Originally posted by aquageek
You gotta be drinking while posting. So, the first one is free? Let's give him another chance to kill someone and then we can get serious about drinking and driving.
Geek, I seriously doubt the first one is free for him. I don't know the laws in Maryland or what kind of sentence he will get, but it is very likely he will lose his liscence and not be allowed to drive for one to two years. He may have to attend classes and/or do community service. Imagine having to live without a liscence. It is tough, I have seen people go through it and most DO learn their lesson.
My point is that I am GLAD he did not hurt anyone, is learning this lesson without hurting anyone but it is a mistake, yes a very stupid mistake and he should have known better, even at 19.
But people make mistakes....All of us make mistakes....are we going to lock him up throw away the key because of this? Let the judicial system decide his punishment, it surely will not be light and from what I have seen of Phelps, he will take this seriously and it will not happen again. I don' t believe that he is a chronic, habitual drunk driver, just someone who had poor judgement on that night. And someone who should be thanking his lucky stars that it was just a stop sign and not the side of a car he ran.
Sometimes people need a smack up side the head to show them what is right, especially at Phelp's age. He luckily is getting that smack without killing anyone.
Originally posted by aquageek
You gotta be drinking while posting. So, the first one is free? Let's give him another chance to kill someone and then we can get serious about drinking and driving.
Geek, I seriously doubt the first one is free for him. I don't know the laws in Maryland or what kind of sentence he will get, but it is very likely he will lose his liscence and not be allowed to drive for one to two years. He may have to attend classes and/or do community service. Imagine having to live without a liscence. It is tough, I have seen people go through it and most DO learn their lesson.
My point is that I am GLAD he did not hurt anyone, is learning this lesson without hurting anyone but it is a mistake, yes a very stupid mistake and he should have known better, even at 19.
But people make mistakes....All of us make mistakes....are we going to lock him up throw away the key because of this? Let the judicial system decide his punishment, it surely will not be light and from what I have seen of Phelps, he will take this seriously and it will not happen again. I don' t believe that he is a chronic, habitual drunk driver, just someone who had poor judgement on that night. And someone who should be thanking his lucky stars that it was just a stop sign and not the side of a car he ran.
Sometimes people need a smack up side the head to show them what is right, especially at Phelp's age. He luckily is getting that smack without killing anyone.
