If you look at a milder form of this problem and assume that a person under the influence of drinks, slaps you, would that be tolerated by any self-respecting person. At the other end of the spectrum, when we look at the extreme form of this problem, wherein suppose the same person had a gun and shoot it off accidentally, killing someone, after being drunk, would that person not be liable for prosecution.
Similarly a car is akin to a dangerous weapon in the hands of a drunk. As it is, with the condition of our roads, it is almost impossible to drive without having minor accidents every now and then. Driving under the influence of alcohol and that too at night time, increases the chances of hurting someone immensely.
If we look at the profile of the drivers in such related recent cases, you would notice that almost all of them are high profile people having a good time out and being loaded with a lot of drinks. Whereas the victims are invariably from the lowest strata of the social ladder.
Appropirate punishment for such drivers is a must, but with such a difference in social and economic status between the agressor and the agrrieved, is there a chance of justice here?
