amen. when i totalled my dads car when i was 18 (rolled it twice and flipped it once, buddy behind me watched the whole thing...if you saw the pics i posted of the same friends evo he totalled in dec and died in, it was about that bad), you know what my first thought was when i crawled out of the car? am i ok? nope. is the other driver i clipped ok? nope. should i call the police? nope.
my first thought was "how can i get this fixed by tomorrow". mind you, at 18, i think i was making 7$/hr, was thrilled to have 250 bucks in my bank account, and im sitting there looking at a BMW sitting on its roof in the woods, and i want to get it fixed by the next day so my dad doesn't freak out.
i understand how the kid panicked, because i have been in a similar situation
as for his sentence, i think he got off pretty easy with 2 years.