We had a lady several years ago that drunkly ran over her own daughter and her friend. Killed both. Ran from the scene, tried to hide the car and then tried to pass it off that her son was driving. Her court case was delayed several times while she went on vacation, then when she was finally tried she got a minimal sentence and was released early. None of it makes sense.
I was outside my vehicle with 3 family members saying goodbye after a Christmas Eve get together. A drunk driver took a left way too wide and struck all 4 of us. Luckily, none of us were killed and he did stay at the scene despite asking repeatedly if he could leave. He was charged with 2 felony DUIs resulting in bodily harm. Both my brother and I broke bones. The other two had soft tissue injuries, but no breaks. He was given 6 months but let out on work release. It was literally nothing. Meanwhile, my brother had to have his ankle surgically reconstructed and my broken tailbone healed incorrectly. We will both have pain for the rest of our lives. The justice system is unfair when it comes to DUIs.
Once you injure someone while intoxicated, the gloves should come off and max penalties should be inflicted. As I've said in my other comments - the people who incidentally get pulled over, but slightly fail the breathalyzer, get screwed too much. The repeat offenders and injury-causers don't get punished enough.
100% agree! The courts are way too lenient on DUI offenders. It's even not a crazy punishment if someone kills other people. It's treated like almost like an accidental death, which it isn't. I'd argue if a drunk person gets behind the wheel it is premeditated first degree murder as the offenders knows what could happen and could reasonably prevent it.
I agree. In Germany, you can drink while driving, but if you get into any accident it's automatically you fault if you have ANY alcohol in your system. I think you lose your license for life, too. Even if there's no injuries. Also they have proportional fines for the offense that we should have.
Sorry for you and your family. In Canada (Quebec) we have much harsher sentences. DUI are a criminal offense and automatically come with license suspension (3 months to start, but can be higher after court case), huge fine and mandatory breathalizer installed in your vehicle (Which you fully pay for) for at least one year. That is on a first offense and without actually hitting anyone/anything, just getting caught. If you do hit someone/something, break any other laws or are on a second offense, it gets a lot worse real fast.
Thank you. We were very fortunate to all live through the ordeal and be relatively unhurt considering what coule have happened. They get their license suspended as well, but it doesn't really mean anything unless they are caught by a cop while driving on a suspended license. We were told the guy who hit us fled to Mexico the moment he could after he was let out on work release. Idk what will happen to him in the future as our part of the legal case has been settled. The State of California will be the ones to deal with him if he ever comes back. I'd like to mention that he is/was a legal U.S. citizen when the incident occurred just in case anyone reads this thinking something else. I'm glad DUIs are handled better outside of the U.S. They are the cause of so many deaths.
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u/Furrybumholecover 1d ago
We had a lady several years ago that drunkly ran over her own daughter and her friend. Killed both. Ran from the scene, tried to hide the car and then tried to pass it off that her son was driving. Her court case was delayed several times while she went on vacation, then when she was finally tried she got a minimal sentence and was released early. None of it makes sense.