This might sound like an excellent Bill .... but it has some very bad consequences.
1. The driver might be the father or mother of his or her own children and they become the next victims of the crime. Why do they have to suffer for the actions of their father or mother?
2. The victims family are now burdened with prolonged suffering, because they will have to go in and out of court to deal with the non-payment of the child support, if the drunk driver stop paying the child support.
I say, give them a huge fine and give some of that money to the victims family ...or give some jail time... if no fine can be paid. Also give social and psychological support to the driver to prevent drunk driving in the future. (Programs on responsible Alcohol use and/or misuse and also finding the reason why this person is drinking so much)
Topic: Bill passed requiring drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill parents (Read 346 times)
May 06, 2022, 01:07:35 AM
May 05, 2022, 04:30:23 PM
Well, someone who has issues as you have said shouldn’t be drunk driving. It’s not like they’re the only ones who has issues in this world, a lot of people also has issues so you shouldn’t come out there driving like a mad person and cutting another person’s life short all because of your stupidity.
So, the law is a good one and even worse should be done to them. If anyone wants to get drunk, then they should make sure that they are not stupidly driving, rather have someone drive you home or you can order an Uber. Not just hop in your car and start driving like a mad person on the road. This is an issue that really needs to be solved.
Seeing a lot of drunk drivers still driving in the road has been very usual not only in one's country, but i guess for most of the countries now as its been so hard to resolved that. However, if the government tighten their laws and policies about that, i think that will reduce the cases. And even let them pay on the consequences of their actions will make them more cautious not to drive when drunk. Hopefully this law will be adopted too in my country as a lot of accidents are happening due to the stupidity of drunk drivers. So, the law is a good one and even worse should be done to them. If anyone wants to get drunk, then they should make sure that they are not stupidly driving, rather have someone drive you home or you can order an Uber. Not just hop in your car and start driving like a mad person on the road. This is an issue that really needs to be solved.
May 05, 2022, 01:10:33 PM
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If this bill is fully implemented then it will be a bill.
This kind of hit-and-run accident is always happening by drunk drivers. But their proper judgment is not done. In most cases, the victim's family does not get Justice, but this justice they deserve.
The poorest people living on the sidewalks suffer the most. In the middle of the night, drunk drivers drive over them. There is no one to look after their children after this kind of miserable death.
But the new bill says drivers have to pay child support. Now it remains to be seen how effective this bill is.
May 01, 2022, 02:14:55 PM
Wow! It's good to know that some government are thinking and really trying to handle alarming situations such as this. You know, it's absurd to think of it that a child be made an orphan by someone's recklessness and then close to nothing would be done about it except a prosecution in the court of law for which the individual might be jailed and if any, a minimal compensation. It doesn't add up to me and as such, I think this bill is very much in order.
Not minding the fact that, most drunk drivers are young adults, it would create the consciousness in the driver that, his got some upbringing to do should he be involved in any reckless driving and societal ills like drinking irresponsibly.
Not minding the fact that, most drunk drivers are young adults, it would create the consciousness in the driver that, his got some upbringing to do should he be involved in any reckless driving and societal ills like drinking irresponsibly.
May 01, 2022, 02:08:00 PM
Like you rightly pointed out, most drunk drivers don't have enough finance to cater for the welfare of children that lost thier parents due to the actions of these drivers. But a special insurance coverage for such incident can be introduced. Maybe such cost or responsibility can be transferred to these insurance companies.
So you want to have a mandatory insurance coverage for such incident and then force everyone who does not consume alcohol should take the insurance which is unfair. If you are drunk and if that cost a life then you should be responsible for the actions and i am an advocate of that but to have a special insurance, do you think any insurance company will take any high risk insurance like that. I am thrilled by this innovative discovery called breathalyzer, it would prevent these careless accident, in fact all carmakers should be mandated to install them in every car produced.
I do not want to see a breath analyzer being installed in every car but strict actions should be taken against anyone driving after consuming alcohol. 
