Damnit! Don't Drink and Drive!

[Pekka]

yeah, drunk driving needs to stop on everyone's individual parts, as in don't let your friends drive, if they insist and try, kick their ass. Don't give in.

Don't drink and drive yourself and ALWAYS call the cops when you see someone is drunk and driving. I don't believe in ratting out people even if I don't know them, but when it's drinking and driving... forget about it, they need to get off the road!

[Dr Strangelove]

This brings me back to my childhood. I had relatives who drank heavily and would 'insist' that I ride with them while they proved that they actually drove better drunk. Mind you this is up in the hills of Virginia. The roads they drove on had names like Horseshoe Bend, Deadman's Bend, Bent Mountain, Devil's Hump. You get the idea. Talk about a rush. Unpleasant though to say the least. I guess I got lucky, though there were times when the vehicle partly left the road. Then there was demonstrating that they could shoot and drive better when drunk. Man you haven't lived until you've ridden at 60+ mph on a winding mountain road driven by a drunk brandishing a loaded gun and firing it out the window at signs. I guess that's why I learned at an early age to be thankful for a little peace and quiet.

[Zkribbler]

I lost one of my college roommates to a 14-year-old drunken driver who plowed into the back of him while he was sitting at a red light.

[Gibsie]

I have a smidgen of self-preservation instinct in me, so I won't drink and drive, and I won't let myself be driven by a drunk driver, even though that sometimes means I have to say, "No dad, you're drunk. I'll walk".

This reminds me, about this time last year, was at a club with some friends, one of them was driving home, but I didn't want any of that... missed out on pulling a couple of girls thanks to my sensibilities, whoops. And they didn't even crash, how gutted was I!

[Darius871]

Don't drink and drive, you might spill your drink.

[SlowwHand]

Re: Damnit! Don't Drink and Drive!

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Why? I'll tell you why: One of my sister's friends — all of 17 years old — was killed early Saturday morning because she was in a vehicle being driven by a drunken driver. All three had been drinking. The jeep flipped; none of them were wearing seat belts, and all three were thrown from the vehicle.

She's dead. Her 16-year-old boyfriend is in a coma, and the driver, an 18-year-old, screwed up his back and might be paralyzed.

To reiterate: Damnit! Don't drink and drive! All it does is create a lifetime of sorrow and what-might-have-beens.

Gatekeeper

Sorry that truth hit so close to home. You're correct. A waste.

[germanos]

Re: Damnit! Don't Drink and Drive!

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
To reiterate: Damnit! Don't drink and drive! All it does is create a lifetime of sorrow and what-might-have-beens.

And allways wear a seatbelt

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by DaShi
Did you ever let someone you knew was drunk drive?

No. Then again, I don't drink myself — never have quite understood the fascination some have with it — so it's rare for me to be in a situation where I have to mind others who, perhaps, had a bit too much fun.

I hope this scares my sister straight. She does drink a bit, although she says she never drives. I tell you, if I ever lost any of my younger siblings (I'm the oldest of four), it'd tear a hole in my soul that might never heal.

Gatekeeper

[Arrian]

This brings me back to my childhood. I had relatives who drank heavily and would 'insist' that I ride with them while they proved that they actually drove better drunk. Mind you this is up in the hills of Virginia. The roads they drove on had names like Horseshoe Bend, Deadman's Bend, Bent Mountain, Devil's Hump. You get the idea. Talk about a rush. Unpleasant though to say the least. I guess I got lucky, though there were times when the vehicle partly left the road. Then there was demonstrating that they could shoot and drive better when drunk. Man you haven't lived until you've ridden at 60+ mph on a winding mountain road driven by a drunk brandishing a loaded gun and firing it out the window at signs. I guess that's why I learned at an early age to be thankful for a little peace and quiet.

Holy ****ing ****. That is all.

-Arrian

[Dis]

Originally posted by Agathon
The moral of this story is never get in a car with a drunk driver. I never did.

I have many times. I just always wore seatbelts.

[Joseph]

Re: Damnit! Don't Drink and Drive!

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Why? I'll tell you why: One of my sister's friends — all of 17 years old — was killed early Saturday morning because she was in a vehicle being driven by a drunken driver. All three had been drinking. The jeep flipped; none of them were wearing seat belts, and all three were thrown from the vehicle.

She's dead. Her 16-year-old boyfriend is in a coma, and the driver, an 18-year-old, screwed up his back and might be paralyzed.

To reiterate: Damnit! Don't drink and drive! All it does is create a lifetime of sorrow and what-might-have-beens.

Gatekeeper

For the driver his life is going to change in a few days from now. He will be charge with Man Slaughter at a min. In some States he could be charge with 2nd degree murder. He will be in prison for the next 5 years or if they go with 2nd, he could be in prison for the next 20 years.

[Gatekeeper]

Hmm. I wonder if the prisons are ADA-compliant for, well, the prisoners.