in no way am I trying to incite anything .. but it is different to me
sitting in a bar or at a friends house drinking in excess is a choice made knowing that what you are doing is impairing your abilties and senses.. there's times people are tired and don't realize how tired until they fall asleep while they're driving .. one is just as bad as the other in consequences but really the consumation of alcohol is done to "party" and the ramifications are clear as day when you get in your car after that ... being over tired can happen with less realization ... similar to how someone can drift off into a nap in an easy chair
w8m8, I'll respond to your post to include Swede also. See, I don't see it as ANY different, because people know when they are too sleepy to get behind the wheel, unless they are narcoleptic (sp)....so they do make a conscious decision to drive and therefore are putting people at risk around them. Its a personal repsonsibility thing to me. Of course many American drivers are so horrible, I'm not sure it matters.
Swede, what you said was my point....they are both horrible and should be punished. I just think the attitude of somehow one is worse than the other is misplaced. And the only reason I bring it up is because, at least here in the states, people are just given a ticket when they do fall asleep and cause an accident, so they are free to repeat the stupid behavior, where a DUI and they are taken off the roads. It's a bad double standard.
But lets be clear, I'm not excusing either one, as they are equally stupid and life threatening.