From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
   >Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
      
   >>. . .   
      
   >>Take the other thread in which the boy died accidentally by crashibg   
   >>his e-bike. Now, clearly the parents might have been partially at   
   >>fault, not teaching the boy the responsibility of operating a   
   >>motorized vehicle.   
      
   >>But the parents are suing the homeowner who erected the wire the boy   
   >>got caught on, a wire that was not blocking the pavement. And they   
   >>are doing it selflessly so no one else ever again erects a hazard in   
   >>a place that one is not allowed to drive.   
      
   >It's a little more complicated than "You aren't allowed to drive here,   
   >so I can set a trap to kill or maim anyone who tries." That's not   
   >actually a thing that's allowed, legally, in the U.S. (or probably   
   >anywhere).   
      
   Invariably, you make me regret asking a question or attempting to engage   
   you in conversation. You are condescending and treating me like a moron.   
      
   You just described a crime of intent that could have been charged as   
   depraved indifferent homicide, possibly first or second degree murder,   
   depending on the state criminal code.   
      
   THE HOMEOWNER DID NOT COMMIT A CRIME.   
      
   There were motor vehicles being parked illegally on the side of the   
   road, on the grass that local codes probably require the homeowner to   
   maintain. Both the bollard and fence post to which the wire was attached   
   already existed. The bollard was probably in the public way but not on   
   the driving surface.   
      
   The homeowner was trying to solve a problem, damage to grass he was   
   required to maintain. He needed something solid to discourage illegal   
   parking. Neither road cones nor a snow fence would have discouraged the   
   behavior. Granted, more solid fencing that wasn't just a wire would have   
   been a better choice, or slats or flags hanging from the wire to make it   
   a lot more visible.   
      
   That's not "setting a trap to kill or maim". The homeowner was   
   attempting to prevent harm caused by trucks and vans being parked off   
   road at that location. He sure as hell was not trying to harm an e-bike   
   motorist, who were obviously not the culprits who had caused past damage.   
      
   The rest deleted unread. Whether you attempted to answer the question I   
   asked has become irrelevant.   
      
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