03-19-2012, 01:08 PM
(03-19-2012, 08:42 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: i'll bet everyone here knows someone whose life was affected by a drunk driver.
I currently am still dealing with my injuries from when i was hit from a drunk driver over 3 years ago. And the only thing she said when she got out of the car was "i suck for hitting someone with a kid" the driver of my car had a kid in the back seat. She also kept saying i need to call my daughter to tell her i'm gonna be late i was like you're lucky you get to call her at all. Watching her do the sobriety tests were a joke, she complained constantly of having to go pee and wanting to take her boots off after being given that option and not listening i wish i would have recorded it.
She also had a previous DUI and was i believe 58 years old.
I am still dealing with the litigation part of it so i can have surgery because my back is all messed up and it sucks because i was a VERY active person and now i can't walk more than 30 minutes with out being in bed for hours, can't do housework for being in bed for days. it really boils my blood that i was a passenger and my life has been changed forever and i have to fight her tooth and nail to get anything from her and yet she probably doesn't even care and so far spent a night in jail(the rest of her sentence was suspended) and she got fines but it's really bullshit! I too wish there was something more that could be done to stop drunk driving before it happens as well as more severe to punish them afterwards because obviously it isn't working.
I had a friend in az who on FIRST offense for anything on a drunk driving charge was thrown in jail for 10 days and had a breathing system (sorry don't know what they are called) that you have to breathe into before starting the car. Of course she flipped her car in a one car accident and thankfully didn't hurt anyone else but herself but she has definitely learned her lesson and scared all of her friends and family and herself since she has a little one at home, it'll teach ya real quick not to drink and drive on emotions or any reason! And yes it was that one sheriff that does the PINK underwear and outdoors tents, she was NOT happy about it and refused to shave, i can't remember why but she said there was some reason why lol and said she'd rather wait the 10 days lol. i told her to add it to the lesson learned. now that i am thinking about it i am thinking it was more than 10 days... this was about 5 years ago... either way it wasn't fun for her as it shouldn't be!