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How do they expect you to not drink and drive once in a while. It is not like you always have a designated driver if you are meeting up with buddies all driving there own car. Sometimes people have busy work schedules and don't have time to go over to one's house and get all in one car before they go out and who wants to be the one not to drink. If they don't want drinking and driving, the state troopers should offer free rides home, no questions asked.
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And the ghost of Ryan Dunn emerges on getbig...
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I have a busy drinking shedule
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Sounds like a good plan to kill a car full of babies.
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How do they expect you to not drink and drive once in a while. It is not like you always have a designated driver if you are meeting up with buddies all driving there own car. Sometimes people have busy work schedules and don't have time to go over to one's house and get all in one car before they go out and who wants to be the one not to drink. If they don't want drinking and driving, the state troopers should offer free rides home, no questions asked.
1/10 You're not even trying.
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And the ghost of Ryan Dunn emerges on getbig...
as a getbigger said, better him than mr nobody.
and cold turkey since 2004. :)
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You actually have to drink a fair amount of alcohol to be over the legal limit. It takes 8 beers in 4 hours for me to hit .08 BAC. Now women weighing less must drink less.
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Party!
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Abstinence....
no, I didn't say Absynthe
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You actually have to drink a fair amount of alcohol to be over the legal limit. It takes 8 beers in 4 hours for me to hit .08 BAC. Now women weighing less must drink less.
If thats the case then I don't feel sorry for anyone who can drink 8+ beers and think they can drive home. I always thought it was much less than that to put you over the limit.
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If I have to drink and drive there is no fucking around speeding or acting like an idiot. It's two hands on the wheel no one talks complete focus. Problalby driver better that way.
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Seems that it is nota big deal in USA.
It is major offence here. Immediately lose your license and banned.
Also if you are drunk don't take your car, get a taxi
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drink drivers are almost as low as paedos in the uk :)
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How do they expect you to not drink and drive once in a while. It is not like you always have a designated driver if you are meeting up with buddies all driving there own car. Sometimes people have busy work schedules and don't have time to go over to one's house and get all in one car before they go out and who wants to be the one not to drink. If they don't want drinking and driving, the state troopers should offer free rides home, no questions asked.
it's called a taxi dumb fuck. :D
rich people hire drivers.
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Seems that it is nota big deal in USA.
It is major offence here. Immediately lose your license and banned.
Also if you are drunk don't take your car, get a taxi
not everyplace has taxi's available. Also taxi's are expensive and require you to get a ride back to pick up your car. If the states want to cry so much about the problem, how about they contribute to the solution free rides home and back to your car in the mourning. Solve a lot of drunk driving problems.
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impressive anti drinking and driving video from Australia
quite graphic
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drinking and driving isn't that bad, some people are really good at it, others are not, maybe a drivers license exam for BAC level's, different licenses for different drivers.
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it's called a taxi dumb fuck. :D
rich people hire drivers.
lmao you can end the thread now
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lmao you can end the thread now
I don't understand, you know how expensive a taxi is, espcially after you just spent a lot of money on drinks?! That is crazy to ask someone to pay for a taxi on top of the drinks. Either the state or the bar should foot the tab for people getting home then returned to their car in the AM. Drunk driving will not end if this doesn't happen, people are short on money now you think they are going to pay for a fucking taxi all the way home LOL! No fucking way.
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I don't understand, you know how expensive a taxi is, espcially after you just spent a lot of money on drinks?! That is crazy to ask someone to pay for a taxi on top of the drinks. Either the state or the bar should foot the tab for people getting home then returned to their car in the AM. Drunk driving will not end if this doesn't happen, people are short on money now you think they are going to pay for a fucking taxi all the way home LOL! No fucking way.
STFU you cheap peasant, I hope a drunk driver kills you
stupid ignorant fuck, not to mention poor.
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I don't understand, you know how expensive a taxi is, espcially after you just spent a lot of money on drinks?! That is crazy to ask someone to pay for a taxi on top of the drinks. Either the state or the bar should foot the tab for people getting home then returned to their car in the AM. Drunk driving will not end if this doesn't happen, people are short on money now you think they are going to pay for a fucking taxi all the way home LOL! No fucking way.
boo hoo, i want to get drunk tonight, and i have to go to a bar to do it. I'll spend all my money on $6+ drinks but i'm too cheap to split a $20 taxi ride 4 ways. :'( :'( :'(
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I don't understand, you know how expensive a taxi is, espcially after you just spent a lot of money on drinks?! That is crazy to ask someone to pay for a taxi on top of the drinks. Either the state or the bar should foot the tab for people getting home then returned to their car in the AM. Drunk driving will not end if this doesn't happen, people are short on money now you think they are going to pay for a fucking taxi all the way home LOL! No fucking way.
