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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
of course you're trying to absolve him, by making it look like getting stoned on painkillers and driving isn't an issue because he managed to pull over to the side of the road before passing out. (and the car was running, by the way)
no question he put people at risk by driving at all in his condition. can't see how you can say nobody was at risk but himself.
drunk or mixing his drugs. all the same.
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All the same but one it perhaps a less intentional item.
I think if people pound back 5 beers and drive they know what they are doing - they are making a deliberate choice.
But medications are strange as are reactions to them.
So it feels less deliberate to me.
Which doesn't absolve him of responsibility - as we all need to be responsible for the state we are in when we get behind the wheel.
For instance I have taken a cab, or not driven somewhere at all, because I have been too sleep deprived - which in and of itself can impair you as much as alcohol.