I think drunk drivers should be dealt with as severely as possible. They are still getting off too easily. I know these people don't want to do anybody harm but even when I'm very drunk I know that getting behind the wheel is very risky to myself and others.
Do you have those TV ads in the U.S. where they show home movies of
people who were killed by drunk drivers? There's one of them from a birthday party of a 3 or 4 year old, happy middle class family, the father is obviously taking the video of the party and everybody's saying hi to the camera and the last thing is that the party is over and the birthday boy i guess is headed for bed, he says in the cutest little kid voice 'See ya tomorrow!' then the screen goes black and you're informed that the entire family was killed by a drunk driver the next day. I think the ad is at least 5 years old but it has stuck with me.
Since drunk drivers usually are good people, just stupid, there is a sentiment that what does it prove ruining two families by imprisoning somebody who probably has children of their own, or a teenager with his life ahead of him, that what they will have to live with is punishment enough but I don't care, i think you should do serious time for it. As a deterrent to others. Man i know so many people who drive drunk. Even my old man would drive home with about 4 Scotch's in him and I used to
yell at him for it.
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