How much do you want to bet? I’m in my forties, and I’ve NEVER driven anywhere when I’ve had too much to drink. It’s not that I don’t drink. It’s just that I almost never have more than one drink. When I do have more than one drink, I have someone else take me home.
Well, bully for you. But there are those of us who aren’t so perfect. I’m just saying that it happens. You just have to be a good drunk driver and concentrate real hard.
Sorry, jubei2k, but you’re not going to get any sympathy from me for driving drunk. I drink to excess on a fairly regular basis, but I WILL NOT get behind the wheel if I’ve had more than one in the last hour(even though I would need two or three to be over the limit). I’ve taken some fairly expensive cab rides, and I’ve spent the night in a few places I’d rather forget. I can’t think of a situation in which driving after having had too much to drink is anything but incredibly stupid.
That said, I’ll give someone one DUI–I would think most people learn their lesson after the first one. When you get your second, though, it means you’re either 1.)driving drunk fairly often, 2.) driving really drunk, or 3.)spectacularly unlucky. Either way, I want your ass off the road.
I like the idea of the note on the car–it lets him know that someone takes this seriously other than John Law.
Dr. J
I have no sympathy for drunk drivers either, but it sounds like Trumpy makes this an issue because (it seems to me) he has some vendetta. If this salesman was a good friend of his he’d be concerned, but turning him in wouldn’t come to mind. I still say be a good neighbor and build a bigger fence.
Recently, Malik Sealy, an NBA player was killed in a head-on crash by a drunk driver. Here is the story http://cnnsi.com/basketball/nba/news/2000/05/24/sealy_driver_ap/
The driver that killed Sealy was charged with misdemeanor drunk driving 3 years ago. He learned nothing, and is now in it deep.
Some people never learn. I, personally would hate to act in haste, but I’d hate the feeling I’d have if this joker ever killed anyone.
Hey, I got a DUI when I was 21. That was ten years ago. I learned my lesson then, and an expensive one it was.
My point? One DUI is enough to teach the lesson. If he didn’t get it then, he’s obviously not going to.
Normally, if you give a guy enough rope, he will hang himself. You shouldn’t need to do anything.
Mojo has made a pretty fair suggestion though. It would not hurt this fellow at all to know that others around him don’t like the way he is ignoring the law, the judge, and the consequences of his actions.
I vote for the note on the car & filed with the police.
As the former gf of an alcoholic who had 3 DUIs before I met him, I have been out at all hours to pick him up from bars to prevent him from driving home drunk. It got to where I just dropped him off at the bar, so I could make sure that he didn’t drive home drunk. I have done this for many friends, many a time. I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again, even if it means waking up my 6 month old son and driving an hour to get to them.
This man in the OP with 2 DUIs should not be on the road. Once I can understand, twice means there is something seriously wrong.
I drove home drunk once in a black out. I don’t remember leaving the party or arriving home, but I woke up in my bed the next morning. It scared the bejesus out of me. My car was fine - so I hadn’t been involved in a wreck (and I got down on my knees and thanked the Lord for that). I made sure from then on, that if I was going to drink with bf, we stayed home. If I was with friends, I planned on spending the night with them and gave them my keys. I quit drinking at bars (unless they were within walking distance), and became the designated driver when I did go out with friends. It was a dramatic lifestyle change, but I set a good example for my friends and they knew they could call me anytime if they needed a ride.
And I didn’t have to get a DUI to teach me that lesson.
Sidenote: Ex-bf has been sober for a year now, after 20+ years fo alcoholism. (Cheers for Ex-bf)