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Originally Posted by Sliccat
A 23 year-old convicted of drunk driving? It's hardly a big deal.
Then again, as an Iverson fan I am completely desensitized.
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Drunk driving is always a big deal. People seem to have a hard time grasping the fact that they are driving a gigantic two ton weapon on the roads. People die because of things like this.
And I'm not trying to be overly dramatic about it, but it seems to often that people don't really appreciate that they can very easily kill people behind the wheel of a car, even when they're not drunk. Heck, just a couple of weeks ago my aunt killed someone on a motorcycle because she just didn't see him when she made a turn. Now she has to worry about facing vehicular manslaughter charges. And someone is dead now.
The same thing happens when people distract themselves by reading or using makeup or a cell phone while they're driving. People don't realize just how dangerous it is driving something so huge at 60 mph.