OFF: Drunk Driving

[Tom Clark]

Totally agree.  Though guilty as well of having driven under the influence, along
with stories to tell, the thought that I could have killed someone is
terrifying.    I used to brag about that sort of thing when I was in high school.
If someone is so hammered that they don't remember getting there, then anything is
possible if the circumstances are right (wrong), and it can happen to anybody no
matter how "hip" they are..  (sound like a mad mother, ey!)   On the other hand,
I've been so stoned that driving 15 mph in a 50 mph zone also presented it's own
set of hazards until I looked at the speedometer and realized how slow I was
going.:).

Chip Hart wrote:

> Stephan Spiegel spoke:
> > "well I'm too wasted to party any more, I guess I'll drive back to
> > the base and go to sleep".
>
>         This is one of the dumbest things I've read on the Internet in
>         some time.  And that's saying something.
>
> > I was doing
> > pretty good too.  I was in my lane, never swerved and held the speed limit
> > perfectly.
>
>         So...you couldn't even walk, yet you never swerved and held the
>         speed limit perfectly?
>
>         Ok.  Sure.  I'd laugh if this weren't so offensive.
>
> > I probably was 3-4 times over the legal limit.
>
>         3-4x .08 or .10 puts you at comotose or dead in most cases.  So,
>         you're either superhuman or a numbskull.
>
> > So don't tell me what I can and can't do.  That's my BEST story....There are
> > many more almost as good.
>
>         Oh, great.  Care to tell me where you live so I can make sure I
>         don't move there?
>
> > Oh yeah, I was in an accident last year.  A idiot ran a Red Light in town
> > here, and hit the rear on my van while I was going through the intersection.
> > He was sober and not paying attention to the speed limit or the red light he
> > had.  If I was 2 seconds slower in going through the intersection, I could
> > very well have been killed, since it was my side of the van he hit.  He was
> > doing about 40 mph.  Ignorance kills just as well.  But you don't see anyone
> > in Jail for that.
>
>         I hope this isn't an example of your sober reasoning.
>
> --
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