Quote Originally Posted by slow_hatch
I never said it was acceptable But charge them for their actions(reckless, contest of speed) not manslaugter. They in no way made those dumba55 people run to the middle of the road. How can you compare shooting a gun and accidentally hitting someone, to street racers that didn't hit anyone

obviously we have trouble reading my post in it's entirety....IF the article is correct and they find that the smoke (read here: Smoke from said street racer's burnouts) did infact affect visibility then they are responsible. Not to mention that they were engaged in an ILLEGAL activity. Yes they did not directly make the people go into the road, but I highly doubt said people would have been present in the road had the racers not been racing. So perhaps they did not intend for people to be killed by their actions, never the less people were and as such they should be held responsible. I compare my situation to this one as such: If I was shooting the gun randomly, I may not have intended to injure or kill someone but if even indirectly my actions caused injury or death I would be held responsible. Same situation here.