First: good that none of the passengers got hurt - not good that the drunk driver didn't.
The irony however lies elsewhere.
According to Bubblehead, if the cops would have stopped the driver before the accident it would have been "government extortion"

- also refusing to do a sobriety test is an advice he gave in the very same thread I quote:
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Truth is, there is DUI according to the idiotic laws most have and actual DUI. The common .08 limit is BS, people are not drunk at the level yet plenty of people get arrested, foolishly submit to their tests and get convicted, then get caught in the government racket, costing them thousands of dollars [..]
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and:
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
08 is a ridiculously low limit but it allows them to get people into the money racket based on what "might" happen.Someone causes a wreck and is actually drunk, okay they deserve punishment, but the harsh penalties for being over some arbitrary limit set by the government? not right.I think a citation, order to leave the car on the side of the road and call a cab would be much more sensible and warranted but then they government would not get to extort thousands of dollars from the victims of their oppressive laws now would they?
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so: the car is no wreck, but only got bumped into, a cab should have been called...