Drunk drivers in this state will now have to pay child support if they kill a parent, guardian
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A new law in Texas requires convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian, according to House Bill 393.The law, whic...

New law in Texas will make drunk drivers who murder parent or guardian to pay child support to the child of the deceased until the child is 18 years old.

  • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    1 year ago

    Surprised in a /c like this that no one is talking about how you can prevent this on a systemic level with public transportation and mixed zoning.

    I live 600 feet from a pub. If I went out of my area I can take one of several different busses to get back within walking distance to my apartment. Don’t have to worry about getting home if you can walk there.

    The biggest issue with American solutions is they always look at problem solving backwards. You want to fix society level issues on the society level. Expecting people to fix it themselves never works or we wouldn’t already be in this mess