drinking and driving
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mojorecords — 15 years ago(December 20, 2010 01:23 AM)
I had a friend who blew his own head off. So obviously, no one should be allowed to own guns.
The funny 2000thing about people who say they'd never get behind the wheel if they had been drinking is that they're always sober when they say it. As it turns out, alcohol impairs your judgment.
So, my state says that I'm not too impaired to operate a vehicle with a BAC of .07, but if I'm .08, I can face jail time. Not only does the state know precisely how much alcohol is too much FOR ME, but they know it for everyone else too, and we all happen to have the same body chemistry.
Actually, the limit doesn't really matter, because many people on the road can't safely operate a vehicle SOBER, let alone drunk. If you ask me, the problem isn't drunk driving, it's giving licenses to morons that don't know how to drive. -
Cyclohexane333 — 13 years ago(May 15, 2012 10:06 PM)
All I read here is rationalization and justification. People who drive like idiots sober are in the wrong but that doesn't make drunk driving ok. Both are wrong and should be prosecuted and legal authority aims to do just that.
One death from a drunk driver is too many because it is completely preventable. People don't drink and drive there is no excuse we all know it is wrong. -
ass-kissmy — 15 years ago(December 29, 2010 11:20 PM)
I work as a Paramedic in a large Metro area and the first thing we learn is correct punctuation. Thank you for posting and looking like an idiot. Clearly, our National Standard for EMS practitioners is too low.
I wouldn't let you take a set of vital signs if that is how you communicate.
I imagine you work for a private transport service, anyway. Doubtful you can handle any 911 responses. -
rumor1234 — 15 years ago(January 01, 2011 05:30 AM)
It's funny you say that, I did work in the EMS 911 system . Sorry my punctuation offend you. 7 years with city unit and 2 years as an TEMT with a tactical SWAT team. Saving lives and enjoying the best parts of life. I believe the topic was about drunk driving by actors who have the way and means to know better. So if you have no comment on that subject . Maybe you should start with reading the topic we are talking about. So we all can learn from bad mistakes. Don't worry I would still save you if were injured. Even after your personal hurtful comments and statements. Lol
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tiger86-2 — 15 years ago(January 23, 2011 08:51 AM)
Well, I am all against driving when you are drunk but Jeffrey Donovan didn't kill or hurt anybody. He didn't even crash into anything. So I think if he paid his fine people like you should leave him alone. He made a mistake. He paid for it. End of story.
By the way does anybody here actually care if somebody that they don't know drives drunk? No, you don't. You care about celebrities. That is funny. In fact it is much easier to get away with driving drunk if you are not a celebrity. Here in Bulgaria you can just bribe the policemen and everything would be forgotten. This is a fact. Even if you cause an accident you can get away with it.
But if you are a movie star or a famous sportsman you are doomed. The reporters would eat you alive. Your accident will be in the news. Your career might be destroyed. That has happened here already. Is that fair? Why don't you complain about the MILLIONS of people who get away with much more serious mistakes? -
Cyclohexane333 — 13 years ago(May 15, 2012 10:09 PM)
"By the way does anybody here actually care if somebody that they don't know drives drunk? No, you don't. You care about celebrities."
This is what one would call a strawman Anyway of cou16d0rse people care about people they don't know driving drunk but we just don't hear about it so don't comment, trust me I hate all drunk drivers equally but will only comment on the stories I hear.
Your logic is whacked. You can't care about something you don't know about. -
sandie69 — 14 years ago(May 30, 2011 04:48 PM)
Seriously people, I know how serious it is to drink and drive my question to you is have you ever in your life made a serious mistake? I may be wrong but this is the only time I have heard of him getting in trouble for this kind of thing and I have never heard of him getting in any other kind of trouble. The guy made a mistake let it go and move on. This happened in 2009 and today when you look him up on line this dui is talked about everywhere. Its crazy. Yes he is very lucky that he did not hurt someone but you havent heard of him doing it again since so maybe he learned a little something unlike alot of other people out there and not just the stars. LET IT GO! MOVE ON!
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SomethingOrAnother — 14 years ago(May 31, 2011 02:02 PM)
He's paid his debt to society, it's his first criminal act and its really a minor one since he didn't hurt or kill anyone (he could have, but he didn't) was he acting like a dick head? sure but he's paid fines and serving a probation.
Besides what a lighweight, no hookers or pornstars or blow, not even an once of cannabis. -
phorcysX — 14 years ago(December 02, 2011 01:39 AM)
True, and there's a fact that anti-drunk driving crusaders love to misunderstand: "Drunk" driving is now "mildly tipsy people getting financially savaged for municipal profit" because DUI BAC thresholds are so low. People with low body fat, particularly those on the ketogenic diet many actors use, don't always feel the effect of alcohol in the same way overweight people (i.e. 70% of Americans) do.
People in cars occasionally kill each other that's the downside of piloting large metal missiles with minimal training. I'm very sorry for anyone that lost someone to a drunk driver, but not so willing to vilify people who get the tipsy tax. -
Sally_Albright — 14 years ago(December 10, 2011 03:38 PM)
"Tipsy" driving still kills people, because the person's reflexes are slower phorcysX. "Midly" is subjective, and anytime you are fuzzy minded you are taking a chance when you get behind a wheel. Obviously car wrecks kill people who are sober, that isn't the issue. It's no different than people who text while driving, IMO. If you aren't able to 100% concentrate on what you are doing, that's a problem. The smart thing is to not drink and drive.
I'm not defending people calling him a "dirtbag", I think that's a bit harsh. Those I consider dirtbags are those who continue making mistakesbut odds are that someone has driven drunk many times for every time they are caught. In my state there are many who are on their 8th, 9th, 10th DUIs. Some people don't learn. Personally I think some people should cut this guy some slack and unleash it if it happens again. Thankfully nothing awful appears to have happened and he's being punished.
I just don't understand anyone defending drunk driving. Being a little less drunk than some doesn't mean it's safer. -
LadySailor1975 — 13 years ago(July 10, 2012 12:19 PM)
Once is a mistake. If he does it repeatedly, then he has a pr1c84oblem.
I do NOT condone drinking and driving. He absolutely does indeed have to answer for what he did.
The important thing is that he learns from it and never does it again.
My sister is right now on a suspended license for the same thing. She feels bad about it and realizes she could have killed somebody. She has 2 kids and knows her victim could have been a child her kids' ages. I hope she has indeed learned her lesson.
I have one juvenile record for theft (shoplifting). I had to pay a fine, was on one year probation, and community service. I am 37 now and have not been in trouble since.
Same with anyone, celebrity or not. We ALL make mistakes. We pay for that mistake and we need to learn from that mistake.
It's great to be young and insane!