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Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death

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randyrand · 1790011105 · focus · HN ↗
An important detail, according to the driver he didn't force her out. The girl got out after he pulled over to argue about / inspect the vomit and assess the situation.
"Tran argued that he responded reasonably to a perceived sudden emergency caused by the passengers' prior excessive drinking, of which he said he was unaware, & that he could not anticipate that Normandin-Parker would leave his vehicle and wander into traffic."
1. fckgw · 1790013636 · focus · HN ↗
  He created an unsafe situation by stopping at a gore point instead of driving a couple hundred feet down the offramp onto a surface street.
  1. randyrand · 1790205541 · focus · HN ↗
    Pulling over on the side of the road is not typically considered unsafe. A gore serves that same purpose IMO.
2. [deleted] · 1790015725 · focus · HN ↗
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