maybe his 'friend' was driving  too fast in an urban area but it is just a  question of luck/lack of it
today i did the A40 into london at 120 mph overtaking, often from the inside, after two large wine glasses.
nothing happened and here i am, kids are around, live as normal
it would have taken just one idiot to veer inwards when i was undertaking him to screw my live . But hey you can't go through live thinking what if
you got a buzz , you should drive like a' boss'. 
good hearted non speed-drink-driving people are dying of lightning as we speak. it is all a game anyway