Maybe that’s the wrong way to phrase it. Clearly, Richard Vollick was already at far too many bars already.
Everyone does realize that a drunken driver can kill you, right? They blow through stop signs and red lights as if they’re not even there. They routinely enter highways via the exit ramps and slam head-on into unsuspecting victims. Victims that could be you or me. And even if you’re somewhat impaired yourself, you’re not expecting it, and you can’t get out of the way in time.
The Houston DWI crash injury attorneys at Denena Points, PC caution that victims of these drunken drivers end up dead, permanently disabled, or seriously injured. So why do the authorities allow this to continue?
Just recently, a Corpus Christi jury finally sentenced 58-year-old Richard Vollick to 70 years in prison after eight (count ’em, 8) convictions for drunken driving. The sentence included a $100,000 fine. Which, our Houston DWI crash injury attorneys mention, won’t even begin to pay the hospital bills for anyone he has injured in his chronically intoxicated state. If he even has the capacity to pay it, which would be unusual for an 8-time convicted drunken driver.
Vollick’s most recent charge began with a December 2013 crash where his vehicle collided with metal signposts as he exited the Harbor Ferry. The collision punctured the gas tank of his vehicle. Some Good Samaritans who went to help him after the crash found him sitting in a puddle of gasoline smoking a cigarette. This illustrates the impaired decision-making capacity of drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs and precisely why we need to keep them off the roads. Consider that, the next time you shrug off the impaired driving of a friend, relative, or colleague. The life their poor judgment claims could be yours.
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