She was driving drunk 25+ mph over the limit on the wrong side of the road. She killed a guy and she went to the hospital. While she was there - she tried to get an IV to dilute her blood alcohol concentration with an IV.

She got 15 years for pleading guilty to vehicular homicide, but will not serve any of the time after her sentence was suspended.

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[–] judgeholden@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it's really wild how many people die because of cars and no one even really cares, it's treated as just a fact of nature at this point

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I see a scene in a US made film that involves characters in a moving vehicle, I'm immediately expecting the violent car crash trope to happen. That's how normalized the violence of cars is in the USA.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I see a character standing in a street, I expect them to get hit by a car, and I'm usually right. It's like unspoken language in US media.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, it's just lazy writing/directing.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I know, but there's a lot of expectation to seeing a character with their back to the street talking to the camera before getting hit. I think it's telling as a trope in filmmaking

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

What gets me is how many precautions you have to take to make sure you don't die. Wear a seatbelt, ensure your car is properly maintained, look out for obstacles, account for weather and visibility conditions, pay attention to drivers next to you, ahead of you, and at every intersection. And that's all assuming you're in proper condition to drive, yourself.

And even accounting for all of that, anything can happen.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

9/11 every month forever.

[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

we must invade the car dealerships

oh wait actually thats cool