Drunk Driving.

provehito in altum.:

Do you think of drunk driving as murder? Why or why not?

I don't think you could classify it as 1st degree murder, because you're not literally going "HEY ILL GO DRUNK DRIVING AND KILL SOMEONE WHEE". HOWEVER, you DO know your limits and you DO know you shouldn't drive while alcohol is in your body. I think it can count as second degree murder, or maybe third.

What do you think?

I was thinking more along the line of man slaughter. Unless the person has a history of driving under the influence, then should be charged with 2nd or 3rd degree murder. Then again, some stories are so heartbroken that you think they should go to jail for the same length of time shooting somebody in the head.
Some people know their boundaries when it comes to drinking and whatnot. There is no reason for anyone to get behind a wheel, not even to go a few blocks.

When I was younger, in my very early teens. I knew 3 people that died due to getting in a accident, (Booze was the choice). My friend and her mother and father were driving and were hit head on by a drink driver. Stuff like that should never happen. But yet it does.

This might be off topic, but this really bothers me. ALOT> Danny Heatley a hockey player, was driving very fast (No booze or drugs was involved) Alot faster than the speedlimit, with a teammate in his 2 seater. She spins out of controland smashes into a fence ot pole (Don't remember which) instantly killing his teammate, he did <NO TIME>. He is still playing in the NHL and maing millions, while his late fellow teammate rots in a coffin. What is wrong with this world we live it?
The way I see this one...There was no drugs, booze involved. Just stpuidness and feeling like he needed to play a game of chance, with a fellow teammate's life. Should he have been charged with murder? I think so.

What are your opinions on the ones that speed and drive like nuts, jsut for the thrill of it all?

people who go drink driving sometimes aren't even aware that they're drink-driving they go out for a drink and are too drunk to realise what they are doing!
lot's of people don't even realise they've killed someone they don't mean too in the first place

I don't think of it as murder.
But that person must know and understand what they've done and that they will get punished for it. I'm not sure, but who thinks they should get the death penalty? Even though yes I know doing that won't bring the other person back :/

i see it as murder, if you know that its against the law to drive while under the influence of alcohol, and you do it anyways, then everything after that is your fault and you deserve to be looked at as a murderer if you kill someone while intoxicated

Yes thats true
Who thinks they should get the death penalty?

the death penelty, hmmm, idk, i guess it depends really. i definetly think that they should sit in jail for a while to reflect on their stupidity, but the death penelty may be a little to harsh, but like i said, it all depends. what do you think?

I could debate this for a long time, but I'll leave it at this:

Whatever degree murder it is, someone died.

Do you think of drunk driving as murder? Why or why not?

I think it should be considered a type of murder, maybe not 1st like you said, but still. Driving drunk is like throwing a knife at your best friend. Maybe it won't hit them and kill them because you have sucky aim, but maybe it will. Its stupid and reckless. Not to mention what alcohol does to people. I'll never drink in my entire life, it messes with people and screws them up. I've seen what it can do when you drink and drive on the news, it kills people, maybe not all the time, but it doesn't mean you should take the chance. I have nothing against people that drink, but drinking and driving.... you never know what can happen and its one of the stupidest decisions anyone can make.

[colo=red]Thats a good example!
I think people shouldn't drink at all[/color]

Diana_a7x:

[colo=red]Thats a good example!
I think people shouldn't drink at all[/color]

Exactly. Because who in there right mind would tell their best friend "hey, you stand over there, and I'm gunna try to throw this knife at your head, now, I may miss, but I may not.... I'VE GOT AN IDEA!!!! LETS LEAVE IT UP TO FATE IF YOU DIE OR NOT!!!" Hopefully no one in their right mind would do that.

I do think that drunk driving is murder, because if your not coherent enough to be behind the wheel then you don't need to be driving. I've lost so many friends because of drunk drivers.

I don't think of it as 1st degree murder, because it isn't premeditated, and it wasn't intended to kill someone, it was just an accident. I'm kind of confused about the law on murder, because in different states it is different. I guess iot would come under 3rd degree, cause the intention wasn't death.

I think drunk driving should be considered a more serious offense. I mean you always here about celebrities getting caught driving drunk, but nothing really happens to them. A lot of people seem to see it as 'oh it's only a DUI'.

I didn't say that all people go out and mean to kill someone while they're drunk, what I mean was some people will be drinking and driving and then see someone they don't like and may decide to get rid of a threat as they would consider it.