Author Topic: Ever drink and drive? (Read 1510 times)

AKIron · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2003, 08:42:23 AM »

What a sad story, gonna show it to my 19 year old.

straffo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2003, 08:58:50 AM »

there is allway hope Cyrano

instead of a serie 3 you can have a superb Q3T :

JBA · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:02:30 AM »

i never drink and drive......

might spill my drink.

JBA · « **Reply #18 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:05:45 AM »

seriously.. No I don't drink and drive...

Tarmac · « **Reply #19 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:14:06 AM »

Lost a friend to a drunk driver my freshman year of high school. I think that's kept me sober behind the wheel since.

Looking at those pictures, I wonder what would be worse... dying or having to live like that.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #20 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:22:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
It took me 27 years! Hopefully you'll beat my record!

I actually have the money now, but I would have to live inside the car... that doesn't look too appealing

With 100 sq.m. appartments costing no less than €360.000 around here, the BMW has to wait

Daniel

capt. apathy · « **Reply #21 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:30:35 AM »

luckly I figured it out early.

for the price of your first DUI offence you can hire a limo to drive you home once a week for a year. no drunk driving here.

john9001 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:35:33 AM »

sober drivers kill twice as many people as drinking drivers , but i know , sober drivers have "accidents"

davidpt40 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:36:53 AM »

Have any of you seen the other 'lady' in the campaign? She was a little bit older than this girl, almost as pretty. I assume its flames that cause the damage, but her face was even more horribley burned. She survived, but is fully blind, and now lectures at schools about drunk driving.

I definately know I couldn't live if I was totally burned up. Not even sure if I could keep going on if I burned someone else up like this. Fate much worse than death.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #24 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:43:41 AM »

Used to be stupid in college - drove back and forth from bars/parties, but then I lost a friend to an alcohol related accident... not anymore.

Karnak · « **Reply #25 on:** March 13, 2003, 09:50:57 AM »

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Originally posted by john9001
sober drivers kill twice as many people as drinking drivers , but i know , sober drivers have "accidents"

This is an idiotic argument. Why? Drunk drivers and sober drivers would have to each be responsible for 50% of the driving miles. In actuallity sober drivers do 99% or more of the driving miles, yet this "argument" would imply that the odds are near even.

Because sober drivers kill twice as many people as drunk drivers despite having what, 100, 200, times the yearly miles? In other words sober drivers kill more people simply because they drive so much more. A drunk driver is vastly more likely to do so if you look at the deaths per mile driven for drunk drivers and sober drivers.

Mini D · « **Reply #26 on:** March 13, 2003, 10:25:29 AM »

This reminds me of the military. If there was an accident, they'd ask you if you'd had anything to drink in the last 24 hours. If you said yes, the accident was alcohol related.

I drive 20 miles to work every day. I drive during light traffic in the morning and heavy traffic in the afternoon. Half of the drive is city (downtown to suburbs) and the other half is highway.

From all that driving, I have one simple observation: 10% of all people driving cars are simply idiots. I'd like to get all hung up on drunk drivers, but I see more accidents and near accidents caused by cell phone drivers. I see SUVs being driven like they were sports cars and I see people simply doing stupid things while driving.

Someone has a couple of beers (if it was a couple and not the "a couple" someone tells cops they had) and gets in an accident, the accident was somehow caused by the drinking. Ignore the fact that this was a 17 year old kid. Ignore the fact that teenage boys are the most reckless drivers on the face of the earth sober.

Be responsible. Drive safely. Watch out for those that aren't. My guess is more than a couple if not all of these rules weren't observed in this situation.

MiniD

Hawklore · « **Reply #27 on:** March 13, 2003, 10:32:04 AM »

Such a sexy lady, then drinking did that too her,

Thats gonna stick in my head forever, I'm probably only gonna drink at home, if ever...

Kanth · « **Reply #28 on:** March 13, 2003, 10:39:35 AM »

That figure is extremely generous.

I'd lean more towards 70% of drivers are idiots.
with another 10% who are zombies.

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Originally posted by Mini D

From all that driving, I have one simple observation: 10% of all people driving cars are simply idiots. MiniD

Chaos68 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 13, 2003, 10:58:04 AM »

im not going to lie, i drink and drive i know its wrong but im not going to wait for a even drunker person to drive me home or pay for a taxi. I know its stupid but hey im young and nothing can happen to me. J/K i stop drinking after 2 beers, if i have more i wait 1 1/2 hours per beer to drive home.