You would still spend money on the gas if you use your car. Of course it's cooler and more comfortable when you are driving your own car, but when you are getting drunk it's not. Anyway that's just my opinion.
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I never understood why everyone frowns upon drinking and driving when every bar has a parking lot. Get rid of the parking lots so cars can't park at the bar.
Seriously, getting arrested for drunk driving where I live in NJ will cost you around 6K after fines, lawyer fees, and the increase in car insurance. Kill or hurt someone in an accident even if it's not your fault and you are looking at jail time. One guy I know had another driver run a red light. He crashed into him while under the influence and even though the other guy went through the light he did 13 years in jail.
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impressive anti drinking and driving video from Australia
quite graphic
very good commercial , cant be graphic enough because otherwise it will not get through to people.
drinking and driving is serious business, i have to admit i sometime step inside with a friend of mine who already drank just as much as i did and i admit its stupid, he can handle alcohol farely good (but is farely good good enough?) but still.
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Seems that it is nota big deal in USA.
It is major offence here. Immediately lose your license and banned.
Also if you are drunk don't take your car, get a taxi
Where are you banned to, Siberia ??
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drink drivers are almost as low as paedos in the uk :)
Let alone drunk driving paedo's.....they're beneath low.
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I'll admit, their were times I should of never been behind a wheel after some cocktails, but that was many many years ago.
Get a taxi, call a friend, sleep it off in your car or DON'T drink that much if it effects your driving.
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If you can afford the alcohol but not the taxi, then drink at home or walk. I think you can still get in trouble walking, but at least you won't kill anyone else.
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If you're in an accident, even if it's completely the other guy's fault, they will bury you in court if you were drunk..
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but problem is that people do think they can still drive after consuming alcohol. some can but most cant. you maybe can drive straight but your responding time is still slowed down
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Let alone drunk driving paedo's.....they're beneath low.
agree, they let the child drive and thats way more dangerous
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it's very easy
go look at someone who's face looks like mince, that's had to be cut out of a car, that was sat next to someone else who had a "few drinks" who has a steering column impaled thru their chest and their legs are in a pile of bloody mush no longer resembling anything you could walk on
then have to bury them
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but problem is that people do think they can still drive after consuming alcohol. some can but most cant. you maybe can drive straight but your responding time is still slowed down
Reaction time is decreased even after 1 glass of alcohol. Selfconscience is increased at the same time. Not a good combination.
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agree, they let the child drive and thats way more dangerous
LOL!
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I never understood why everyone frowns upon drinking and driving when every bar has a parking lot. Get rid of the parking lots so cars can't park at the bar.
Seriously, getting arrested for drunk driving where I live in NJ will cost you around 6K after fines, lawyer fees, and the increase in car insurance. Kill or hurt someone in an accident even if it's not your fault and you are looking at jail time. One guy I know had another driver run a red light. He crashed into him while under the influence and even though the other guy went through the light he did 13 years in jail.
if you do the math not that many people get caught drinking and driving, what is your percentage chance of getting caught really, 1% or so if you drive speed limit and pay attention.
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but problem is that people do think they can still drive after consuming alcohol. some can but most cant. you maybe can drive straight but your responding time is still slowed down
yeah but at that time of the night it is an even playing field, everyone is mostly driving drunk so everyone has slower reactions times, so it is safe.
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it's very easy
go look at someone who's face looks like mince, that's had to be cut out of a car, that was sat next to someone else who had a "few drinks" who has a steering column impaled thru their chest and their legs are in a pile of bloody mush no longer resembling anything you could walk on
then have to bury them
:( :( :( :'( :'( :'(
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just sleep in the fucking car. why do people have such a problem with doing that? ive passed out behind the wheel lots of times, woke up at the crack of dawn with a sore back and continued on my way like nothing even happened. just like a purge in time.
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just sleep in the fucking car. why do people have such a problem with doing that? ive passed out behind the wheel lots of times, woke up at the crack of dawn with a sore back and continued on my way like nothing even happened. just like a purge in time.
that's exactly what I said also
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not everyplace has taxi's available. Also taxi's are expensive and require you to get a ride back to pick up your car. If the states want to cry so much about the problem, how about they contribute to the solution free rides home and back to your car in the mourning. Solve a lot of drunk driving problems.
Not even feasible one bit, whyt not pretend you are drunk then get free taxi's everywhere?
Taxi's are expensive but make that choice.
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This thread also reminded me of my friend Danielle.
When she was about 7 a drunk driver hit her car. Killing her brother who was about 5 at the time. He died a day or so later. Her baby sister Grace I think it was died instantly. She was a few weeks old. She was paralysed from the waist down. At 7 years of age. Just looked her up on fb there. Feel bad now.
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This thread also reminded me of my friend Danielle.
