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Originally Posted by transplant99
No I'm not....is that OK?
No idea what the rest of the post is about because...im not a lawyer and it has nothing to do with anything we are talking about in this thread.
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Well then, I think you may want to get out a dictionary and/or legal guide and simply look through it.
I'm not trying to be an ass here - but I think I probably do at least one thing a day that if the right situation occurs, could be negligent on my part - I think it's safe to say that we all do.
This is why we have insurance on our house and cars, any why a big component of that coverage is to cover us against our own negligence. Alberta is a fault province - where one party, or a proportion of the fault is assigned to both parties involved, they are assigning negligence. Should every accident be consider a crime, where someone is charged and criminally responsible? In fact, that's what the ticket is, it's the police officer criminally charging you for doing something wrong, but what if you simply slipped into the car in front of you because is was icy - you are just negligent.
There is one other concept in law in this case that muddies the waters a bit more than in my examples - and that is "Standard of care". Certainly a truck driver driving has a greater "Standard of Care" then I do - after all, he's a professional driver. So something that could be deemed negligent to me behind the wheel (just a regular driver), might be considered criminally negligent to him (because he's a professional). Example: I'm walking down the street, someone in front of me has a heart attack and I simply don't feel like stopping and helping him - there is very little recourse. If I was a doctor, my standard of care is much greater, I could be held criminally negligent for not helping.