Enough!
How much more proof do we need that drunk-driving is bad?
The photo of the Dad on the cover of the Buffalo News and the story about how he is coping after the loss of his daughter should be ENOUGH to stop every single person who wants to drink and drive from drinking and driving.
But does it?
Uh, nope.
The next day. The very next day someone plows into a crossing guard in front of a school. We've had about 70 buildings hit by cars in the last two years.
WTF?
I realize that it is awfully short-sighted on my part believing that we can eliminate the problem all together, but man we can do better then set bail for the driver of the car in the fatal accident at just twenty grand, can't we?
Last year we had a doctor get away with murder when he high-price lawyered it up and lied his way out.
Now, confession time...
...when we were young the drunk-driving awareness had not yet taken hold. As teenagers we drove around before, after and while drinking beer. The times were different. It was still stupid, mind you, but back then police officers would pull you over, access the situation and send you on your way with a warning to go straight home.
A few of my buddies and I talk about it now...30 years down the line...wondering how we never got really caught.
I have not driven under the influence in a lot of years. It's not something to be overly proud of. It is something that we should all aspire to do, however.
Here are a couple of real life realizations for you:
1). You don't drive better drunk.
2). You don't have the right to kill someone else while you're out having a good time or sorting through a problem or addiction.
3). Your vehicle weighs a lot and when it hits someone skateboarding or humming along in their own lane of traffic, it's gonna do damage.
4). You ain't cool if you drink and drive and make it home safe...because you might not.
5). Next time you feel like doing it think of how angry you'd be if some other dirt-bag wiped out the person you loved most. You'd be all up against drunk-driving then, right?
It happens. Every single night it happens.
And that's ENOUGH.
The photo of the Dad on the cover of the Buffalo News and the story about how he is coping after the loss of his daughter should be ENOUGH to stop every single person who wants to drink and drive from drinking and driving.
But does it?
Uh, nope.
The next day. The very next day someone plows into a crossing guard in front of a school. We've had about 70 buildings hit by cars in the last two years.
WTF?
I realize that it is awfully short-sighted on my part believing that we can eliminate the problem all together, but man we can do better then set bail for the driver of the car in the fatal accident at just twenty grand, can't we?
Last year we had a doctor get away with murder when he high-price lawyered it up and lied his way out.
Now, confession time...
...when we were young the drunk-driving awareness had not yet taken hold. As teenagers we drove around before, after and while drinking beer. The times were different. It was still stupid, mind you, but back then police officers would pull you over, access the situation and send you on your way with a warning to go straight home.
A few of my buddies and I talk about it now...30 years down the line...wondering how we never got really caught.
I have not driven under the influence in a lot of years. It's not something to be overly proud of. It is something that we should all aspire to do, however.
Here are a couple of real life realizations for you:
1). You don't drive better drunk.
2). You don't have the right to kill someone else while you're out having a good time or sorting through a problem or addiction.
3). Your vehicle weighs a lot and when it hits someone skateboarding or humming along in their own lane of traffic, it's gonna do damage.
4). You ain't cool if you drink and drive and make it home safe...because you might not.
5). Next time you feel like doing it think of how angry you'd be if some other dirt-bag wiped out the person you loved most. You'd be all up against drunk-driving then, right?
It happens. Every single night it happens.
And that's ENOUGH.
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