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by xnx 13 days ago
> due to drunk or distracted driving)? Someone's probably getting a hefty fine and points on their license at minimal, more likely prison.

In the US, killing someone with your car while being drunk and driving twice the speed limit gets you 10 days in jail: "10 Days for Bobby Cann’s Killer, a Repeat Drunk Driver, Is an Insult" (https://chi.streetsblog.org/2017/01/27/10-day-sentence-for-b...)