Drunk Driving

Having done it, having allowed it, this is my best rresspponeseee .
Ooops, here ... i waited thill I ssssobberreddd up
Up the penalties for DUI, no more one two three strikes. My province, New Brunswick Canada; has just changed its' license graded steps. Until you are 21, 0% alcohol is the accepted limit for ALL drivers. Period. No ifs and or buts. And, even better ( and this new ruling stems from a childhood neighbour), the damage done (lost life, injury, monetary loss) is completely your responseability. No more " I was not conscious of what I was doing 'cause I was drunk" defence. If you got drunk, whatever you did afterwards that you should have known you weren't able to is your fault.
God knows this makes sense, but the excuse was always, " i was drunk, therefore, did not know what I was doing/ did not have control over my actions / It's not my fault !
So if I choose to consume mass quantities, that's my choice. If I choose to get behind the wheel of a dangerous weapon, it is a crime waiting to happen.

I would offer to get a cab. If they refuse, I'd notify the barkeeper and/or the police. Luckily, I don't have any friends who would even consider to drive a car while drunk.

EDIT: voted "3", but of course I won't go in if I failed. Sorry!


Edited by MikeEnRegalia - May 31 2008 at 08:18

NaturalScience wrote: Don't know if I read your story right, but if it were my friends and they're drunk and I'm sober, I'll drive - doesn't matter whose car it is, they'll be too drunk to care. I chose the wrong option - if they insist on being behind the wheel, I'm not getting in the car.  But let me say this - don't accept no for an answer.  You don't want those guys driving!

Very true. If you let them drive and they get involved in an accident you'll be - partially - to blame, or there might even be legal consequences depending on which country you live in.

oops, noticed everyone making the mistakes, so I switched the 3,4,5 and 6,7,8 choices around.

yeah, I made the mistake of letting it happen. Luckily nothing bad happened, but I learned the lesson and now I know what to do (not that I really want to hang out with them anymore, it was an awful night in all possible ways)

On a related note:
One of the guys from there (who used to be sort of like my best friend when I was a young teen) was picking me up to go somewhere and after 3-5 minutes I noticed he was drunk, he starts driving 60-80mph, passes some red lights and ignores my pleads to stop or at least slow down. I thought I was gonna die (and I didn't have a cellphone with me) and that we could have killed anyone, children, mothers, etc. I hate drunk driving.

Drink driving endangers lives. Simple as that. Don't do it and don't let others do it. Regret is a terrible thing.

 

I would offer to drive them or call them a cab.If they refused I would ask for their keys and if they refused to give them to me I would take the keys from them,forcefully if necessary.

Slartibartfast wrote: I had to answer other and by that I mean, get them stoned, drop some acid on them, shoot them up with heroin, and then drive around town as fast as you can.  Lifes's too short for not doing your part to thin out the herd.

Hence why are there helmet laws for motorcycles. If they want to leave there brains on the highway let them.

stonebeard wrote: In this situation, it's obvious...offer to drive (or call a cab, but screw that in my city) and if they don't take the keys away from the driver. Huzzah! But really, say they've had 1 or 2 mildly alcoholic beers. I don't know how close that gets you to the limit, but I've been in situations like that. No one's messed up or slurring their words, but there's a slight buzz going on? Or maybe there's no outward sign. And if it's late at night and we're just trying to get home...for better or worse we hedge our bets. There's not really a chance of getting in a crash, but get pulled over by the cops...*gulp*

How many squares are there in San Berdino these days?

i've had friends drink & drive but i didnt know till the next day because i was so drunk myself.