Copy Clerk  Posts: 96 Joined: 5 Aug 2009    | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2567 Joined: 29 Aug 2009     | I know someone who was drink driving, and recently broke his back. He nearly died. Fortunately, I've never had to stop someone from drink driving. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2263 Joined: 10 Mar 2009    | Forget what was posted here... No I never had. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2602 Joined: 26 May 2009    | I got a text from a friends girlfriend telling me that my friend had shouted at her because he's mean (read: She was being a whiny little bitch) and she'd driven home drunk. Sufficed to say, She tried for sympathy, And she soon learned this: WAS A BAD MOVE. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 609 Joined: 4 Jun 2009    | Had to keep a drunk girl I'd never met from leaving our house after a party last year. Took her keys from her after some coaxing but at some point we had to block the door to keep her from running out. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 206 Joined: 21 Aug 2009    |
Drink driving is a widely-recognised term, fellow Grammar Nazi. There are worse crimes against the English language for you to fight against, so let's let this one slide, okay? OT: Drink driving is a stupid idea. That's all that needs to be said, really. Alcohol and automobiles are a good combination in the sense that sky-diving and open-heart surgery are a good combination. Finland's policy on drink-driving makes a lot of sense to me: If you are found to have imbibed any alcohol shortly before driving, you will be arrested. There's no pussyfooting around with "legal blood alcohol limits", just a hard-and-fast rule that stops people from getting themselves killed. I live in Ireland, where the amount of drink-driving-related deaths is rather worrying. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2234 Joined: 15 Apr 2009   | You can drive drinks? Whoda thunk it? But in all seriousness, no. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1848 Joined: 14 Apr 2009    | I had the frightening realisation a while back that I will be the designated driver for the rest of my life. It kinda sucks, but it's my decision. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2263 Joined: 10 Mar 2009 |
Really? Well sorry about that. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 916 Joined: 30 Jul 2009    | I've never had to stop someone but someone at my old college after a month of passing his driving lisence was caught driving under the influence when he wrapped his car around a statue in the middle of a roundabout. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 482 Joined: 4 Jun 2009    | My dumbass twin sister got a dui at the age of 17 earlier this summer, thus giving me my own car. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 96 Joined: 5 Aug 2009 |
Wow, that sounds pretty extreme. I thought I had it bad with my sister... |
Muckraker  Posts: 294 Joined: 16 Feb 2009 | My best friend died in a car crash, thanks to his mother who was always pissed off her rocket. She survived, and now is mental, he died, and is now gone. I haven't known any Drink Drivers after her, and I couldn't stop her, she just went out to the shops. |
Beat Writer Posts: 206 Joined: 21 Aug 2009 |
It's cool man, I wasn't mocking you or anything. I'm quite a stickler for grammar and spelling too, so it was a jibe I meant entirely in jest. I do hope I haven't insulted you. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1604 Joined: 28 Apr 2008    |
In what country is drink driving a term? |
Copy Clerk Posts: 96 Joined: 5 Aug 2009 |
Well it is where I'm from in the UK http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/legal-advice/drink-driving.html |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2263 Joined: 10 Mar 2009 |
Not at all. I was cool with it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1604 Joined: 28 Apr 2008 |
AHA! I suspected as much! |
Press Junketeer Posts: 482 Joined: 4 Jun 2009 |
Yeah she's pretty stupid. She's not going to go to college (probably) because my mom won't help her get loans or anything. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2470 Joined: 4 Jun 2009  | I have been in a few cars with intoxicated drivers of some sort or another. Nothing has happened yet though, except running two red lights then pulling over and trying to work out if we did or not for about 20 minutes. |
Beat Writer Posts: 206 Joined: 21 Aug 2009 |
Well, turns out any debate I was going to have with AC10 has already been resolved. Thanks, ojm62. Handy link, too. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 687 Joined: 16 Jan 2009   | I've been fortunate to have responsible friends. I dont' know anyone who in their drunk mind has actually thought driving while intoxicated was a good idea. But usually if we were all going to drink and there was never going to be a designated driver we'd all cab it to and from our destination. Or walk if possible (rarely). |
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Who here has had to stop a friend or family member from driving whilst intoxicated? Luckily everybody I get lifts from keep drinking away from driving.