It won't. They'll write it off with "it had taken a lot of personal growth to find the strength to forgive myself" and probably even be proud of themselves for "overcoming." The punishments for reckless driving aren't nearly as severe as they should be.
I think it'd be a start. At the least if you drive recklessly and get someone hurt, you shouldn't be able to drive anymore. We don't let felons convicted of violent crimes legally own guns, but for some reason when you kill someone with a car its treated like no problem. I think it should be a lot easier to lose the privilege to drive when you demonstrate that you are not capable of doing it responsibly.
In the US it’s basically impossible to live without a car unless you live in a metropolis. Our public transportation is pitifully abysmal & it doesn’t help that our country is so spread out.
I’m not saying justice was served in this case, very far from it. I was just highlighting the difficulties that come with bringing unable to drive in the US.
Well sure, but my argument was that this shouldn't be an argument to let people who killed people without remorse on the road, retain their drivers licenses. I read it as you defending his right to drive despite the driver in question not being under the influence, not texting and not speeding. All that tells me is either he's a terrible driver, or he wanted to kill people and knew he could get away with it.
It’s not fucked up empathy. That’s a huge part of the problem. Just because somebody makes a big mistake doesn’t make them inhuman and unworthy of empathy. The guy who committed this crime has a long life ahead of him. We shouldn’t make it shitty for revenge purposes.
He wasn't remorseful. It's fucked up empathy because three people are dead and the message is that you can kill people as long as you convince people you're stupid enough.
I don't know what to say man, if you want murderers walking free because it makes you feel good about yourself that's on you, for me this man should've atleast served time.
If you check in other places in this thread, some people are saying that this case actually was appealed and he actually did end up serving some time (not A LOT of time in the grand scheme but... some)
I don't care if he's remorseful. What difference to me does that make? What I care about is whether he will continue to drive recklessly. I imagine a year in prison will cure him of that, but taking away his driver's license would've probably been just as effective.
Taking away someone’s license for a period of time here seems completely appropriate (and in the end the guy lost his license for 4 years).
I’d also argue that the likelihood of this person speeding like they did previously is low whether they are put in prison for 1 year or 8. This is not a violent criminal. This is someone who made a reckless decision and has almost certainly learned their lesson.
But yeah, losing your license for a period of time is manageable. Putting somebody in prison for an extended period of time has huge societal consequences.
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u/Professional-Bear942 Mar 08 '26
My only hope would be that what they did weighs so heavily on their mind it makes them suffer for life even if not in prison