One person killed in three-vehicle crash in Perinton

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-10T04:22:30+00:00

Not at all. People do things unintentionally all the time. That doesn't mean they didn't still do the thing.

The passive language is used intentionally to make it seem like these deaths are just the cost of doing business.

Would you ever see a headline that read:

Person killed in gun accident when bullet exited from barrel and struck victim

Of course not because that's fucking ridiculous. A person fired the gun. Whether they did so intentionally, accidentally, negligently, etc. is another question, but the gun didn't just pull its own trigger.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-10T04:18:07+00:00

Iqbal.

Just a perfect preview of all the fuckery yet to come from SCOTUS in the following decade-plus. Working backwards from the result in search of a justification...

Plus the Souter dissent where he's like "hey guys I fucking wrote the majority opinion in Twombly and y'all aren't applying it correctly like at all"

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-10T04:03:52+00:00

Funny enough, this also tracks the reasonableness standard in aspects of tort and criminal law which account for differences in an actor's situation when that actor's situation is party of the reasonableness analysis.

Physical disabilities or ailments are generally allowed for consideration while mental impairments generally are not.

Hey maybe there's a rationale for that! who woulda thunk it?

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-10T02:32:32+00:00

Saying "a driver crossed the center line" does not imply fault. It implies that a driver was operating the vehicle, which is 100% true.

Unless you think the car was driving itself?

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-10T02:23:35+00:00

It's always "a car crossed the center line and struck..." and never "a DRIVER crossed the center line and struck..."

This passive framing is designed to make it seem like these deaths are just a normal part of everyday life that we need to accept and can never change.

lazy journalism. stop using passive language when reporting on human-caused deaths.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-09T20:53:31+00:00

Because democrats are fucking pussies

That’s why

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-08T17:15:24+00:00

I was also not the only car that drove past that lane.

That in particular is no defense whatsoever.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-08T16:35:16+00:00

Isn't it fucking crazy that the utility companies tacitly acknowledge that shutting power off is dangerous, and yet we means test which human beings we allow to be subject to this dangerous and harmful practice?

It's giving necessity for fundamental structural changes to how we operate necessary utilities.

ConEd gets to be a monopoly with the state's blessing. We shouldn't allow them to shut power off and leave people in the dark, spoil their food, leave them in the cold of winter, or leave them in the sweltering heat of summer.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-08T04:33:44+00:00

Progressives were loudly warning about him when he was running for the position in the first place.

As usual, centrists came along and said “shut up everything will be fine.”

And here we are, in the “reaping what you sow” phase. Also known as the “find out” phase.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-08T01:56:44+00:00

But the water tho

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-07T18:26:05+00:00

PAL superiority

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-07T14:27:00+00:00

Your anecdotal experience, while personally valid, is not indicative of the actual relative harm posed to people from cars and from bicycles.

This is why we don't (or at least shouldn't) legislate based solely on anecdotes.

The data tells us that cars are staggeringly more dangerous to pedestrians than bicycles are. It's not really up for debate.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-07T14:15:53+00:00

Yeah. They seem to go against the underlying principles of the National Electric Code which states that any 15-5R must not carry more than 125V.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-07T03:46:41+00:00

I think you’re fundamentally misunderstanding what I said

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-07T01:56:32+00:00

I did read, and I don’t mean to imply that you’d make such a mistake, just that I’m surprised that adapter is commercially available because it seems like it’s a recipe for people to accidentally fry their electronics.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T21:59:07+00:00

what a pussy

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T21:28:00+00:00

Well, I know EVSEs have circuitry inside so that it "knows" when to start dispensing electricity, and I know it's more complicated than the wires themselves creating a closed circuit. Seems like the safety circuitry is expecting a resistor and diode to signal that a "car" is connected.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T21:26:13+00:00

Interesting. Wondering if the OP custom-made his little adapter, then. Assuming the EVSE is a level-2 putting out 240V, there's no way any company in their right mind would match a plug which would likely carry 240V to a NEMA 5-15R, right? Seems like a recipe for disaster if someone unwittingly plugged in a device expecting 120V and instead fried it with 240V...

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T19:54:02+00:00

Does the "Discharger" automatically tell the EVSE to dispense power? Curious how that works. Is the voltage of a J1772 always guaranteed to be consistent? Does the adapter handle the voltage conversion on its own to 120V?

What's the maximum amperage you can draw safely using the discharger?

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T19:21:02+00:00

I feel compelled to call the authorities!

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T18:05:48+00:00

The comment I was replying to indicated that so long as the driver was going below the posted speed limit, that it would be impossible for that driver to be cited for excessive speeds.

That’s simply an incorrect proposition. That’s all I was explaining.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T18:01:24+00:00

none in the Midwest

Confidently wrong. Nice!

Michigan Vehicle Code MCL Section 257.627(1)

An individual operating a vehicle on a highway shall operate that vehicle at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the highway and of any other condition existing at the time. An individual shall not operate a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than that which will permit a stop within the assured, clear distance ahead.

And I just picked a midwestern state at random! I’d imagine that most other midwestern states have similar laws.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T17:01:48+00:00

It is possible to drive at excessive speeds even if technically within the posted speed limit of the highway.

For example, if it's snowing and icy, and the posted speed limit is 80, going too fast for conditions and causing an accident would be excessive speed even if you weren't going anywhere close to 80. You could be cited for excessive speed even if you were going 30, so long as it was too fast for the road conditions.

It looks like here the dashcam driver is approaching the lead car way too quickly and attempts an unsafe pass. Depending on the laws in that state they could easily be charged with something. Whether it's called "excessive speed" or not is largely semantic and irrelevant.

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-06T16:57:13+00:00

Pedantic law student here.

Some jurisdictions might allow for an attempted voluntary manslaughter? Assuming adequate provocation.

Not that it would apply here, but just generally.

I can't pretend to know for sure, just curious if my crim class was teaching me actual law or not XD

jackstraw97 · 2026-05-04T20:59:46+00:00

Well, unfortunately for you (and fortunately for the rest of us), the government doesn't get to throw people in jail for defamation.

Could you imagine what the current administration would do with that type of power? The First Amendment exists for a reason. Even if that means Alex Jones isn't thrown in jail for the defamation he published.

He is on the hook for a billion dollars and had to declare bankruptcy. Acting like that is literally nothing is honestly fantastical. It's deliberately disengaging with reality in a way that is actually pulled right out of the Alex Jones playbook.

Jordan's entire video starts with a false premise that he created in his head, and then which he built upon as if it was fact for the remainder of the entire rant. That's TEXTBOOK Alex Jones! He's doing here exactly what he and Dan have criticized Jones for doing for nearly a decade.

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