Let us say a car was speeding and bumped into another car and causing an accident. Let us say that although no one was hurt, it very easily could have turned out differently that people would have been killed.
Would that make the driver into a Roidef whilst driving? Would he therefore be exempt from paying because of Kom Lei Bedraboh Mineh?
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@SJR Shmuel is right. It's an explicit gemara.
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ANY driver is a potential ROIDEF - HOWEVER the Din of Kim Lei does not apply to a case where someone "could have got killed" only where someone actually got killed. This question reminds me of a Shayla asked to a big Rav - "I was standing on the corner and a second after I left there was a huge car accident. Had i been there for one more second I would not be alive - should I Bentch Goimel?" The Rav replied "My wife hung my pants on the line to dry (10 floors up) and they fell off the line - had I been in them I would not be alive - should I Bentch Goimel?" - המבין יבין
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I would say that most speeding drivers do not end up in an accident! Even the most reckless only get hurt lets say at the max 10 percent of the time. So with no intent to kill, and such a small percentage like that, he is definitely not a Roidef!!!
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