Dont drink and drive this xmas

[kiwi_2005]

With Xmas parties going on, I thought I would share a recent personal experience about drinking and driving. OK, some of us 'may' have had the odd brush with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" -it can happen. So after a few (more than a few) drinks on Friday I still had the sense to know that I was probably over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never done before -I took a local taxi home. Sure enough at Station Road there was a police drink / drive blitz. But since it was a taxi they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a taxi before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it...

[Stealhead]

Good advice here in the US even if you did no damage to yourself or others just getting caught is costly $10,000~12,000 in fines and legal fees and you also loose your drivers for a time span 6 months in Florida for a first offense.Nice way to explain you level of intoxication by the way.

[CaptainMattJ.]

how about don't drink and drive ever.

tens of thousands have been killed in these accidents. if you end up killing someone on the road while intoxicated you're facing manslaughter charges and possibly the end of your free life. Not that some people would want to live with the gilt that you actually killed someone because of your behavior. never. get a taxi, stay there, have a friend pick you up, whatever, never get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated.

[the_tyrant]

My driving is already bad enough when I'm sober

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

how about don't drink and drive ever.

tens of thousands have been killed in these accidents. if you end up killing someone on the road while intoxicated you're facing manslaughter charges and possibly the end of your free life. Not that some people would want to live with the gilt that you actually killed someone because of your behavior. never. get a taxi, stay there, have a friend pick you up, whatever, never get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated.

My squadron commander in Germany had the great idea of contacting the local taxi companies and started a program where every single member of the squadron was given a card which had their name and rank on it and the base address to the Squadron HQ.This way even if the airman had no money he would give the cab driver the card with his name on it and the cab driver could go to the HQ and someone would find the person owning and make them pay.

A friend can be risky better make it one that you know for sure does not drink and is dedicated enough to aid you at any hour(may not always be the case).

There have been cases where people have called friends for a ride and the friend showed to drive them home....drunk themselves.

The DOT estimates that around 40% of all traffic accidents resulting in deaths are caused by alcohol.That is still a large number though.

In 2009 35,000 people total died in traffic accidents so about 14,000 of those deaths where caused by alcohol.

[fireftr18]

I'm all about enjoying a few adult beverages with good friends, or not so good friends, or total strangers, or by yourself. But I have also seen a lot of bad that resulted in over-indulgence. If you wish to enjoy a few adult beverages, keep it under control and keep your senses. If you do accidently over indulge, by all means, don't drive. The cost of a taxi ride is much lower than the cost of taking someone's or a family member's, or your own life. You take a taxi home, you're out a little money and have an inconvenience to got your car. If you kill somebody, you totally screw up your life, someone else's life, and your family's life.

[Stealhead]

If you over indulge on tequila make sure that you keep your clothes on unless you are at home by yourself or with your significant other.

I have seen a lot of women over indulge with tequila and remove their clothing and prance around sometimes I did not even stop them from doing so but still you should avoid it unless you are an attractive woman and doing so is the only way to prevent yourself from driving a car which I am told it is.

Mezcal is another issue all together.

Seriously alcohol causes a lot of problems not just drunk driving everyone has encountered the dude that tries to fight everyone while drunk I hear that is a real problem in the UK.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I know drink driving I'd a serious issue, but I can't help feeling that people are missing the joke here!

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

If you over indulge on tequila make sure that you keep your clothes on unless you are at home by yourself or with your significant other.

Beer can do that too:

Getting some mileage out of this shot I know.

[Jimbuna]

Nice one kiwi

[Catfish]

""Don't drink and drive" - Death awaits you.

From 3:47 on:

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I know drink driving I'd a serious issue, but I can't help feeling that people are missing the joke here!

You mean the part about taking a taxi home and either being so drunk that you drove or so drunk that you thought you drove it?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

You mean the part about taking a taxi home and either being so drunk that you drove or so drunk that you thought you drove it?

Yep, one of those.

. . .as I had never driven a taxi before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it...

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

My driving is already bad enough when I'm sober

LOL

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Nice one kiwi

Thanks, at least someone gets the joke. After reading some of the comments i was worried i might have some explaining to do.