A drunk driver crashed into a car with my grandma and my two uncles inside. The impact killed her, ripped off my one uncle’s leg and almost ripped off my other unle’s jaw.
That being said, I wish anyone caught dwi would get their Lisense revoked and mandatory jail/community service. This is no joking matter, you put others lives in danger and those lives can never be replaced.
I can tell you that if a drunk ever killed my wife, the sickest most twisted shit would happen to their family right in front of them.
I’m not for people getting killed and I’m not for people Killing. Its never a plus to wish death upon anyone. If anyone dies, it should always be the one that causes it and not the one that cant prevent it.
I feel bad for the little girl… but people make stupid mistakes and just seem to never learn from them. Jail would be better than death. Let them pay for the consiquences rather than the free easy ride out with never feeling guilt.
Yeah, I really think that instead of being GLAD that someone is dead, that we should be pissed that the judicial/dwi rehab programs DO NOT WORK to keep drunk drivers off the road.
I don’t wish death on stupid people. I also don’t condone gambling with innocent peoples lives because you have impulse control issues.
Shit is simple…be responsible! If you want to do a closed course death stunt by all means…but on public roads you better respect others right to safe traveling.
When I see idiots whaling between cars on bikes or doing wheelies I can’t lie…I’ve thought “it’d be cool to see a wipeout” in hopes of a lesson being taught.
I get very angry when someone else takes mine and others lives in their hands without us having an option. It’s arrogant and not fair to the others you may hurt or kill.
As long as everyone around accepts the potential consequence do whatever, otherwise get your head out of your ass.
DWI is a tough topic. A part of me wishes that there was some leniency in the DUI laws as I know a lot of people who have simply gotten nabbed at a check point or “rolling” through a stop sign with a .1 BAC and really screwed up their lives for simply making a poor judgement call to drive and taken the wrong road where a cop was looking to write a ticket.
On the other hand there is the number of people who have gotten killed for idiots being drunk and speeding, running stop signs, going the wrong way down the 33, etc. who should have stricter laws but it doesn’t seem to help since the people who are killing innocent people are repeat offenders who still drive anyways with suspended licenses and everything.
You guys ahve any idea how many drunken idiots want to “race” on the way home on the 33 drunk as fuck. I see it every weekend. I’ve almost died several times. For some reason all the drunken assholes that race down the 33 in chromed out old ass SUV’s seem to get off on Baily Ave.
Real nice way of wording your point towards me Jay. Stay classy man. Lots of respect earned from me in that front. I wasn’t even attacking you just saying that when people pass respect should be shown if not for them but for their loved ones. Tragedy has occurred no matter the situation and whoever is to blame.
I thought you were supposed to be one of the more rational and adult posters on here. Guess I was wrong.
This is what I don’t get. People plan on going to parties. People plan on having a good time, and drinking. People don’t plan on how they’re getting home.
And what I don’t get is how people are so casual about DWI - I mean, how comfortable would you feel if the pilot of the plane you were on is knocking back an afternoon whiskey right next to you? What if the backhoe operator you’re working with is holding a forty in one hand, and the controls in the other? Or if you’re arguing with a beat cop about your video camera after a three-martini lunch?
A .08 is plenty lenient enough. We should consider ourselves lucky that there is ANY tolerance at all.
DWI laws really don’t work. I see it everyday too. Go out for a few drinks after work and my co-workers are literally double-fisting scotch/whiskey in one hand, beer in the other, then driving home a short time later.
Here is my main gripe with the OP (and others) though:
The truth of the matter is that EVERY TIME you put your child in your car, you are putting them and yourselves at significant risk for injury. You are in a 3-5k pound hunk of metal, travelling at relatively fast speeds, with other 3-5k pound hunks of metal all around you. All the while, said hunk of metal is filled with 2-20 gallons highly flammable fuel on board.
People die everyday, every hour, every minute most likely in auto mobile accidents. The causes are everywhere from eating food, putting on makeup, reaching for your ipod, drinking coffee, being drunk, falling asleep, speeding, etc… I could go on and on. Taking drunk drivers out of that pool only puts a small dent in the already significant risk of being in a car.
The above statements aren’t meant to dilute the seriousness of drunk driving, but rather to combat that thought that drunk drivers are the only risk to you and your child when you’re riding in a car. Yes, they are a significant risk, but probably not to the point where anyone should be wishing on death on those people. I do wish we could do SOMETHING more than what IS being done, though.
Oh im sorry. I can’t share my view on the internet without being attacked because it isn’t the same as yours. My snide comment? Sorry that I have buried friends over avoidable circumstances and would never have the audacity to act like they deserved it so im not going to feel that way about people I don’t know either.
I still can not believe someone as “adult” as you came out and said fuck you to me over a statement I made not even toward you. Unbelievable.
yay JayS, after i made the comment about how i didnt feel bad for the kid who ran from the cops speeding with a passenger died 3 weeks ago i got a warning from cougarspeed, or maybe freek idk i dont pay attention
That is my “snide” comment I made. Just felt like sharing my thoughts toward what some were saying. Was not even near a JayS post nor was it implied to be toward him one bit. I simply wanted to share what felt about the situation.
JayS I was on funeral detail in the Army for 8 months. I had to bury dead soldiers 2-3 days a week for MONTHS. I am sorry but you bet your ass I think war and the service is avoidable and I would NEVER have anything bad to say about one of the men and women I laid to rest defending their nation. Clearly I understand the difference between drunk driving and killing an innocent person in a car and dying in combat. I think it is despicable for one to one to do that. However I suppose I just have a greater respect for one in passing due to having buried so many. Its never a good thing no matter the situation. Its sad, someone is hurt, it is tragic. I respect the passing of all and can only think of their friends and families no matter the situation.
Do you want to do this in PM’s or here, because I’d rather not reply to everything twice.
I’ll copy/paste my response to the PM you sent me.
What ever man. At some point you’re going to need to realize that not everyone is going to agree with you or even like you, and it you don’t need to chase them to PM’s or other forums. I was extremely offended at your comment deriding my opinion as some lack of respect for human life and called you out on it in a way that made that offense clear. Yes, I definitely I could have worded it better but there was some added anger that one of your fellow mods did his all to common trick of getting in his last word and closing a thread.
Bottom line, you’re not going to change my opinion that I’m glad a person like Dunn has been permanently removed from the road. It’s not a high horse either. Yes, we all speed, and I can accept that even knowing we all are placing innocents at risk by doing it. A quick burst of speed on a lightly populated highway is a long way from 130+ at night with .2 BAC though, with a prior DWI on your record no less. Someone with that record is either going to kill themselves or someone else before they quit, so again, I’m glad he’s gone and he did it the way he did.
I wish there was a way to figure out how many people out there drink and drive regularly and DON’T end up ever killing anyone.
Like I said, I have co-workers that go out drinking after work all the time, as far as I know, none of them have ever been in a fatal car accident. None of those people drive at 130mph either, though.
I know that doesn’t make it right, but I’m just saying…
