If I'm driving a car and kill someone in an accident, do I serve prison time?
If I'm driving a car and kill someone in an accident, do I serve prison time?A distinction is made between 1. driving carelessly, and 2. driving dangerously or illegally.Here's the difference: Consider the two scenarios:-Supposing that you were driving perfectly legally and obeying all traffic regulations, but caused a fatal accident simply because you failed to see, or misjudged the position of a vehicle or pedestrian. This would be classed as careless driving and would not carry a prison sentence.Supposing that you deliberately ignored a traffic regulation, as a result of which you caused a fatality. This would carry a more serious charge such as causing death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified or driving under the influence of alcohol etc.. These could carry a prison sentence.
I accidentally hit my baby cousin playing wii now I feel really bad. Advice?
So today we had our thanksgiving dinner. After dinner a few guests stayed in the other living room and was chatting, but my baby cousin(4 yrs old), myself, and two other guests went to a different room to play wii. My baby cousin and i were playing wii bowling, she was losing and didn't want to play anymore so she walked behind me to leave. I was swinging the remote back and hit her (i guess somewhat hard) on the cheek. I felt really really bad and guilty, I chased after her. A few minutes later I went back into the room with the wii and one of the other guests said " Good job on beating up...." I'm sure they were just joking around, but that made me feel even worse. I might be being paranoid about this but I feel guilty, bad, and embarrassed. Advice anyone or your opinion on this situation? Sorry for such a long detail.
Any advice after a car accident?
3 things to do. 1. take pictures of the cars and their damage(to car and property), road(skid marks, ruts, etc.), setting, lights, traffic, person(s) involved, licence plates and VIN numbers. 2. write down licence, insurance info, time, date, where the sun was, weather conditions, road conditions, witnesses, and any observations. 3. go to the Dr. regardless of how you feel right after the accident. These is where you get medical attention and documentation of what is wrong with you.
Why are car accidents always someone else’s fault?
Great question! Thanks for asking!Its partly because we feel angry and find it hard to recognise and apologise for our part in it. Usually there is some way we contributed, either by not noticing the circumstances leading up to it or by not keeping the safety margins ourselves.When you see somone else driving/riding/walking and making an error, its easy to criticise but try to learn from their error.Another piece of advice I would give is never to call another driver stupid or an idiot.Call them flawed, imperfect, risky or distracted and then you can learn a lesson from their behaviour. Have I ever tsken that particular risk? Have I ever been distracted while driving? Have I ever driven too close?A recent case of a woman having to show an “Im stupid” sign was unhelpful. Because the only lesson we learn there is “she is stupid and I am not”We can all - even the most advanced drivers - learn something from mistakes and minimise or eliminate the risk of crashing.
Panic attack causes car accident?
That's a severe panic attack, if it was a panic attack. You should consult a neurologist about possible seizures. Talk with the people treating you for panic/anxiety about next steps. The drugs/meds most often given for panic and anxiety (xanas, ativan, klonopin) all impair you: you shouldn't drive while taking them. You just need to discuss this more with the person/people treating you.
I just got into my SECOND car accident and i feel pretty crappy, i feel like NEVER DRIVING AGAIN help?
HI Sarah, I'm sorry about your accidents. They can be frustrating in the least. It may help you to take drivers education classes or defensive driving classes. Call your local law enforcement agencies and ask them for information. The most important thing about driving is paying attention to all cars around you, and also looking ahead to see what's going on ahead of you a few blocks. Use your turning signals every time you turn. And also realize that other people don't always use their turn signals. Pay attention to traffic signals and stop signs. When you come to a stop sign, make sure you stop AT the stop sign, not beyond it. Use your mirrors - rear view and your side mirrors. Look through them every 3 to 5 seconds when you're moving. Don't always expect other drivers to do the obvious. We all have different personalities and behaviors, to start with, and toss in a bad day, or an illness, or a mere sneeze, and you have a good probability of an accident. Plan your route ahead of time. Know where you're going, and how you're going to get there. Change lanes way ahead of time before your turnoff. Don't talk on your cell phone. Never text while driving. That's plum dumb! Hope this helps!
How do you comfort and support someone who feels excessive guilt?
Feeling guilty means the person has a guilty or bad conscience. This means that they are a humane person, they have a viable conscience and care that they retain their moral compass, their conscience.The solution is to:first acknowledge the wrong doing or perceived wrong doing because some people feel guilty when it is not really their fault. This can be verbally made and discussion can take place. This is usually what a person is doing when they go to confession.secondly, they need to express remorse. This is essentially a change of mind and thus a change of heart. We call this metanoea in Greek which literally means “meta - after” and “noea - knowledge/ mind”. It is more or less the same as the English of repent, to be sorry for some words or actions and wish you had not said or done that action. To be sorry, you have to have acknowledged the wrong.thirdly, the person needs to be able to make amends. To do some action that may in some way compensate for the wrong doing. So to help them work out what they can do to address what was done and try to make things right again or to maybe make some recompense.NOTE: excessive guilt can be manufactured. A person can be caught up in foul game play of related, inhumane people, who will use some minor incident (often that they have somehow had a hand in creating) and then pose a concealed threat together with a perplexing issue so that the person feel anxiety.The anxiety is confused as being associated with the minor incident or mental suggestions about it. Thus the person , who would have felt some guilty conscience for the minor incident, will feel excessive guilt because of the anxiety, which in reality is unrelated. This can be a real trap. And if the guilt is ongoing for a long time, then the chances are it is foul game play that is behind it.If you are interested in understanding the foul game play, to help the person realise that their anxiety is not related, then please go to my profile page here: Kyrani Eade and view my youtube videos (5 in all for a total of 1hr and 40 mins) on the basic cheat. I have called them The Underlying Conditions of Disease because most often there are more serious outcomes than anxiety and excessive guilt.
I almost had a car accident which was my fault and I cant get over it. Any suggestions?
Have someone read this to you as you picture this in your mind:"You are on a small, light-blue boat in the middle of a calm, still lake. It's early morning, and the sun is about to peek over the horizon. It's peaceful, with a low, light fog hanging over the dark water. You are sitting in the middle of this boat, the oars at your side, your back straight, and your breathing slow and easy. Your mind is clear, and at peace. In your hands you have a clipboard and an indelible pen. On the clipboard there is a sheet of paper.Now, picture in your mind the exact actions that you took in the near-miss. Write them down on the clipboard. What did you see when you almost died? Write it down. What emotions did you experience? Be as thorough as possible. Write down all of the pain and horror, all of the recriminations from your loved ones. Pour your heart out onto this piece of paper. Then, once you have written every single bad thing from this experience, unclip the paper from the clipboard.Fill your mind with decision, with the determination that you are going to ball that paper up. Clench your fists around that paper. Ball it up hard. Look out onto the surface of the lake, and you'll see the sun glinting off of the water. Stand up and turn around, toward the dark side of the lake behind you. Throw that ball of paper as hard as you can, and see where it lands. Watch that ball of paper sink deeper and deeper into the murky, dark depths. Eventually it's so deep you can't see it anymore, and it's no longer there. That paper is no longer there. Those things you wrote on that paper, they're no longer there. It's all gone, and you can turn around and look out at the sun as it rises majestically before you, a brand new day dawning for you to row to the shore and embrace your life with love and laughter with those you love. This is what you deserve. Everything is okay."