<p><a href="http://www.fnnc.org/drunk-driving.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.fnnc.org/drunk-driving.html</a></p>
<p>I saw that last year. Man..I hate seeing pictures like that. It makes me feel soo annoyed & angry with people so careless as to drink and get behind the wheel.</p>
<p>So incredibly sad :(.</p>
<p>Man I hate drunk drivers - hate them with a passion. I have a story about something like this:</p>
<p>About three years ago we had prison inmates from a NJ jail come to our school and tell us not to commit crime because jail is so hard and leaves a burden on their family and such. Well, all the crimes were self involved (except one was for murder). But the leader of this program was this guy who drove drunk about 10 years ago and killed an entire FAMILY - all he got was 7 years in prison. The thing that absolutely blew my mind was how our audience clapped for this ******* - what, he gets a free pass because he wants to tell his story about how drinking when driving is bad and not to do it, meanwhile a whole family is gone from this Earth too soon. I didn't clap for him at all; some people told me "at least he is trying to help people not make the same mistake" and I just simply responded "I will not show support for an ignorant ******* who ruined a whole family's life" None whatsoever." That's how much I hate people like that guy.</p>
<p>Burns can happen in any car accident, and in many other situations. This is just sensationalism. I don't mean to downplay how terribly drunk driving is, but I don't think scare ads like that (or the similar tobacco ads) are moral, or use the right kind of logic and persuasion.</p>
<p>I guess if I saw statistics to suggest that such ads are very effective in reducing dangerous behavior, I would recant what I said.</p>
<p>"In June 2001 Reggie Stephey was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter for the deaths of Jacquis two friends."</p>
<p>Talk about a failure of the justice system. Murder two people and get 7 years.</p>
<p>"Talk about a failure of the justice system. Murder two people and get 7 years."</p>
<p>Amen.</p>
<p>That driver should be burnt alive... Im for harsher sentences.</p>
<p>How does the girl live after that. I would rather die than live such a life.</p>
<p>omg.......</p>
<p>"Talk about a failure of the justice system. Murder two people and get 7 years."</p>
<p>I third that, except its more like three people if you include Jacqueline's ruined life. Man, she doesn't even have fingers...</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>One of the most upsetting things I have ever read/seen.</p>
<p>But about the guy - There is a difference between a mistake and felony. That guy sure did something very very wrong, with dire consequences. But he didn't do it on purpose. There are people who burn whole villages for not paying their taxes (rural India). These are the people who deserve to be burnt alive, not a one-time drunk driver. Of course the guy knew he was drinking and driving, but pay attention to what happened next - an accident. 7 years is insufficient to mend or avenge the kind of damage he caused, but so is 70. What makes us human is to recognize this fact, and not ruin one life because another was.</p>
<p>"What makes us human is to recognize this fact, and not ruin one life because another was."</p>
<p>I agree. That is exactly why I support a tougher sentence. Sentencing a person out of vengeance is wrong. We should do it to send a message to others. If the drunk driver had received 30 years (and judges continued to use this standard), I firmly believe the number of drunk driving incidents would decrease. Thus, fewer lifes are ruined.</p>
<p>30 years as a message doesn't really seem to work. For example, let's look at the War on drugs. 30 year sentences for nominal involvement has not only not deterred drug use or trafficking, it has filled prisons to capacity with people who are not habitually violent offenders. This guy already destroyed 2 lives that night, and i am quite sure that he knows it. i don't think that any thing that the justice system could throw at him could possibly compete with the tortured emotional state he is already in. I'd say that the potential to kill or maim someone should serve as sufficient warning. moreover, images like this and the discussion that it generates is the type of education we all need to combat drunk driving.</p>
<p>while someone argued that these scare tactics are not ethically justified, I think that they do far more good than statistics can. the percentage of fatal car wrecks from alcohol is around 40% in this country. This says far less to me than the images of that poor girl. So does an extra 23 years on some drunk driver's sentence. both of their lives are destroyed, piling on sentencing won't change that, and it won't vindicate anyone.</p>
<p>I am very sad over my father's passing but angry as well. He was killed in a car crash last November after he had too much to drink, which impaired his judgment -- he drove far too fast and ended up driving over a median barrier on a busy highway and into oncoming traffic at speeds over 100 MPH, landing on the roof and hitting two or three cars along the way. I am furious at my father for making such a stupid mistake. He could have killed so many people... I am SO angry at him for it. There is nothing good that can come from drinking in my opinion, and I don't think any sympathy should be given to those who choose to drink and drive. They have the conscious decision to decline drinking/driving and it's just so asinine that people don't consider the detrimental consequences. crypto86 and I share a similar viewpoint in this regard. I miss my father more than anything; his passing has left permanent emotional scars inside of me, but it hurts even more to know that it was the result of a lapse in judgment that could have been easily avoided.</p>
<p>That was one of the most saddening thing I have ever seen or read. Although, in my country Nepal, we don't witness the incidents of Drunk Drivers very often...but those pictures have implanted so much hatred for them inside me. I passionately hate them! They shud be given tougher sentences!</p>
<p>seeing things like that really gives you a dose of reality by showing that there are more important and upsetting things than-o I got an 85 on a test, i'm going to die.</p>
<p>wow, I'd suggest sending the link for that to anyone you know that drinks on a regular basis. I have a friend that I have suspected of occasionally drunk driving, and I think something like this would really make him stop and think....</p>
<p>Once I sent such a drunken driving link to everyone in my email list, and quite a few of them wrote back, saying it was spam and instructing me to either remove them from my address book or not send "anymore of this."</p>
<p>This girl was on oprah once and it was not only very scary (to see the results) but very powerful. Her will to live is amazing. I seriously doubt that I would be able to live a life like that but she seems like a strong person.</p>
<p>oy, what a horrible thing</p>
<p>You guys might be interested in the laws of Latin American countries regarding drunk driving. I remember we got this whole sheet on it last year. In some Latin American countries, the penalty for a second drunk driving offense is death. No joke. If someone knows more, they can elaborate.</p>