Of those 8,922 crashes, 51 percent involved a vehicle striking a fixed object.
Someone has to let the citizens of Wisconsin know that they are more likely to kill themselves or someone in their car than kill someone else by crashing into them.
"Of those 8,922 crashes, 51 percent involved a vehicle striking a fixed object."
I hate it when a tree jumps out in front of my car!
Not sure what to think of it but very interesting. thanks for posting.
More serious.
That's news to me, and I don't think I believe it.
Gerald..you are exactly where you belong!
I agree that is odd.
Killing some one while driving drunk is stupid, negligent and thoughtless.
But it is not intentional homicide.
Punishment should take in to account whether the crime is intentional.
Why was I certain that that last sentence, spoken or not, played a major role in this article?
In my universe, that is always called "self-serving" and often irrationally so: other people are stupid, not me!
The man has a point. WI needs to raise the penalty for intentional homicide to at least the same level as careless homicide.
"All of these men received less time than the people I have met in prison who killed someone by driving drunk."
First, codos to you for taking responsibility for your crime and doing your time without excuses.
Second, those other people should receive harder sentences. The argument that DUI homocides should be lighter isn't working with me.
The legislators set all guidelines for sentencing, not the judges. The legislators MANDATE that judges sentence a certain min DUI sentence. They don't do it for the other crimes. Talk to your representatives and lobbiest.