When she was about 7 a drunk driver hit her car. Killing her brother who was about 5 at the time. He died a day or so later. Her baby sister Grace I think it was died instantly. She was a few weeks old. She was paralysed from the waist down. At 7 years of age. Just looked her up on fb there. Feel bad now.
horrible..
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just sleep in the fucking car. why do people have such a problem with doing that? ive passed out behind the wheel lots of times, woke up at the crack of dawn with a sore back and continued on my way like nothing even happened. just like a purge in time.
sorry that's against the law, you will still be charged with some kind of dui, can't be behind the wheel sleeping in USA, maybe move to back seat and do this, but your bed at home is much more comfortable.
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This thread also reminded me of my friend Danielle.
When she was about 7 a drunk driver hit her car. Killing her brother who was about 5 at the time. He died a day or so later. Her baby sister Grace I think it was died instantly. She was a few weeks old. She was paralysed from the waist down. At 7 years of age. Just looked her up on fb there. Feel bad now.
Yes that is terrible, but accidents do happen, and who is to say that the alcohol caused the accident, it could have been another motorist that cut off the intoxicated driver or any number of circumstances. Always blaming every person who crashes who drank alcohol before one being drunk is simply not a fair argument.
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every bar has a parking lot.
excellent fucking point, why do they have that ???
i dont own a car but just go with a taxi whenever i go out. costs but comfy. and public transportation works for a cheaper option no?
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Yes that is terrible, but accidents do happen, and who is to say that the alcohol caused the accident, it could have been another motorist that cut off the intoxicated driver or any number of circumstances. Always blaming every person who crashes who drank alcohol before one being drunk is simply not a fair argument.
It has been proven how alcohol slows reactions, gives increased confidence, reduced perception etc
I agree it could have happened anyway - but NOT drinking is a control that can be taken to severly reduce the risk.
Drink Driving is taken very seriously here. Every time you get stopped for a moving traffic offence you get breathalysed.
Some cool adverts!
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It has been proven how alcohol slows reactions, gives increased confidence, reduced perception etc
I agree it could have happened anyway - but NOT drinking is a control that can be taken to severly reduce the risk.
Drink Driving is taken very seriously here. Every time you get stopped for a moving traffic offence you get breathalysed.
Some cool adverts!
wow that is like a police state sorry to hear that
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Getting breathalysed takes 45 seconds. I have done it a few times.
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The legal problem with sleeping in the car while drunk is that you have access to a car while drunk. Courts have repeatedly found that sleeping in a car drunk is the same as drunk driving. Why, because a drunk can get up at any time and still be under the influence and take off. Is it in the public interest to presume a drunk will not drive long enough to be a safe driver? What happens when a cop rolls up on a car and driver that reaks of the odor of an alcoholic beverages with a sleeping driver? Should the cop drive away and hope the driver doesn't wake up and start driving? Also how this drunk get his car to the side of the road? I'm telling you that if you sleep on the side of a highway drunk you can be found guilty of drunk driving.
just sleep in the fucking car. why do people have such a problem with doing that? ive passed out behind the wheel lots of times, woke up at the crack of dawn with a sore back and continued on my way like nothing even happened. just like a purge in time.
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The legal problem with sleeping in the car while drunk is that you have access to a car while drunk. Courts have repeatedly found that sleeping in a car drunk is the same as drunk driving. Why, because a drunk can get up at any time and still be under the influence and take off. Is it in the public interest to presume a drunk will not drive long enough to be a safe driver? What happens when a cop rolls up on a car and driver that reaks of the odor of an alcoholic beverages with a sleeping driver? Should the cop drive away and hope the driver doesn't wake up and start driving? Also how this drunk get his car to the side of the road? I'm telling you that if you sleep on the side of a highway drunk you can be found guilty of drunk driving.
very true good post
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How do they expect you to not drink and drive once in a while. It is not like you always have a designated driver if you are meeting up with buddies all driving there own car. Sometimes people have busy work schedules and don't have time to go over to one's house and get all in one car before they go out and who wants to be the one not to drink. If they don't want drinking and driving, the state troopers should offer free rides home, no questions asked.
I don't drink personally although last year I was contemplating a glass of wine a day for the antioxidant benefits but put off commencing that. I used to think drinking and driving was evil and had no idea how common it was until I worked at a bar for a couple of years and saw firsthand how often it occurs. I guess I was just naive. A lot of politicians, judges, etc, have been caught drinking and driving. It happens and it would be naive to think it doesn't.
I would say drinking in driving is on par with driving while tired or otherwise distracted [cell phone, talking, etc]. It's all bad in that sense and personally there are some people who I would rather drive with even if they were drinking compared to other people who I would rather not drive with when they are sober. It's kind of like truck drivers who drive tired all the time but they are used to it and can do it safely. I think that in terms of law they should either ban it outright or allow it. Allowing some alcohol consumption is bound to make some people subjectively guess they are not drunk when they are and get caught.