Helveticus: “drunk driving is taken very seriously here. First offenders will usually face a fine of around 500-800 bucks and probably also a suspended license for 30-90 days. Second time, your license is gone for a year.”

I think that’s pretty much in line with penalties in the US, at least in the states I’m familiar with, at least for the first offense. On top of that people generally have to take some sort of course that they also have to pay for to get their license reinstated. The laws tightened up quite a bit in the 80s and 90s.

Actually, come to think of it when I was in school someone did drunkenly fall from a dorm window and die on our campus. This was a pretty impressive feat, as the windows in the dorms were not made to open easily to prevent just that. But the chances of being hit by someone falling from a window seem very low to me.