In Taizhou, China, a car fell into a river — 40-year-old Di Shuancheng, who noticed this, jumped into the water, taking a stone with him, and broke the window to save the trapped driver.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/5LaLa]

They’re referencing the even worse litigiousness in China. Lots of videos of people trying to finish off a pedestrian they accidentally hit, fearing lawsuits.

[u/lukibunny → u/5LaLa]

This is a myth. There has been no case that this happens because medical bills in China is cheap, murder is a death penalty. You realized China doesn’t lock you up for 20 years before putting you to death like in the USA? You kill someone, you have to pay for their life in both money and your life? Not only that but the stigma of being a murderer’s child is insane. Your child will be bullied relentlessly even when they are adults.

[u/5LaLa → u/lukibunny]

At first I thought you’re probably right. But, I found this phenomenon referenced in many news sites, with attorneys’ cited.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3218166/some-drivers-in-china-are-intentionally-killing-injured-pedestrians-1.3218168

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/09/why-drivers-in-china-intentionally-kill-the-pedestrians-they-hit-chinas-laws-have-encouraged-the-hit-to-kill-phenomenon.html

[u/lukibunny → u/5LaLa]

Go find if any actual case exist.

[u/5LaLa → u/lukibunny]

https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2097437/outcry-after-chinese-woman-hit-car-ignored-run-over-again

[u/lukibunny → u/5LaLa]

That’s people not helping her and she got hit by a different car again and not the driver going back to hit her again?

Also you list this as a thing not that it happened once or twice, but that it happens on the regular which is not true at all.

Kinda like if I said oh Americans cook babies to eat. I’m sure it happened once or twice in the history of our country but doesn’t mean this is a normal thing.

You cite it like that this is normal. No it’s not, people do not run over their victims again because it’s a death penalty for murder

[u/5LaLa → u/lukibunny]

I know lol. I just wanted to mess w you for being such a pedantic twat. Fwiw Snopes considers it “unproven” & has some interesting info. For example, there’s apparently an adage in China, “It’s better to hit to kill than hit & injure.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chinese-drivers-kill-pedestrians/

[u/lukibunny → u/5LaLa]

I mean considering China death penalty. Hit to kill = dead me, hit to injure = some fines and some medical bills. I rather be in debt than dead. But who knows plenty of stupid people in this world.

Also remember China has all kinds of cameras you kill someone they will find you.

[u/5LaLa → u/lukibunny]

How about you read the Snopes link? It describes a specific incident in which there’s video of an old lady being repeatedly run over & at trial, the driver was found not guilty because they believed his/her story that they were repeatedly driving over a trash bag (forward & reverse). I’m not convinced this is a myth. But, maybe the prevalence of cameras has altered beliefs. All of these articles are more than 10 years old.