Originally Posted by Brian Sharpe

You weren't really expecting any sympathy were you? One of the problems with society today is that people fail to take responsibility for their own actions and have been molly coddled into thinking actions have no consequences. Little Johnny doesn't do his homework - does he fail, hell no. Some genius gets drunk on Friday night and kills someone while driving home - his fault, no it's the bar's responsibility.

Suck it up, pay the fine and move on.