Gothamist: Friends Let Friends Drive Drunk and Kill People

mike

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:48:12 -0500

Yes, and ... I agree with your post except for the part about the McD's lawsuit. There's more to the McDonald's coffee case than you may realize. Many people think some little old lady was driving her car, spilled the coffee and got millions of bucks. That's not what happened. Read up at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_coffee_case Cheers

Yes, and...

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:34:13 -0500

That is one of the main principles of our "great" nation. Blame someone else. Clearly, the dude had no problem leaving her there to die, so why is anyone surprised he lied afterwards and said his car was stolen? It seems like fewer and fewer people in America want to take responsibility for their actions; it's always someone else's fault (invisible car theives). Enron (Ken "I thought what I was doing was right!" Lay), War in Iraq (oops, I mean the War on Terror), juries that award people huge amounts for something that is their own damn fault (McDonald's crotch buring lady from years ago.) It saddens me that we are so self-absorbed that we feel no humanity. Not everyone. But enough of us. Who knows, it may not be any better anywhere else though...

m

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:29:01 -0500

I met a guy whose wife was killed by a drunk high schooler. It really messed up his life. The kid who t-boned his wife at over 60 mph stumbled out of his truck, saw that she was unresponsive/dead, hopped back in his pickup truck and fled the scene in front of witnesses. But his mom took him (still drunk - - .24%) to the E.R. because his teeth were embedded in the steering wheel of his truck. The woman he killed was at the same hospital, dying or already dead. She was a mother of 2 who worked two jobs (which is why she was on the road at 3 am). The cops were alerted by hospital staff and the kid was arrested. The high schooler had been playing drinking games at a friend's house. For some reason it was presumably OK with his mom that he was out until 3 a.m. He was a football star at his school. The judge gave him 60 days and community service, saying he didn't see how "society would be served" by sending him to jail for up to 12 years. That's it. Two months (most of it was time served) for killing another person. Way to send a message. Drunk driving fatalaties are seen as "accidents" and not events that could have been avoided and are the fault of the person who chose to get drunk and then drive a 2,000 lb vehicle recklessly.

Bryan

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:47:33 -0500

My roommate in college was killed by a drunk driver while he was standing in our driveway, and the woman responsible was charged with DWI and manslaughter. I don't see how a manslaughter charge cannot be applied in a case like this. Clearly the crime was not intentional, which is the point of the manslaughter charge in the first place.

Jesus Christ

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:17:57 -0500

I think the lesson learned here folks is that if you ever kill anyone driving drunk you should run the fuck away til you get sober so they can't charge you with Reckless Manslaughter and you get off. Tell Everyone. Man, all those dudes who stayed at the scene of the crime are suckers. I mean you obey the law and you get an extra 5-10 years on your sentence. Break it and you get off in a year, do some community service and shave off most of it with good behavior. SO if you run away you'll get max of 3 years. I lOVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

edEx

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:07:06 -0500

I read in Sundays NY Post that Mustasaev had an newly empty bottle of vodka in the vehicle when police arrived at the scene. This guy should be burned, alive.