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In March 2024 in Berlin, an elderly man sped down a bike lane, murdering a woman from Belgium and her 4-year-old child: https://apnews.com/article/germany-road-accident-belgium-1d3...

The punishment: His driving license was revoked: https://www.berlin.de/generalstaatsanwaltschaft/presse/press...

Germany has a reputation as strict and bureaucratic, and yet, it's apparently still legal to murder people with your car.




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