09-25-2014, 02:34 PM
. . . . . Would you chance it and still drive your car if/when you're really buzzed? Unfortunately, I know a couple of people that will drive buzzed, one was even convicted of DUI, but the jackass still does it!
(09-25-2014, 03:44 PM)sally Wrote: [ -> ]No, but now I know to avoid it. I'm a nervous wreck while driving, two or three beers actually do me good. It doesn't impair my judgment, it just makes it so I'm not a ball of nerves. There are also some huge bridges that I don't think I'd be able to drive without a drink or a Xanax or something.
(09-25-2014, 08:35 PM)ramseycat Wrote: [ -> ](09-25-2014, 03:44 PM)sally Wrote: [ -> ]No, but now I know to avoid it. I'm a nervous wreck while driving, two or three beers actually do me good. It doesn't impair my judgment, it just makes it so I'm not a ball of nerves. There are also some huge bridges that I don't think I'd be able to drive without a drink or a Xanax or something.
You never cease to amaze me.
(09-25-2014, 10:51 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: [ -> ]I hate thinking about how ignorant I used to be when it comes to drinking and driving.yeah I only drink two beers max nowadays as well.
We used to drink and drive at the same time in the summers. We'd each get an extra Big Gulp Slurpee from 7-Eleven -- half filled-- then fill the other 20 oz or so with red wine and drink Slurpee wine coolers on the 2 hour drive to Palm Springs or the 4 hour drive to Vegas (including whoever was driving).
That was really stupid are there are no excuses. There wasn't nearly as much information about the affects of drinking on driving publicized back then. I didn't drive when I was drunk, by my standards at least. But, I drove really buzzed -- probably over .08 and under .10 before the law changed. I should have known better and so should my older friends.
I haven't done that shit since I was 23 or 24 though and none of my friends drive buzzed or drunk either these days. Gotta hand it to MADD -- they've done an excellent job of educating the public and pushing for harsher laws -- using personal tragedies, fear tactics, and whatever else it takes to keep impaired drivers off the road.
Now, one glass of wine or two beers is the max (and not while driving!).
(09-25-2014, 10:51 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: [ -> ]I hate thinking about how ignorant I used to be when it comes to drinking and driving.
We used to drink and drive at the same time in the summers. We'd each get an extra Big Gulp Slurpee from 7-Eleven -- half filled-- then fill the other 20 oz or so with red wine and drink Slurpee wine coolers on the 2 hour drive to Palm Springs or the 4 hour drive to Vegas (including whoever was driving).
That was really stupid are there are no excuses. There wasn't nearly as much information about the affects of drinking on driving publicized back then. I didn't drive when I was drunk, by my standards at least. But, I drove really buzzed -- probably over .08 and under .10 before the law changed. I should have known better and so should my older friends.
I haven't done that shit since I was 23 or 24 though and none of my friends drive buzzed or drunk either these days. Gotta hand it to MADD -- they've done an excellent job of educating the public and pushing for harsher laws -- using personal tragedies, fear tactics, and whatever else it takes to keep impaired drivers off the road.
Now, one glass of wine or two beers is the max (and not while driving!).
(09-25-2014, 11:36 PM)sally Wrote: [ -> ](09-25-2014, 08:35 PM)ramseycat Wrote: [ -> ](09-25-2014, 03:44 PM)sally Wrote: [ -> ]No, but now I know to avoid it. I'm a nervous wreck while driving, two or three beers actually do me good. It doesn't impair my judgment, it just makes it so I'm not a ball of nerves. There are also some huge bridges that I don't think I'd be able to drive without a drink or a Xanax or something.
You never cease to amaze me.
Please shoot me if I ever do. I could toss your dumb ass a ball of yarn and you'd be amazed.
(09-26-2014, 06:36 AM)Carsman Wrote: [ -> ]or MATT(Mothers Against TextTotaling)(09-25-2014, 10:51 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: [ -> ]I hate thinking about how ignorant I used to be when it comes to drinking and driving.
We used to drink and drive at the same time in the summers. We'd each get an extra Big Gulp Slurpee from 7-Eleven -- half filled-- then fill the other 20 oz or so with red wine and drink Slurpee wine coolers on the 2 hour drive to Palm Springs or the 4 hour drive to Vegas (including whoever was driving).
That was really stupid are there are no excuses. There wasn't nearly as much information about the affects of drinking on driving publicized back then. I didn't drive when I was drunk, by my standards at least. But, I drove really buzzed -- probably over .08 and under .10 before the law changed. I should have known better and so should my older friends.
I haven't done that shit since I was 23 or 24 though and none of my friends drive buzzed or drunk either these days. Gotta hand it to MADD -- they've done an excellent job of educating the public and pushing for harsher laws -- using personal tragedies, fear tactics, and whatever else it takes to keep impaired drivers off the road.
Now, one glass of wine or two beers is the max (and not while driving!).
Yes MADD did a great job getting the message out there.
Now if they could just form an organization called MATD, Mothers Against Text Driving, and get the same message out there so effectively.
(09-25-2014, 07:44 PM)username Wrote: [ -> ]Not since I took out the Jack in the Box drive thru sign. Got my car stuck on top of the damn thing too.