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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw this and it is absolutely horrific. It upsets me even more knowing that when something similar happened here in the DC area - great kid killed by drunk driver - there were defenders of the drunk driver here in DCUM. Disgusting.

Drunk drivers need to be put away for a long time. No apologies, especially in 2023 when there are Ubers/Lyfts, etc. at the touch of a screen.[/quote]

Excuses in order:

It was a mistake. The driver shouldn't spend his life in jail for a simple mistake.
There was no intent. He couldn't understand the consequences of exceeding the speed limit slightly.
Why are they allowing people to drive golf carts on the road? Roads are dangerous and golf carts and pedestrians should stay away from them.[/quote]

I’m hoping, assuming, this response is sarcastic. Even as a person who knows tbe driver intimately I can say I hope she goes away for life.

She had multiple speeding violations prior and a very privileged life that she never learned from. I hope she gets the max.[/quote]

I would agree but do have to wonder about allowing a golf cart on the road.[/quote]

Golf carts are only allowed on certain roads and only at night IF they have certain safety  features like lights, which this one had. This is very common in a low country community. If the driver was not drunk and driving, 40 mph over,  this would not have been a factor.  [/quote]

I'm from Florida, so I get it. I also disagree that it's safe to have golf carts with a max speed of 25 mph on a road. Similarly, I think it's foolish to allow cars on beaches where there are sunbathers. It's a recipe for disaster.[/quote]

+1.  I agree that the driver of the suv should go away for a very long time, but the world is full of drunk idiots, which is why, if I’m going to be on the road, I want to be in my highly engineered car. I live in an area with a growing number of golf carts and allowing them on the roads is a terrible idea. My little town now has three golf cart dealerships, and even worse, they rent them to tourists (who don’t know the rules about where they can legally be driven). We have developed sophisticated safety systems for cars, so now we’re going to go tootling around in golf carts with zero impact protection? I see people riding on rear facing seats with their legs hanging off the back and holding babies in their arms, children driving golf carts, people driving them on roads where the speed limit is over 35, etc etc. I have thought it’s a matter of time before something terrible happens in my own community. [/quote]

+1 to these posters. We live very close to a fun, historic strip in Florida and see the same stupid stuff in golf carts all the time. They're not on a golf course with only pedestrians and other golf carts. They're on roads with cars and freight trucks.

To clarify, this doesn't excuse the drunk driver who killed the woman and injured others; just a sidebar pointing out the foolishness of allowing golf carts on roads with cars.[/quote]

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