Drinking & Driving: The Toll, The Tears is a documentary film that was produced in 1986. It painfully shows the everlasting effects alcohol-related car accidents have on the victim(s) and the impaired driver. Many stories were shared throughout the documentary, but the one person who left the biggest impression on me was without a doubt, Roxanne White. Roxanne White was sleep deprived and driving under the influence when she hit a car with a mother, son, and her two daughters. Both of the daughters were killed in this accident. White suffered multiple face fractures, and multiple teeth were knocked out of her mouth. She was charged with a DUI, later, convicted of two accounts of homicide, and was subsequently thrown into jail. Roxanne White…show more content… This aspect impacted me greatly because I can’t imagine life without a family. It is sad to see this happen to White because if she had not made the choice to get behind the wheel intoxicated, she could have prevented this situation. It made matters worse when White found out she killed two daughters of a family. Before going to jail, she looked at her children and immediately thought of the two girls she killed. She had children of her own, so whenever she thought of her children, she always thought of the two lives she killed. She couldn’t imagine her life if the two girls were her own daughters. She not only changed her own life forever, but she greatly impacted another family. Thinking about this situation, I can’t imagine altering my life or someone else’s life in this traumatic way. This particular aspect left an impression on me because I would not be able to live with the guilt of killing two young children. I would have to live my life thinking about a family whose life I have changed forever. In addition, White’s own family was changed forever. Her family depended on her for multiple things, and because of one immature mistake she made, their lives were changed forever. They
