New law in Texas will make drunk drivers who murdered parent or guardian to pay child support until the child is 18 years old.
Yeah I am not typically in favor of punitive measures as a solution to a problem that could be solved by building robust public transit free at the point of use, but I have also had a lot of friends killed by drunk drivers so fuck them.
That is a law I can absolutely get behind. I'd go further and say that if they cause serious harm, they have to pay until the guardian can fully resume their duties to the child.
This is probably good justice, but idk if it's going to reduce drunk driving.
It's crazy to me that in America drunk driving (with no victims) isn't a felony on its own. In Canada it's their version of a felony and generally a way bigger deal. In America you seem to only have consequences when someone's hurt.
Crazy that MADD was able to lobby to get all states to have 21 as the legal drinking age but not able to lobby to make drunk driving a felony because it's too ingrained into America since people like going to bars but don't wanna pay for cabs and have no other transit options.
