I recently read a report of a pedestrian accident in which a driver with a history of 7 DUIs was driving at a speed that exceeded 50 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood.   At that speed he tried to pass a car traveling in front of him when he lost control of his SUV.  He hit a power pole and went into a roll hitting a woman who was gardening with her husband in front of her home.  She was a wife and a mother.  She died from her injuries.  The man has been sentenced to 1-15 years in prison.  This was the maximum sentenced allowable by the law of the state where the accident occurred.