Access to Mauna Kea

[EightFingers]

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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge

"accidentally" ... would that be a crime?

Let me preface my comment by saying I think driving over stuff is a bad idea.

However, as an example of culpability for illegal actions:
Many years ago an ex neglected to renew her drivers license. When on the highway eight days after it expired she stopped for a left turn, blinker on, brake lights working, when a drunk plowed into her from behind, at full speed. Witnesses reported to the police officer he never touched his brakes. My ex was arrested and jailed because without a valid license she never should have been driving in the first place. The drunk had a valid license. The accident was her fault.

Qualifications: this was on the mainland, my ex, the drunk, and the police officer were all “residents.” No one was “host culture” or “guest culture.”

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She should have gotten a decent lawyer. Duty to mitigate harm and prudent man theory.

Here’s a test: Try crashing into car that’s overstayed the parking time on a meter. Yes, there’ll be a ticket for a parking violation, but you would be on the hook for damage to that car.
So, of course this would apply to driving through the protesters camps. It’s now well known they are there, so drivers now have the duty to be careful. Maybe a hapless tourist might get away with it, but a local would have a harder time.
Are there warning signs anywhere?
It gets grayer when people park where parking is forbidden and even grayer when conditions are bad like fog or rain or night But then, you would normally slow down.
Maybe it comes down to what’s normal (expected) and what isn’t (unexpected). Unfortunately, it looks like these protesters and their things are the “normal”.

Puna: Our roosters crow first