F Drunk Drivers - HARD

Moddy,

Our best to your son, his friend's family and everyone else involved.

It cannot be emphasized enough. If you're going to drink, hand over the keys. No exceptions. No questions. No BS.

 

Hope the best for this young man.

 

First offense DUI, high-level misdemeanor with a month of jail time. Second offense, felony. That's what it needs to be even in the absence of injury.

Thoughts and best wishes to your friend.

 

Once is once too many. An overused line sometimes, but applicable here. Takes only once to get behind the wheel inebriated and kill and injure numerous people.

A friend and colleague did it once at a previous stop. Not sure I've ever chewed him out worse than when we got back to the apartments (we had places in the same complex). Did it not only because he's a friend and I care, but also because it takes only once to kill and/or seriously hurt numerous people. Once.

No leniency with this one. None.

 

Oh I agree with you. The injury/death penalties are absurdly low too.

Sadly, I don't think it is drummed into everybody. In words, yes. But not in the actions of parents and other adults. We were talking about this on another thread and I was talking about how many times I had heard people say they drive better after a few because they're more relaxed.

 

There are many reasons to not drink and drive. One of mine is the street I live on. It's so narrow that I feel like I could hit something or someone if I'm not careful, even when sober.

You take your life and the lives of too many others simply by getting behind the wheel of a car. It multiplies many times if you are drunk.

If you kill or hurt someone because you've driven drunk, you should be punished severely for it. And not just by your own conscience.

 

So sorry to hear about this, Moddy. I hope your friend's son pulls through OK and that your son is dealing as best he can. I heard about this on the radio (WTOP) and they, too, said he wasn't in the crosswalk. I drive through Clarendon almost every day and the number of stupid drivers is insanely high, even during the day, when presumably, they aren't drunk.

EDIT: WTOP also didn't mention the driver was drunk. Just said the driver stayed at the scene.

 

Revoking a licence doesn't do shit. We print a court round up in our paper a few times a week, three-quarters of it is people having their licence suspended further for driving with a suspended licence. How bout they lose the vehicle on top of it. Like Johns with prostitutes. And yes jail time. plus community service, preferably changing bedpans and colostomy bags on those maimed by drunk drivers for the forseeable future.

Moddy, I hope your sons friend pulls through.