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Interestingly worded title - did the car drive itself into the crowd? No, right? Then why would they word it like that?

Anyway, more evidence to support the fact that cars are far too efficient as weapons to be granted as much free rein as they are today. Bollards save lives, implement them liberally throughout any areas with pedestrians.

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[–] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

After driving into pedestrians, prosecutors says the suspect shot himself in the mouth but survived, and he is in a stable condition in hospital

Und deshalb liebe Kinder schießt man sich nicht in den Mund. Hoffe der Mongo ist jetzt wenigstens vom Hals an gelähmt....

Ich korrigiere, das Handelsblatt schreibt was von "mit einer Schreckschusspistole"... fuck wie dumm, Schläfe hätte auch damit klappen können...

[–] Daelsky@lemmy.ca 19 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck that’s horrible. So many recent attacks in Germany.. It’s terrible to see those headlines

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I refuse to believe that those are all just isolated incidents. Someone is pulling some strings here.

[–] Lhianna@feddit.org 11 points 6 hours ago

Or, and hear me out here, the current political climate scares people and those with psychological issues can be pushed over the edge more easily. This man has been known for issues like that according to Zeit online.

[–] Daelsky@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It could be a more centralized group in Germany since it's always the same kind of attacks. Horrible.

[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 48 minutes ago

A group of what? There are people that heard about the attacks and are immitating them. Cars are easy to obtain weapons, sadly.

[–] MrNemobody@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How would you word the title though? I think the title needs to be very neutral at first, especially when they don't have many details to tell whether it was an accident, and attack, if it was driven by a man, a woman, in auto mode, etc. I'm pretty sure they will report it as an attack if the police confirms it was.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

'Driver hits pedestrians with car' is neutral enough.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

That's banished from polite editorialising for being rude to drivers, cars kill so many we'd ban them from all cities already if the press hasn't been inventing euphemisms for a century. It sometimes leaks into reporting about this new mode of vehicular terrorism. They're so objective they can't yet tell whether it's a deliberate henious act or just normal car insanity which is treated as a sad but unavoidable fact of life where the car just swerves due to conditions and stuff. Interesting to see in the wild.

P.s. though, with self-driving systems, that title will probably be technically correct again at some point

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 points 7 hours ago

Keeping an eye on this because it is a concerning trend

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Mannheim Steamroller flattens crowd.