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Here is a very tragic story. Just happened last Sunday afternoon.

A young lady (30 years old) and a member of our Harley Owners Group club was riding her bike Sunday afternoon when a 21 year old drunk with no license crossed the center line. He blew .24 according to the police, 3 times the legal limit. She died instantly. Her name was Trisha Perdue, may God have mercy on her soul.

If you drink, please don't drive.

Semp --
 
Originally posted by MauiRob ....... Its laziness and moral corruptness that are to blame for EVER getting behind the wheel after drinking.
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I was rear-ended on an interstate one night many years ago.
My car spun around a few times and came to rest down in the median.
Fortunately at the time I carried a CB for emergencies.
Trucker looked for me and called for police.
Police found the guy at a gas station calling his girlfriend.
They brought him to the accident site and stood him on
the other side of the car from me.
I was too dazed and confused to even be angry at the time,
although I remember being disgusted......I remember the stench of alcohol from this idiot driver about knocked me over.
Although I was only slightly hurt, it could well have been
much worse for me or someone else.
Now I have a daughter and wife to worry about.
I don't know if or what punishment the guy recieved, but
whatever it was wasn't enough.
Not by far.
 
Problem: guy decides he won't drive when he goes to the party. He gets drunk, now he's a different person, and drives home drunk. Drugs are liars! Guy wakes up in the morning, liar or not, he damn well will pay for what he's done. And we all know he may not be able to, and I don't mean money.

Number one killer, isn't it? Alcohol related deaths.

We should demand all intoxicated people stay put. Sit down and watch TV. That's why God made Sitcoms.

It's a tragedy. And society gets misdirected into restricting magazine capacity of handguns...

munk
 
I was going to rant about the evils of alcohol, but after thinking about it for a second I decided that the problem isn't solely alcohol or drugs. The problem as I see it is "escapism". The idea that we can medicate ourselves (insert drug or drink of choice) into happiness, or at least escape from our problems for a time---whether that escape is taken by drink,drug or denial.

As an ex-drinker you can bet your a** that I often wish I could escape from time to time. I will tell you honestly though that I've grown and changed as a person much more in the time that I haven't been drinking than in ten years when I drank. Just being forced to view life with eyes wide open and brain fully turned on, and with no way around problems except to make peace with them or solve them, has really changed me for the better. However, it isn't easy.

Holier than thou? Hardly. I'm not perfect, in fact FAR from it! But I do take pride in my self discipline and committment to my family that allows me to stay sober.

Munk's right. the problem is exactly as he described it about the guy showing up sober with no plans to drink and then gets drunk and is a changed person, who then decides to drive. Moral judgements aside, that's the problem we are faced with. How do we solve it??

I always thought that the idea that the car have a Breathalizer type system built into its ignition system---one that's designed so ONLY the driver can start the car, and the car shuts off when the tested driver gets off the seat. Inconvienient? Yes. But think how many innocent people would be alive today if we had something like this!!
 
Maui, someone getting high on anything is already a secret..you are hiding..from the greater society anyway. I suggest society remove some of the stigma of getting high. In other words, less fuss about the drunk, but a hell of lot more fuss if he plans on going anywhere other than walking.
My point is getting drunk or high and the individual has already lied once. He starts with a lie, so to speak. In Europe you can walk down the street drunk...(that is one of few 'european' comparison's I will ever make in my life.)
I don't wish to argue with anyone about how bad drugs and booze are; I know, I survived. But after my experiences, I believe in a lemming approach, letting those hell bent on self desruction getting the job done with a minimum of damage to the rest of us.

We should continue to come down hard on intoxicated driving.

People with the guts or grace to get their lives together are great. I offer this cautionary note about people, not just drunks or ministers or the banker: I had no DL for 4 years. I road a bike to AA. There were no bike racks at AA, and mine was usually the only bike. Everyonelse drove cars. Funny how I was the only offender in a community of millions who'd lost his license, huh?

munk
 
When I think about all that could have happened and because I'm blessed didn't I count those blessings over and over again. A kid with a muscle car and too much alcohol and no brains is one of the most dangerous things you can come across.
 
Yeah. If yer lucky, they just remove themselves from the gene pool.

I have friends who have been crippled by drivers under the influence.

One of them was bound for West Point, and he was gettin' ready to ship out, then he was hit by a coked-up guy in a muscle car. trashed his knees, and W.P. didn't want him after that.

Keith
En Ferro Veritas
 
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