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In reply to the discussion: Bruce Jenner's Escalade ran into a Lexus that had ALREADY hit a Prius in front of it, according to police. [View all]MH1
(19,170 posts)As he should.
He should probably get charged with whatever covers "negligent driving resulting in an accident", and MAYBE same "resulting in death" (not sure if that's vehicular manslaughter or not); but at this point not enough is know about the Prius and the Lexus, nor the vehicle that hit the Lexus. The Lexus hit the Prius then Jenner hit the Lexus - but initial stories said Jenner hit a car that was stopped. Was the Lexus stopped? Or was it still moving, in a path taking it into oncoming traffic? Could the driver who hit the Lexus have avoided it? Lots of questions for the professional investigators to resolve before knowing what to file.
Jenner shouldn't have been following so close as to not be able to avoid hitting the Lexus if he were paying attention. Duh. But look around you the next time you're on the highway. Many drivers - I'm betting 50% or more - drive in such a way that they'd be unable to avoid a sudden pileup in front of them. And even if I stopped in time, I have a better than even chance that I"d be rear-ended by one of these yahoos. I'm not exonerating Jenner, just saying that a whole lot of the holier-than-thou stuff is coming from people who aren't.