I think the sentence was light because the kid was a notoriously dangerous driver - with his history and attitude he should have received a harsher sentence for his part in the Supra crash That said, I still feel not putting on your seatbelt is asking for it.
From Wikipedia:
Traffic violations
Since September 2006, within the first year of obtaining his license, Bollea was ticketed four times.
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In 2007, he gave an interview with
Rides in which he talked about his habit of driving fast on public roads. In this interview he said that he was driving a silver Viper between Miami and Tampa when he was pulled over three times for driving in excess of 100 mph. Bollea told the interviewer that the final stop — the only one resulting in a ticket — he was driving 123 mph in a 50 mph zone.
[3] The events described in the interview do not match police records.
[11] His mother has said that the interview was exaggerated.
[5] The ticket which most closely resembles the events described in the
Rides interview is a September 26, 2006 citation showing that he was driving a Mercedes (not a Viper), was stopped twice (not three times), and was ticketed for going 115 mph (not 123 mph) in a 70 mph zone (not a 50 mph zone).
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On February 8, 2007, he was ticketed in
Dade County, Florida for driving 57 mph in a 30 mph zone, and on April 25, 2007, he was ticketed and received four points on his license for driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone in Osceola County.
[11] On August 10, 2007, he was ticketed in Pinellas Park after his 1998 Toyota was recorded going 82 mph in a 45 mph construction zone.
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