No dude your right for thinking that way. I feel the same way. He was drunk off his ass and drove. What a moron. He not only took his own life but also his passengers life as well. And like you said he could have hit a car with a family in it. And of course he would have walked away without a scratch and would have killed the family in the other car. Cause that's how it always works. Drunk guy always lives and kills the other motorist. I'm not saying he deserved to die, no way. I'm just saying he was asking for it by doing what he did. You play with fire you will get burned. And well........he got burned.
Don't know your friend, but it sounds like he was a cool dude. RIP Mike.