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I got hit by a drunk driver

Joanna Miller — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:55:10 -0500

I got hit by a drunk driver on the way to work. At 9 a.m. in the morning, the last thing you expect is a drunk to plow you off the road into a guard rail.
She'd had a prior DWI offense.
I was mad she put my life at risk, injured my neck, and totalled my car. But mostly, I thought how lucky I was to be in one piece, and how pathetic she looked stumbling out of her car, failing the field sobriety test.
I'm sure she'll serve almost no time and be back driving around in a new Mercedes soon.
I guess the system hopes people can/will change their actions and learn from mistakes. It doesn't account for the power of alcoholism over common sense.
Accidents happen, but getting behind the wheel when you're three times the legal limit isn't an accident.

4 years for killing

dbmasters — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:02:23 -0500

4 years for killing somebody, eh? Lucky for him he didn't steal the car, he might have gotten punished...

I found this VERY VERY

bekind — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:52:40 -0600

I found this VERY VERY interesting after looking up our local Attorneys criminal records...along with Probation Officers etc...I am shocked about how our Justice system works!

As one of her best friends-I

TLAffield — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:51:10 -0600

As one of her best friends-I say this because she had many who called her this, I do not even know how to state how this man's actions have altered so many lives! He has taken from me a very precious gift, that is a 30+ year friendship that can never be replaced! He has taken a mother away from 2 boys who needed the mother that loved them with all her heart. He took a wife from a man that loved her unconditionally with everything he has. He took a woman that so many called friend. I agree with the previous writter, this is manslaughter-he knowingly drove after drinking, disobeyed the simplest laws by running a stop sign, and then struck an uncoming vehicle resulting in a death.
She was a very vitale part of so many lives and will forever be remembered! I have an unrepairable whole in my heart because of this man's stupidity.
I hope he nevers forget what damage he has caused and sees her face in his mind for the rest of his life. This was a preventable death that has so many long term effects on so many people! I know those that knew and loved her will never forget the pain he has caused us!

I am glad to see that the

Oppressed Underdog — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:47:27 -0600

I am glad to see that the laws have evolved over the years to address these issues. What the poeple in the MADD organization have done is proving to be positive, but yet it still happens. From my perspective, this is manslaughter and there should be jail time. I have others punishments in my mind, but probably not socially acceptable.

Having children myself, I am furious that this has to happen to anyone. Not that having children makes it different, but that I have an appreciation that is different than before children, and that the death of anyone due to pure negligence by someone else is unacceptable. The woman that worked at Integra last year and other deaths is horrible.

My friends father-in-law died in a similar fashion, but involved stupid kids trying to pass on a 2-lane highway, cutting off a truck and causing a 3 car accident and that death. Can't we incorporate better hands-on education in the schools to help this?

My deepest heartfelt condolences go out to those families.