text: if a drunk driver runs over a human being...what should the penalty be? i'm curious...mainly because i was the person who got run over (literally over....ran over my chest/back, fractured three vertebrae, two hairline rib fractures...plus my face ain't as pretty as it used to be ;-) ).  if you're interested in what she actually got, look for me to post the "do you think she should have gotten less or more" question tomorrow... personally, i hate to hear stories about how people have been hurt by drunk drivers.  apparently, keeping alcohol away from them won't work, so i feel we should try the other approach.  on the first conviction of drunk driving, lose the right to own a car.  on the second conviction (driving someone else's car), have their eyes put out.  blind people can't drive, as far as i know.