Monday, July 07, 2008

Drinking on the Holidaze

A bunch of folks in a bunch of places got arrested for driving while intoxicated over the holiday weekend. I used to drive around drunk and high years ago before I became abstinent. Based on that and subsequent experience with a stoned driver resulting in my t.b.i. later on, I have to say, "This is uncool, people." We have Mothers Against Drunk Driving; we have D.A.R.E.; we have Alateen; we have billboards with pictures of now dead people on them. None of it is enough.

I know a few people will say things like one can get a drunk driving charge from using mouthwash or the tests were biased or fixed or it was only once and blind dumb luck.
Quite frankly, I am tired of the excuses.
Folks who get drunk during the holidays, whether at barbecues or at bars, should stay put.
As in don't leave. As in take a cab or bus or sleep on the barroom floor or go home with a
friend or whatever.
Some towns have free taxi service for drunken prom kids or rowdy New Year's Eve
revelers.
Will places have to provide this stuff on other holidays because grown-ups can't police themselves???

Disease be damned.
You drink and drive you should serve some time in jail before being certified for a drug court program (if you are lucky enough to qualify for one).
You drug and drive you should serve some time in jail before being certified for a drug court program (if you are lucky enough to qualify for one).
Sorry folks.

What part of "drunken/drugged up drivers do kill people and cause permanent damage in the lucky survivors" don't you get?
Morons.

radical sapphoq

306 Arizona:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/07/20080707az-holiday-duis0707-ON.html

1704 California:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9809969

692 Ohio:
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/16807602/detail.html

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