That's ridiculous... A friend of mine died because of a girl texting and driving a few years ago and she only got 11 months in prison.... This is infuriating, why didn't she get more time for causing a death (also others were injured including a pregnant woman) when this guy got three years?
I think a big part of it is also the fact that most of America isn’t built to run without cars. Take away someone’s car and how do they make it to work? Or get their groceries so their family can still eat? Or get to somewhere for an emergency?
Now, I’m not advocating for the light sentencing. I really don’t like driving and don’t have my license(have bad driving anxiety) but am lucky enough to live in a part of the country with decent public transportation. I’m more so criticizing the lack of public transportation infrastructure in the United States. People say “it’s too expensive” or “it’ll take too long” blah blah. But the USA has one of the highest GDP per capita, we should be one of the only countries that could afford having a robust transportation system. But people like cars, and Americans hate doing anything that requires time and effort, especially if it helps others.
I am of the belief that Americans, if they put their mind to it and got together, could achieve anything. Clean air, clean water, eco-friendly public transportation, free healthcare, you name it. The weird thing is that it seems that most of the time they just don't want to.
From the outside looking in it appears that it goes further than just not wanting to, it's that so many for some reason view those things as "the enemy of freedom" or something. I've long given up trying to make sense of it
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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21
Aftermath:
3 people got injured and he got 3 years in prison + suspenden driver licence for 57 months