Ill bite. Even if the father was intentionally endangering his children on that dark highway, then no, it would not be ok to kill him here in Brazoria County.
Might have been that the only protection on that road was the vehicle. The country roads here have a small shoulder on each side that fronts a ditch on each side.
Might be that a real man and responsible father would’ve sent his boys 100 yards ahead to fetch some gas from hom, while remaining with the truck himself to flag down traffic. Yeah, he might have been run down anyway by a drunk, but those are the chances a real man takes, rather than endanger innocent young lives counting on him for protection.
You can be pretty sure every time the mother looks at her husband now she seers the lazy selfish jerk who brought about the deaths of her boys.