Drunk Driving: Have you?

Well? Have you ever driven drunk? This includes physically drunk and/or over the legal limit even if you felt okay. Personally I never have and I hope I never will. :)

Originally posted by Toksin
I never have and I never will. :)

I won't touch the stuff when I am driving.The notion of 'being under the limit'is a fallacy,your abilities decrease from the very first drink.

my only drug is speed speed and more speed
so i would NEVER drink AND drive!!!
here in germany you would loose your drivers license and pay so much if the police catches you!

I think you risk a lot everywhere for drinving drunk. But in some countries (like in France), you won't be controlled often !

I've allready drive being drunk, but I try to avoid that and if I have to drinve in this conditions, I drive very slow and try not to go outside the towns.

Never and never will. Its just stupid.

Take aspirin before blowing in the breath test. It makes the test better for you !
But of course, don't drive drunk :D

:rolleyes: Never even touched any sort of alcohol all my life. The thought of drinking and driving is moronic. Almost like that thread where they talked about driving while high, another dumbass idea.
here is the thread (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=6651&highlight=driving+while+high) and to think some people were actually sticking up for it.

Never; not ever.

Never over legal limit

Never have and never will.

NEVER!!!!

Let alone get drunk. That is why I don't even touch the stuff. It isn't worth the risk.

Don't drink at all...Never have, so obviously haven't driven drank and drive before.

that's not a good think to drive and to drink but that's not a reason for never drink ;)

I have and it was a stupid idea. Some other ppl have too and they know the consequences....lose your car and could have lost much more than that. I admit I would probably do it again if I have to get home but its rare that I go out with intentions of drinking and driving...

I've about the same way of thinking of you SeXy_AnGeL.

Originally posted by Stefanel1
that's not a good think to drive and to drink but that's not a reason for never drink ;)

I guess so, just not a fan of drinking. Can't find a good reason to do it, so I don't.

I drink every once in awile, but sure will never drive drunk....just stupid..I just don't understand why people still do even though all the deaths that happen every year.

It's dumb and reckless, but I have had drinks earlier in the night and driven home after the "allotted time per drink"... Still didn't feel good doing it, but it wasn't really my intent to try it... Shit happens when you're the only person amongst your friends who can drive stick and your car needs to be moved...

Drving Drunk is like having the lives of all the other people on the road in your hands. Anyone of them could fall victim to the damage you can inflict while intoxicated. Usually a drunk driver who kills someone while driving drunk lives with what they have done for the rest of their life, and they should, they took a life that wasn't theirs to take.

Originally posted by ILike2DriveCars
Drving Drunk is like having the lives of all the other people on the road in your hands. Anyone of them could fall victim to the damage you can inflict while intoxicated. Usually a drunk driver who kills someone while driving drunk lives with what they have done for the rest of their life, and they should, they took a life that wasn't theirs to take.

But generally driving recklessly or too fast doesn't do the same????? :o It's shitty to turn the tables on an argument like this, but it's not much different.

Guys, NEVER, EVER drink and drive.

I just lost one of my good friends Sunday night (after super bowl). He crashed into a brick mailbox and instantly died.

It isn't worth the risk.

Originally posted by saturntangerine


But generally driving recklessly or too fast doesn't do the same????? :o It's shitty to turn the tables on an argument like this, but it's not much different.


Granted the same could be said about those who drive recklessly, but there is at least a level of control present when someone is just driving too fast, they may be putting others at risk yes, and Im not trying to say that It's ok to do that, but Id rather have someone driving too fast past me than someone drunk, because most of the time the person who is driving to fast has more control over his/her car than the drunkard(notice I said MOST of the time).

Originally posted by igor@af

I just lost one of my good friends Sunday night (after super bowl). He crashed into a brick mailbox and instantly died.


Im sorry to hear about your loss Igor, I too know what it is like to lose a friend. I lost 2 in a car accident last year:( .

Originally posted by igor@af
Guys, NEVER, EVER drink and drive.

I just lost one of my good friends Sunday night (after super bowl). He crashed into a brick mailbox and instantly died.

It isn't worth the risk.

Sorry to hear about that. Thankfully he didn't take any innocent bystanders with him. Hope you are coping ok. :(

I still remember back when I lived in Colorado, I was about 7 or 8 at the time and the big news was that the Prom King and Prom Queen had died...right after prom, the very drunk couple went up on Skyline Drive, (speed limit 15-for a reason) and doing approximately 60, hit a curve and a bump and rolled the car down the mountain. We hiked that mountain about a week later and all the way up and down there would be a seat here, a tire there, a steering wheel here, a transmission there, just bits and pieces of car strewn up and down the mountain because they rolled 20+ times. So from an early age I was aware of the risks of driving while impaired, and the risks of speeding.

With great shame, I will admit my truthful experiences with driving drunk. I have done it a number of times. Though usually what I would classify as under the influence, not flat out drunk. But I learned the hard way that as Naki said, it doesn't take much to impair your judgment.

I think I might have mentioned before that I wrecked my Integra on June 2, 2000. What I might have failed to mention was that I had been at a bar with a couple friends, had a small cup of beer there, then two Jack and Cokes in a short period of time at a strip club with the same friends (short period of time, because I hate strip clubs, and I wanted to get out as quickly as I could). On the way back to Hartford from the strip club, my buddy and I decided to race heading through I-84 in the city. I won the race, looked down at my speedo, saw 115 mph, and hit a small bump going around a left-hand uphill turn. Time froze and ticked by in frame by frame slow motion, as I saw my left front end take a glancing blow into a concrete jersey barrier. I flat-spotted my right front tire from the sideways skid I pulled. The car sustained just over $6K in damages, but amazingly enough, with a small spray of coolant streaming up onto the windshield, I drove the car home. I was fine, and extraordinarily lucky.

