I have a close friend who drove his car through a red light while impaired over 20 years ago. He ended up hitting a car a killing a young girl. He got 18 months. He became really depressed and almost took his own life 7 years later. He had get some serious counseling and is doing quite well today. He feels like a complete hypocrite, because while he's grateful he got off light, he feels that sentencing needs to be way more serious. His analogy is that a car can be considered a weapon, like a gun. You need a license to drive, and you should drive it safely. Once you get behind the wheel after you've been drinking, it's like you loaded a gun and started randomly shooting. Eventually, you'll hit someone.
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