Trollheart

I'd be interested to hear what people think of this practice. Do you drink and drive? Do you do it on any sort of regular basis? If you have/do, have you ever had a narrow escape? Have you breathed a sigh of relief when you made it home that you weren't pulled over or hurt/killed someone? If you had a near miss, did it sway your mind on the issue?

If you're going out drinking, would you not consider taking a taxi home or bringing a designated driver with you? Do you feel it's worth taking the risk? Do you consider "one over the limit" is ok? Have you driven (or been driven) blind drunk? And if so, how did you feel?

I can't talk, as I neither drive nor really drink, but it constantly shocks and saddens me the amount of deaths on the road --- drivers, passengers and other motorists or pedestrians --- that seem to multiply every year. Lives destroyed, families broken up, children without parents all because someone wants to take a drink and --- let's be honest --- break the law. Is it worth it? Do you think it is? Can you understand this behaviour?

Also, do you think current penalties for driving drunk are enough? Do they deter people from "chancing it"? Should they be tougher? Judge Judy has often said that if you get behind the wheel drunk your car ceases being a vehicle and becomes a mobile lethal weapon. How do you feel about that?

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