Well, in the US it doesn&#x27;t matter, there are no consequences either way.<p>You can literally rampage up a sidewalk and send a bunch of kids to hospital, and have city council line up excuses for you. [0]<p>If you do manage to kill someone, no worries, just tell police you were grasping for some milk carton. [1]<p>If you go by police, there are literally plenty of cars of all makes and forms randomly losing control! [2]<p>These are just some of the more outrageous failings. Don&#x27;t kid yourself, the only reason people are not backing over victims in the US is that there is literally no need with a &quot;legal system&quot; happy to excuse drunkards and the plain irresponsible long past the border to criminal recklessness.<p>0: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.streetsblog.org&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;12&#x2F;driver-jumps-a-curb-and-hits-five-children-near-queens-school&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.streetsblog.org&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;12&#x2F;driver-jumps-a-curb-an...</a><p>1: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nypost.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;12&#x2F;deadly-wipeout-van-jumps-curb-at-queens-school-kills-student&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nypost.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;12&#x2F;deadly-wipeout-van-jumps-curb-a...</a><p>2: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.streetsblog.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;17&#x2F;nypd-no-charges-for-driver-who-killed-woman-on-brooklyn-sidewalk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.streetsblog.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;17&#x2F;nypd-no-charges-for-dr...</a><p>(This comment merely serves to dispel this notion some readers may get that this is an injustice that <i>surely</i> only happens in these <i>third-world countries</i>)