Driving Under the Influence

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Or make you adult children get you, which sometimes I do

If I had known getting undercoverbrother's adult children to come pick my drunk ass up from a bar was an option, I'd save so much on Ubers and cab rides.

[blankall]

A major issue is that the habitual drunk drivers are typically also alcoholics. They often let their entire lives go to $#%$#%, including professional and personal relationship and their finances. We aren't talking about people needed a ride home from the bar on the weekend, because they didn't plan their trip properly. These are people who wake up and get drunk and stay drunk all day. Short of having a 24 hour chauffeur they will drive drunk.

You obviously want to just permanently have people suffering from alcoholism off the road, but a major issue is that they don't typically get identified until something horrible happens.

In the case with Johnny, it does sound like the perpetrator was an habitual drunk. He wasn't a guy coming back from the bar with friends who hadn't planned the night out. He was an angry drunk. Who was driving drunk, as he always did, and then went into some road rage incident and passed on the right at while speeding.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

If you are going out for drinks and will need a ride, Uber/taxi etc, you have to work it into the cost of your night out.

It's that simple.

Or make you adult children get you, which sometimes I do

I hear ya but I think it becomes a problem when someone who has had a few too many and was planning on taking a $15 Uber home is suddenly being expected to pay over $100 for the same ride. I’m not saying this is the right choice because it isn’t but in their poor state of mind they may be inclined to gamble on driving home instead of paying the extra $90 or more.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

If I had known getting undercoverbrother's adult children to come pick my drunk ass up from a bar was an option, I'd save so much on Ubers and cab rides.

I mean there has to be an upside to having them right?

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I hear ya but I think it becomes a problem when someone who has had a few too many and was planning on taking a $15 Uber home is suddenly being expected to pay over $100 for the same ride. I’m not saying this is the right choice because it isn’t but in their poor state of mind they may be inclined to gamble on driving home instead of paying the extra $90 or more.

adulting is hard

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by blankall

A major issue is that the habitual drunk drivers are typically also alcoholics. They often let their entire lives go to $#%$#%, including professional and personal relationship and their finances. We aren't talking about people needed a ride home from the bar on the weekend, because they didn't plan their trip properly. These are people who wake up and get drunk and stay drunk all day. Short of having a 24 hour chauffeur they will drive drunk.

You obviously want to just permanently have people suffering from alcoholism off the road, but a major issue is that they don't typically get identified until something horrible happens.

In the case with Johnny, it does sound like the perpetrator was an habitual drunk. He wasn't a guy coming back from the bar with friends who hadn't planned the night out. He was an angry drunk. Who was driving drunk, as he always did, and then went into some road rage incident and passed on the right at while speeding.

Yeah, policies that rely on sensible, conscientious people being more sensible and conscientious aren’t going to move the needle much. We’ve already plucked the low-hanging fruit in terms of social norms around drinking and driving.

[Josh]

Tougher laws & consequences aren't going to deter an alcoholic from drunk driving. I understand the wants an needs to fix this problem after the passing of the Gaudreau brothers.

My wife's sister (who is in her 40's) has wrecked 3 times in the last 3 years and just doesn't care. We can only hope that she doesn't take anyone else out with her when she passes on (If I know that she's drunk driving I have NO issue calling the police and having her arrested).

We can make personal choices though, we were at the Metallica concert this weekend and my wife asked if I wanted a beer. Normally I'd have one and not think much of it, but with last weeks events I passed as I was responsible for getting my loved ones home that night.....

[Locke]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

If you are going out for drinks and will need a ride, Uber/taxi etc, you have to work it into the cost of your night out.

It's that simple.

Or make you adult children get you, which sometimes I do

Lol. I've had to pick them up more often than they've been able to pick me up.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Why do the children have to be adults? Why can't I message my 7 year old on his iPad at 2am, tell him where the car keys are, and have him drive to pick me up from the club?!?!

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Locke

Lol. I've had to pick them up more often than they've been able to pick me up.

A classic phone call when I was 18

"Dad can you pick me up, I've had a bit to drink"

Dad ".... Well no, it's 11pm on a Friday. I'm at your uncle's, and I bet I've drank more"

He sent me a cab

[Fuzz]

When 25-year-old London cabbie George Smith ran his vehicle headlong into a building (165 New Bond Street) under the influence of the drink, it would be 56 years until the first breathalyzer was invented. Nevertheless, on September 10, 1897 the Londoner became the first person in recorded history to be arrested for driving while intoxicated. Smith was one of just 12 men chosen to drive for Walter C. Bersey’s London Electrical Cab Company, and the newly christened electric cabs (pictured above) had only been in service for 22 days by the time of his arrest.

https://jalopnik.com/the-first-drunk...ars-1851644721


The first recorded drunk driving collision occurred in an EV. And was a taxi driver. fascinating.

[RichieRich]

A few years back had a former coworker and his wife killed by a DUI in Red Deer. Left 5 kids behind. DUI driver had relatively minor injuries and went on with their life. I've never forgotten that.