People who drive carelessly on the roads will be held liable if their actions caused injury or death in the occurrence of an accident. The law does not choose who will be punished by it. It will not ignore your negligence even if you are rich or famous.

In fact, an Oscar-winning screenwriter has been sentenced to spend one year in prison for a road accident in Ventura County that resulted in the death of his companion.

Roger Avery, more popularly known as the screenwriter of “Pulp Fiction,” was also given five years probation after he pleaded guilty in August to drunk driving and gross vehicular manslaughter.

He admitted he was responsible for the 2008 accident that ended a life of passenger in the screenwriter’s Mercedes. According to authorities, the vehicle’s speed was more than 100 mph when it smashed into a telephone pole.

His wife was thrown off from the vehicle and sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Accidents like this one will also serve as a reminder to people about the ill-effects of negligent driving and drunk driving. Unfortunately, many drivers only realize these effects if they are the ones who are actually involved in it.

Although the law may punish the person at fault, the victim’s loved ones will never forget the pain the incident caused them.