In New Zealand, life is cheap
Actually, it's worth about $5,000.
A 19 year-old drunk driver ran a stop sign while he was using his cell phone to send a text message. As a result, he killed an elderly couple who were on their way home from their 49th wedding anniversary party.
His sentence? Home detention for 9 months, 200 hours community service, and a lost license for 30 months. Oh, and he has to pay the family of the couple he killed $10,000 reparation.
WTF? No, seriously, WTF?
I don't think this kid's life should be ruined for all time. But he killed two people thanks to being double-plus-stupid. 200 hours of community service is about 5 hours per week during those 9 months. Maybe the 9 months at home playing Grand Turismo on the X-Box will make him a better drunk driver.
On edit: Debi reminded me that this story has had legs here in NZ not because the kids was drunk--which happens to be a common occurrence--but because he was texting. If you click through the link and read the story, you'll see that focus.
A 19 year-old drunk driver ran a stop sign while he was using his cell phone to send a text message. As a result, he killed an elderly couple who were on their way home from their 49th wedding anniversary party.
His sentence? Home detention for 9 months, 200 hours community service, and a lost license for 30 months. Oh, and he has to pay the family of the couple he killed $10,000 reparation.
WTF? No, seriously, WTF?
I don't think this kid's life should be ruined for all time. But he killed two people thanks to being double-plus-stupid. 200 hours of community service is about 5 hours per week during those 9 months. Maybe the 9 months at home playing Grand Turismo on the X-Box will make him a better drunk driver.
On edit: Debi reminded me that this story has had legs here in NZ not because the kids was drunk--which happens to be a common occurrence--but because he was texting. If you click through the link and read the story, you'll see that focus.
posted by Jon A at
8:01 AM
1 Comments:
same thing here in Ohio, a girl ran a stop sign and killed an elderly woman...everything was hush-hush about it, and I think a year later the girl continued on w/ her wonderful life. The laxed laws in NZ may be a blessing unless your from the USA, regardless the young man should have a drug/alcohol assesment and clean up a drunk driving accident, you can only try to educate the dumb
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