drinking and driving
 

I think people drink and drive because they tend to forget how much power they have beneath their foot.
there should always be a designated driver so that there won't be as much risk.
driving normally is dangerous.
People need to think more about how drinking can really effect their driving.
Also they need to realize that bieng in a car is like bieng in a death trap if handled irresponsibly.

Driving is very difficult. We take advantage of how comfortable we become behind the wheel--we feel very small when in fact we are very large.

Driving when fully awake is hard enough--driving while under the influence of any mood-altering drug (caffeine included) is just not smart.

I don't think I've ever met anyone who was pro-drinking and driving, but I have known people who think the limit is too low.

Which I disagree with--as it is you're over the legal limit if you've had more than one drink per hour. Even though I have a very good tolerance, I know if I have more than one drink in an hour I start to get overly relaxed, not 100% aware of my surroundings, even if I'm still lucid and alert.

Honestly, its about responcibility. It is possible to go out, have a few drinks and still be able to drive home, as long as you give yourself time to get the alcohol out of your system (that's one hour for every serving of alcohol.) Having your own breathalyser kit to tell you when its safe for you to drive is also a very good idea. I've gone out many times with friends and our designated driver will have two drinks at the beginning of the evening, then go on to soda and water so by the time the bar is closed and we're ready to go home they're perfectly sober. Mind you, it takes a lot of responcibility to be able to but yourself off so I wouldn't suggest designating the wild party drunk as your driver that night.

But I have seen many a person go out, get wasted, and then get right back in the car thinking they're fine. Alcohol makes many people feel extra good about everything they're capable of, so driving is no biggy... even though it is.

The only time I would ever consider driving under the influence (of one or two drinks, not fall-down drunk) would be if I were in my own neighborhood area coming from a friend's house.
Since i live in a rural area, there's like 4 other houses besides our own, and the only thing i could hit would be a tree or a deer or something.
But I don't think i've ever even done that.

Driving responsibly means driving sober. Especially if you have others in the vehicle with you, because it becomes your responsibility to keep your passengers safe.

Personally I don't really care if someone decided to get drunk and drive, as long as they wrap their car around a pole and kill themself, rather than killing off someone else. If you do something stupid and get yourself killed that's about as close as the human race gets to natural selection. It's when they kill other people that could have actually contributed to the greater human existance that I begin to get pissed off.

If your going to kill yourself find a way to do so that you die alone, rather than killing some innocent person. It's like running around with a revolver with only one bullet in the gun and spinning the chamber and pulling the trigger at random people wondering if the bullet is going to fire or get lucky and miss the hammer.

I drink (at school) but I always walk to my dorm and don't drive at all. I think there should always be a sober driver or the bar could have a responsibility to call a cab company for those who have had a lot to drink. It is ridiculous how many innocent people die from those under DUI.

It's illegal, as it should be.

Where's the discussion again?

My dad got to bail my aunt out of jail at 2 am for DUI (DWI in other places, I think). She drank a whole bottle of red wine and then tried to driver over 100 miles to her house from my grandma's. If she had hit someone *shudders*.

Drinking and driving is really frustrating and depressing, especially since when accidents result from it, the drunk is usually perfectly fine.

I understand that people handle their liquor differently, but I still think it's not worth taking the chance and driving after a few drinks, even if you can "handle it".

I heard an interesting idea from someone once- driving drunk should be considered attempted manslaughter. I like that idea.

Drinking and driving... well it's just horriable. I mean I have friends with people drinking and driving.

One situiation is where someone was drunk right? Actually, two people were drunk going to some kind of sporting game. The one girl got into the car and was driving. The other girl, drunk as she was, sat on the car hood thing and they were driving like really really fast as the girl on the hood slipped off of the car, cracked her head, and died. Stupid drunk drivers and drunk people really.

I don't really know this story, but one of my cousins's best friends were walking across the road, and was hit by a drunk driver and killed.

I am STRONGLY against drunk driving. I don't know why people do it. Are they too drunk to think? Is there no one around to drive for them? Why even bother knowing it kills people? I just don't really get it.