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F Drunk Drivers - HARD

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Moderator1, Sep 29, 2012.

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  1. turski7

    turski7 Member

    Hope your son's friend pulls through and good the hear that your son is physically OK.
    Hopefully the judge throws the book at this guy.
     
    turski7, Sep 29, 2012
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  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquirySearch.jis

    Just unreal.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 29, 2012
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  3. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Sending good vibes to your son and his friend's family right now. Awful news.
     
    buckweaver, Sep 29, 2012
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  4. turski7

    turski7 Member

    Six violations on one day and 13 overall. Wow. Just wow. How does this clown still have a license?
     
    turski7, Sep 29, 2012
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  5. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    No idea what to say, but I'm sure your son's friend and family will appreciate all the help I know you will give them.

    Trying to figure out why things happen a certain way will make you crazy. There never seems to be a rhyme or reason.
     
    93Devil, Sep 29, 2012
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  6. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    How does anyone get six violations in 24 hours? Holy shit.
     
    KYSportsWriter, Sep 29, 2012
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  7. WolvEagle

    WolvEagle Well-Known Member

    Man, I hope the judge throws the book at that SOB. Mods - We're all rooting for your son's friend. Please keep us updated on his condition and what happens with that drunken driver.
     
    WolvEagle, Sep 29, 2012
    #19
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Funny you should mention that Devil. My son and I were just talking about that. They left one bar. Were walking to another. Made a quick stop at a 7-11. Suppose they didn't? A few of them fell a few yards behind. Suppose they hadn't? I told him he'd make himself nuts thinking like that.

    Mike is hanging tough. Still touch and go.

    My son said they were gathered together a few yards away while the paramedics worked on Mike. They let one ride in the ambulance. The rest called another friend and got a ride to the hospital. They weren't drunk but they'd had a couple and didn't want to take a chance. My son won't drive if he's had one drop.

    He said the hardest part is that while they were working on Mike the driver was handcuffed and lying on the street just a couple steps away from them. "It took all my strength," my son said, "to resist going over and kicking the shit out of him." I told him I understood and I'm glad he resisted.

    Guy was doing "a minimum of 60," the police told my son, and never slowed down. I sure as hell hope he's driven for the last time and I hope he's in jail for a very long time.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 29, 2012
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  9. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Not to be morbid, but one long look at the car windshield tells you how serious this collision was. Reckless all the way.
     
    Riptide, Sep 29, 2012
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  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    A buddy of mine had his wife back over, and kill, their only son a few years ago when the boy was two.

    What the pastor said at the burial about God calling for people at various times (even though your friend is still alive) sort of helped. For some reason God calls for people, and on He (or She) knows why.

    It helped me understand shit like this a little better. If it is an opiate I am swallowing by believing it, then so be it, but it makes me feel better.
     
    93Devil, Sep 29, 2012
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  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    It's not morbid, Rip. It's fact. Sad fact but fact just the same.

    The kids just went back to the hospital. They got a text and headed out.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 29, 2012
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  12. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    And I appreciate this sentiment, I really do. I'd never denigrate anything that helps someone through a tough situation.
    For me, it doesn't work. I don't buy it.

    I was 10 when my dad died. I was told, "God needed him." Yeah? Know what? So did I.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 29, 2012
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