drunk driving

[motorhead]

So know one on this forum ever drives a car without drinking. Yeah right. Unless you don't drink at all, I'm sure that every single person on here that does has and still will drive a car after drinking.
Just because you never wrecked or never got caught doesn't mean your any better than the poor devil that smashed his SS into the tree. If you drink one it might as well be Ten. It's no different.

[c5garage]

Tim

[Steeler NY]

DUMB!
UN-COOL!

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by Jefe's SS

How 'bout you just don't drive drunk.

or when you're really tired... just throwin' that out there...

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by Ravener

I'd prefer to have folks who drink and drive just ram their heads into a wall outside of the vehicle and kill themselves, so I don't have to do it after they kill someone else.

Just sayin

Harsh, but I agree.

I've brought this up before, but my girlfriend from high school was hit by a drunk driver (she was riding a bicycle), knocked into a ditch to die overnight because the driver didn't stop.

I pretty much loathe ANYONE who drives drunk, and wish they would just take a gun to their head and kill themselves instead of driving drunk. Drunk driving is pathetic.

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by motorhead

So know one on this forum ever drives a car without drinking. Yeah right. Unless you don't drink at all, I'm sure that every single person on here that does has and still will drive a car after drinking.
Just because you never wrecked or never got caught doesn't mean your any better than the poor devil that smashed his SS into the tree. If you drink one it might as well be Ten. It's no different.

Never have, never will. Like I said earlier, anyone that does is a pathetic excuse for a human being. Just my opinion, but I think I have a legitimate reason to hate ALL drunk drivers.

Personally, I think drunk driving laws should be much more strict (that includes drug driving too), where you get 1 week in jail for first offense, any subsequent violation is a felony. 2nd offense is 3 months in jail, and 1 year in jail after that. Hopefully the 4th time gets you nailed by the three strikes and you're out law putting you in jail for life.

That being said, I'm also for legalization of all drugs. Just that enforcement while driving a car or truck or a vehicle that could harm someone is enforced heavily.

[SleepWarz]

Epic fail.

[G10]

He got off easy. DUI would have cost way more. He should be happy he only crashed instead of running into the Red and Blues.

[motorhead]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Never have, never will. Like I said earlier, anyone that does is a pathetic excuse for a human being. Just my opinion, but I think I have a legitimate reason to hate ALL drunk drivers.

Personally, I think drunk driving laws should be much more strict (that includes drug driving too), where you get 1 week in jail for first offense, any subsequent violation is a felony. 2nd offense is 3 months in jail, and 1 year in jail after that. Hopefully the 4th time gets you nailed by the three strikes and you're out law putting you in jail for life.

That being said, I'm also for legalization of all drugs. Just that enforcement while driving a car or truck or a vehicle that could harm someone is enforced heavily.

I not condoning it in anyway ,but all I'm say is people that don't think they are drinking and driving just because they only had one or two at a bar after work often look down on guys that are all out ten beers later drunk. All I was saying is drinking and driving is drinking and driving. So really I guess they should stop selling beer and such at places you have to drive to.

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by motorhead

I not condoning it in anyway ,but all I'm say is people that don't think they are drinking and driving just because they only had one or two at a bar after work often look down on guys that are all out ten beers later drunk. All I was saying is drinking and driving is drinking and driving. So really I guess they should stop selling beer and such at places you have to drive to.

No need to stop selling beer. This is what a designated driver is for. Or taking a taxi. Or walking home. If you knowingly go to a bar while driving, you better have an exit strategy before you start drinking....that's the point.

[TahoeCamaro]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

or when you're really tired... just throwin' that out there...

My brother falls asleep at the wheel alot and it really worries me. His girlfriend refuses to drive his car because it's a manual and she can't drive it well. I always tell her it's safer for her to stall than for him to fall asleep and drive them both off the road. Whenever I notice he's really tired and he's at my house I offer to either drive him home or let him stay the night, I just hate the thought of him crashing his car and possibly killing him.

to those who don't drive drunk.

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by TahoeCamaro

My brother falls asleep at the wheel alot and it really worries me. His girlfriend refuses to drive his car because it's a manual and she can't drive it well. I always tell her it's safer for her to stall than for him to fall asleep and drive them both off the road. Whenever I notice he's really tired and he's at my house I offer to either drive him home or let him stay the night, I just hate the thought of him crashing his car and possibly killing him.

to those who don't drive drunk.

My friend totaled his car a block away from his house when he fell asleep.. he's ok though...

My other friend fell asleep on the highway in the slow lane, and woke up in the fast lane... scary stuff, but nothing happened...

They got off easy...

But yeah, I shoulda added "while it's raining" too...yeaaaahhhhh I'll just say that I was wide awake after that

[motorhead]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

No need to stop selling beer. This is what a designated driver is for. Or taking a taxi. Or walking home. If you knowingly go to a bar while driving, you better have an exit strategy before you start drinking....that's the point.

You must live in the city. Where I live there are no taxis and walking home would be a 20 mile trip for a lot of people from where the only two bars in town are. That's all well an good what your saying but not realistic. For a lot of folks in my town, even a designated driver is not realistic unless your going to pay someone to drive you around. In a real world what your saying would be great ,but until they stop selling it where people eat and entertain, your going to have people drinking and driving. It's impossible to have it both ways.

[Steve Dallas]

I live in the city now, but I also lived on a 40 acre farm in the country as well in a smaller town. In college, I drank in the dorm room and never drove, and I would walk 10 miles from Pullman, WA to Moscow, ID to get booze and drink while walking back. Or we'd go to bars in Moscow & walk back. I had a car, but NEVER took it along because I knew I was going to be drinking. This was back in 1982-4.

The only times I drink now are on the Camaro Cruise where I'll drink at the destination restaraunt when I know I won't be doing further driving. I also will drink at home when friends are over. And, of my friends, the people not drinking are ALWAYS the ones not driving.

I don't buy the BS excuses on this. If you're going to drive, DON'T DRINK. Yes, it's that simple.

I hope none of you ever lose a loved one to a drunk driver, but if you did you would feel the same as I do.