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What is that even supposed to mean? Just because people don't intend to run over others doesn't mean it's not criminal when they do so through negligence. The phrase "if you've ever driven in Manhattan" seems to suggest you're well aware that plenty of drivers don't exactly reach to the level of competence we would expect from someone manuevering tons of steel in a dense city where the number of pedestrians frequently exceeds that of cars.

This line of thinking is exactly why we now have 300 deaths from traffic, or as many as murder cases. People think negligence in driving, be it speeding, fiddling with your phone, accelerating for that yellow and dodging instead of yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks are somehow excusable. They're not when you are driving a car.