May 01, 2022, 01:59:15 PM
If a person uses alcohol or other drugs, then he should not drive a car or other equipment. This is a rule and must be followed. If a person gets behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated, he knows that he is breaking the law. And there can be no exceptions. If a person got behind the wheel in a state of intoxication, then he must compensate for the damage and this is normal. Even if he has to give all his property for this.
May 01, 2022, 12:24:35 PM
Drunk driving could easily kill lives that's why it's prohibited and as for me, children that will lose their parents because of lawbreakers still deserve a good future. It will cost drivers a lot of responsibilities but it's the consequence of their wrong actions that they have to pay. If they find this bill hard then they should learn how to abide by the law by driving responsively.
May 01, 2022, 10:18:26 AM
Like you rightly pointed out, most drunk drivers don't have enough finance to cater for the welfare of children that lost thier parents due to the actions of these drivers. But a special insurance coverage for such incident can be introduced. Maybe such cost or responsibility can be transferred to these insurance companies.
I am thrilled by this innovative discovery called breathalyzer, it would prevent these careless accident, in fact all carmakers should be mandated to install them in every car produced.
I am thrilled by this innovative discovery called breathalyzer, it would prevent these careless accident, in fact all carmakers should be mandated to install them in every car produced.
May 01, 2022, 09:55:55 AM
This is good to take the drivers killing people on the road to face consequences when they have refused to obey rules. Drinking gets someone to another level and if you are driving no need to indulging into that. If the drivers killing people because they are doing wrong act of driving, they should take charge of the action they did and make care for the orphan that they made. This is a good policy and it can bring a little orderliness in the system and the road will be free of drunk drivers.
May 01, 2022, 09:33:35 AM
It is really sad to see people dyung because of the recklessness and carelessness of other people specially people who are breadwinners. Regardless of the reasons why a person got drunk in the first place, he or she should never drive. And the people who accompanies these drunk drivers are equally responsible for not advising nor preventing these drunk drivers from driving while drunk. Good thing this law has been thought off. I wish this reduces the cases of drunk drivung related accidents.
May 01, 2022, 09:18:38 AM
the government in my country is very concerned about this problem, people who drive drunk vehicles are immediately followed up, and they are immediately taken to the nearest police station, but there are still many countries that have not taken action against drunk drivers even when they hit other people they are immediately released without being punished. follow up, the reason is because the authorities cannot arrest them because what was done was outside their consciousness.
May 01, 2022, 09:02:42 AM
They're proposing a law where drunk drivers who accidentally run into & kill parents, pay child support to their surviving children until they reach the age of 18 and legally become adults. My first thought is, I don't know if drunk drivers have cash to afford this. Most drunk drivers are young adults likely to have large amounts of student loan debt and entry level income.
The death rate due to accidents is quite high in my country and the perpetrators are mostly drunk and sleepy drivers, i support the rules that require the crasher to be fully responsible for the victim's children and if necessary, the company where the crasher works (if the crasher is a truck driver or something else) is also responsible for the child victims of the accident. 
April 29, 2022, 01:34:24 PM
The cases related on drunk driving rise up and there are so many casualties per year recorded as per statistical records show so this law created give justice to the child who's parent are victimized on this unfortunate incident. And maybe thru this law the cases will low since there's a law that will totally add more weight to their case if they got involve on the said case.
I believe that that’s because there isn’t much effort being put into stopping people from drunk driving. Such issues as that should be looked into and solved. There should be rules being put in place as a way to reduce such events from occurring.And I believe that when the government starts to do what they really meant to do, such as this kind of law that they have implemented, it is really going to help in reducing the rate of loss. but more should be done, and I believe we as the people should also do our best in making sure that such things are avoided.
April 29, 2022, 11:21:42 AM
I think the penalty for killing people should be more severe than this so that people will never think of getting drunk and driving. The rich will likely not take the law seriously if all they will be charged for killing a human is money they can easily afford to pay.
I am not really an expert on the law or anything like that but in many places child support is calculated not as a fixed income but as a percentage of your income, meaning that even someone that was incredibly rich will need to pay a lot of money for drunk driving and killing someone.Also I think such payment does not really excludes the drunk driver from other legal consequences of their actions, so this seems like a good law to force those drunk divers to take responsibility for their massive mistake.
