I think what some people are feeling falls somewhere in between. He's not automatically a saint, but we also don't hate his guts and want to piss on his grave.
What I feel is that it's terrible that he's dead, but I'm not going to ignore or hide from the fact that he did this to himself by making a stupid decision and endangering himself and others. Makes me angry that this is still so common. This isn't the 50's where people didn't really know the dangers. This is just being dumb.