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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • The first thing investigators should do is look into the circumstances of the crash. Which seems to have been done in this case, but not satisfactorily.

    There is mention of bad lighting and bad road design

    The absolute right thing to do here is to fix the bad lightning immediately and the road design ASAP. Additionally, the plans need to be reviewed and anyone who signed them off should be asked why they did so.

    In my vision of a just world, there isn’t a need for jail time as long as there’s a good chance at reform. The driver has a few mitigating circumstances going for him: wasn’t under influence, wasn’t speeding. Although they did fail to yield at a sign according to the article.

    That being said, losing your licence for at least 4 years seems appropriate. Of course, after such a relatively long time of not driving, they should retake the test because they’ll lose their abilties since driving a car in traffic isn’t like riding a bike in a secluded area.

    Another thing that should serve as an aggrevating circumstance is the car. If it was a monster truck, the person should quite obviously rot in jail regardless (which I doubt is the case here). For SUVs, lenghten the loss of licence in milder cases and do jail time for the worse ones.

    If the design is found to be faulty not because the engineers were lazy or ignorant but because of a lack of funds, then a portion (say, 20%) of the county’s yearly budget should be appropriated and spent on road improvements. First at the scene, but also as a systemic overhaul elsewhere in the jurisdiction.

    The 20% is on a per-grave accident (caused by a lack of funding) basis. Capped at 80% yearly, but the remainder gets pushed onto subsequent year(s) in full). That seems like a good way of keeping councils accountable and fixing damage even if they aren’t.

    The solution to road deaths isn’t throwing people in jail. Sure, road “accidental” road manslaughter punsihments are lenient, but such deaths are always going to happen because tha’s what happens when you mix foot and car traffic at scale in almost any way. Especially in the way the US is doing it, although all other places have their own traffic death problems as well, so it unfortubately isn’t a solved problem.

    Review, educate, fix and improve infrastracture to hopefully prevent. Jail time should be reserved for the most heinous cases (DUI, deliberate slaughter and reckless driving). Giving anyone unfortunate enough to run someone over won’t fix bad infrastructure. It also won’t get us anywhere near 0% road deaths.


  • There’s four core things you could need for the bathroom:

    1. Bleach gel for the toilet bowl. Can also be used on other porcelain surfaces, but not for metal or natural stone (if you don’t want to ruin it).

    2. A calc remover to remove calc deposits outside the toilet bowl. Can be substituted with either vinegar or citric acid. Can be used on metal, but do not let it stay on for long - 30 seconds is fine if you clean every 2w to 1mo. Even shorter times if you’re truly regular with your duties.

    3. A degreaser for general cleaning (to remove soap residue and other nasty stuff). Can be substituted with dish soap, but is usually a bit more effective so less scrubbing needed.

    4. If you get clogged sinks, those declogging solutions are okay. As most people have PVC piping you can just get the cheapest one. If you live in an antique house/apartment with lead piping, you should splurge on the enzyme-based variety, assuming you need it in the first place.