttles decided to turn through the crosswalk and hit her square in the head with one of those heavy duty side mirrors. If the driver of that shuttle was just a little bit slower there would have been a much different outcome besides a concussion and a few fractures. People are absolute idiots when driving and it's absolutely terrifying. I have near misses weekly where I live and that's only due to hyper-vigilance on my part.
People like OOP should have their license revoked and jail time added 100% of the time. Especially when he's fucking stupid enough to film it.
I'm sorry for your loss. It's absolutely unnecessary suffering.
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u/HopFrogger 20d ago
He knows what he’s doing is wrong.
He did it anyway.
Willful disregard for life.