April 26, 2022, 04:46:08 PM
I think that driving trucks is the most useful area for automated driving if pre-determined tracks for these trailers are set, so that the driver’s role becomes complementary, and this role may be abolished in the future.
The bill is interesting, but it remains difficult for this person to pay the expenses, especially since most truck drivers do not have the extra money to bear the expenses of a child or several children.
I had hoped that these expenses would be directed to the companies that employ these drivers and thus would improve the selection criteria instead of bearing the consequences of the expenses of these minor children.
If those drivers are really thinking on the consequences of their actions if they become drunk and still drive, then they should be careful not to cause other's lives misery. Otherwise, they will support all the needs of the children of the victim. Now, if they lack the means to support them, i guess the company is not responsible for their employee's faults. If they can work on another job that pays higher compensation, then it should be their priority. The bill is interesting, but it remains difficult for this person to pay the expenses, especially since most truck drivers do not have the extra money to bear the expenses of a child or several children.
I had hoped that these expenses would be directed to the companies that employ these drivers and thus would improve the selection criteria instead of bearing the consequences of the expenses of these minor children.
April 26, 2022, 03:51:01 PM
Unfortunately, we cannot completely exclude cases of driving under the influence of alcohol. It is necessary to carry out preventive work among people. For a person to accept that he is committing a crime.
Despite to that I think effort towards it can be made so that very large number of people or drivers will go out of careless driving habit and the few remaining will go along way in reducing the incident or chances of occurring very often. I think such bill is a nice introduction to protect young children from outright suffering when their parents die from being hit from a careless drive drunk under the wheel.
April 26, 2022, 02:16:03 PM
In India such children are either looked after by close relatives or joint families. Orphanage is the last resort really.
Well, coming back to the accidental crime and parents loosing their lives, yes that should be the punishment for sure. In fact they should be taking of such child until they become of mature age really.
Parenting is something one should not miss. The children those are raised will get discipline, qualities and life lessons from the parent and how they raise them.
Basically they should not be declared as orphan for sure.
Well, coming back to the accidental crime and parents loosing their lives, yes that should be the punishment for sure. In fact they should be taking of such child until they become of mature age really.
Parenting is something one should not miss. The children those are raised will get discipline, qualities and life lessons from the parent and how they raise them.
Basically they should not be declared as orphan for sure.
Comparison with India is not very correct. There are very strong tribal or family ties. And even in very poor families - to take the child of a deceased close relative into their family, this is an absolutely normal situation. More precisely, not performing such a step - this is an oddity in behavior. And the European nation is more "humane" - orphanages, foster families ...
April 26, 2022, 02:06:35 PM
I think the penalty for killing people should be more severe than this so that people will never think of getting drunk and driving. The rich will likely not take the law seriously if all they will be charged for killing a human is money they can easily afford to pay.
How can one measure the grief of children at the loss of their parents? It cannot be measured by money or material things. Take away a driver's license from such a person? It won't be much of a punishment. Unfortunately, we cannot completely exclude cases of driving under the influence of alcohol. It is necessary to carry out preventive work among people. For a person to accept that he is committing a crime.
April 26, 2022, 10:03:06 AM
In India such children are either looked after by close relatives or joint families. Orphanage is the last resort really.
Well, coming back to the accidental crime and parents loosing their lives, yes that should be the punishment for sure. In fact they should be taking of such child until they become of mature age really.
Parenting is something one should not miss. The children those are raised will get discipline, qualities and life lessons from the parent and how they raise them.
Basically they should not be declared as orphan for sure.
Well, coming back to the accidental crime and parents loosing their lives, yes that should be the punishment for sure. In fact they should be taking of such child until they become of mature age really.
Parenting is something one should not miss. The children those are raised will get discipline, qualities and life lessons from the parent and how they raise them.
Basically they should not be declared as orphan for sure.
April 26, 2022, 09:46:16 AM
I think the penalty for killing people should be more severe than this so that people will never think of getting drunk and driving. The rich will likely not take the law seriously if all they will be charged for killing a human is money they can easily afford to pay.
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