Motorist accused of deliberately targeting 27-year-old Paul Varry in road rage incident

Ian Brossat, a former Paris councillor and now a senator representing the French Communist party, called for SUVs to be banned in Paris. “This is not the first incident of its kind, and the dangerous nature of SUVs has already been pointed out on several occasions. We owe it to this young man to realise the scale of the problem and draw all the consequences,” Brossat told the Nouvel Obs.

  • SlyLycan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    102·
    10 hours ago

    Why is this so noteworthy? The driver clearly murdered someone. Is it not the norm to be charged with murder there? I was expecting to read about someone who in some freak accident accidentally killed someone, not this deliberately turn towards and drive through them bull shit.

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
      5·
      4 hours ago

      I guess because SUVs were named as systemic problem, not just individual case and a call for systemic action against them was issued.

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
      20·
      10 hours ago

      I think the outrage is due to the fact it was a cyclist. You can try driving round Paris and it’ll take years off your life.

      Cycling is a whole different story. Drivers respect cyclists and give them a wide berth; they won’t overtake unless they can leave at least a metre. It’s just the done thing

      Damn right this cunt should have the book thrown at him

      • SlyLycan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        8 hours ago

        So it’s less that the person rightfully was punished and more newsworthy that someone broke that code of conduct? That makes more sense. I think the modem news is making me more cynical than I would like.

        Thanks for the insight!

        • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
          5·
          3 hours ago

          That, and also the mayor of Paris is on a massive anti-SUV bender at the moment, hiking up parking charges to discourage people from driving them

          The judge has probably been told to send a message.

          You don’t. Fuckin. Need. An SUV. You. Cunt

          • phar@lemmy.ml
            1·
            41 minutes ago

            I’ve been to France a few times and what they consider an SUV over here in America we don’t consider to really be an suv. They’re like tiny crossovers. I wonder when they’re trying to get rid of SUVs how many vehicles they’re really trying to get rid of. The “SUV” we got when we rented one was not much different from a medium sized sedan. We could not fit five pieces of luggage.

            • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
              1·
              10 minutes ago

              You’re absolutely the exception, not the rule

              Take your tiny-penis truck and leave, there’s a good fella