I got another break last May when I was an idiot and refused to sleep in my car after last call to get rid of some of the alcohol in my bloodstream, as I was 7 Red Bull and vodkas in. To this day, I am really not sure what I did to tip off the officers, that pulled out and followed me in West Hartford. They pulled me over, and gave me a field sobriety test, which to my great amazement, I passed. I got off with a written warning for an improper turn.

Both experiences shook me up considerably. But I alone am to blame for my own actions in each instance. I will say for drunk driving that like just about everything else, it is a numbers game. I can vouge personally for the fact that for every drunk driving accident that occurs, perhaps thousands of people leave bars, restaurants, social events, etc. under the influence, and arrive at their respective destinations without incident. I see it each and every time I go out to party on a weekend. I understand that this in no way, shape, or form rationalizes the actions of those who drive under the influence, particularly myself, since I have been foolish to get stung once, and allow myself to put myself and others into harms way a second time.

I've never driven after drinking, and I never will... If you don't want to pay for the cab, you can't afford to drink.

no, not me, i am healthy mentaly but our BC primier is not :finger: :rolleyes:

Self : you could drink without being drunk of course ! A good glass of wine for the lunch, it's very good. ;)

Driving drunk or driving too fast are not the same things. The first one is often dangerous and the second one could be or not : If you're drinving at 100 mph on an Highway, there are no risks, if you're drinving at 50 mph on some streets of San Francisco for example, you could be a killer :
It's called the Relativity... ;)

Originally posted by JD@af
as I was 7 Red Bull and vodkas in

LOL, but :ylsuper

Originally posted by SeXy_AnGeL
I have and it was a stupid idea. Some other ppl have too and they know the consequences....lose your car and could have lost much more than that. I admit I would probably do it again if I have to get home but its rare that I go out with intentions of drinking and driving...
The other ppl that have is me. Yes I did it abotu 2 fridays ago. My one good buddy that is in the marines was home for the weekend and he brought back a bottle off everclear, nasty ass shit. Well we were out killed about a half gallon of that shit between 3 of us. I was on the way to take him home when I passed out at the wheel doing about 65 mph and lost control and smacked 3 trees, taking one of them completely out. At this point I am lucky to be alive. And paying many consicences. But for you people that say you do it and still will DONT DO IT! It really isnt worth your life and other peoples. I know for one you wont catch me doing it anymore. And as for my girl she may say she will but she wont. I wanted to attach pics of my car but it is too big of a file. Just know its not a pretty site if you really want to see let me know ill Email them.

WHOA..everclear eh, that stuff will mess you up alright. Definatly not worth it at all. I tell my friends that all the time. Some listen and some just be Jack A$$'s and not.

Nope I never have. And I never will.

surprised that 28 people are convinced that they can predict the future.Good luck with it,because one of the side-effects of drinking is a vastly enhanced sense of one's own capabilities.

I will say that Yes I have driven drunk before I am NOT proud of it- I stopped doing it when a friend was killed in a head on collision while Under the influence.


Igor- sorry to hear about your loss- it always sucks losing a friend- especially when it is so avoidable :(

No I have not.

And I intend to Never, but that option wasn't in the poll.

Closest I have is driving Hungover and tired the next day

Originally posted by Cbass
I've never driven after drinking, and I never will... If you don't want to pay for the cab, you can't afford to drink. TOTALLY agreed with you on this one. personally i think anyone who drinks and drives are I D I O T S and should be :machinegu *shot* it is not worth the risk at all. even if u are UNDER the legal limit.

Originally posted by tazdev
No I have not.

And I intend to Never, but that option wasn't in the poll.



Have you been drinking tonight?your vision seems to be impaired....

Hey Jimster, why did you change your avatar, that was really your sig.:rolleyes:

Originally posted by taranaki


Have you been drinking tonight?your vision seems to be impaired....

my vision?

if your refering to an option in the poll the other no does not fit propperly with what I wanted to say:finger:

Originally posted by MaximusGTR
Hey Jimster, why did you change your avatar, that was really your sig.:rolleyes:

Could be 1/ He doesn't have a Peugot any more
..............2/He works for an Italian car company
..............3/He's bored with it and wants a new one.
..............4/All of the above

:D

yes but he's going to re buy a Peugeot when he will come back in New Zealand ;)
... so Jim : put your previous signature ;) if you want of course :D

stefanel, maximus andnaki- thanks for hijaking the thread guys :finger:


but I indeed got bored with it- I have had it since I joined AF over a year ago- so I felt it was time to change

I do every now and then.

Originally posted by Jimster
stefanel, maximus andnaki- thanks for hijaking the thread guys :finger:


but I indeed got bored with it- I have had it since I joined AF over a year ago- so I felt it was time to change

The old avatar was more you Jimmy my boy:D

I'm agree with Maximus ;)

I have never driven drunk. Hell, I can't even drive; I don't have my permit. I am too damn dumb to pass the test. Oh well.

My old avatar was not appropriate..... :confused: :rolleyes:

Ok, back on topic... I know a few people who drive drunk all the time. They are some real dumb A$$'s now.

Originally posted by taranaki
surprised that 28 people are convinced that they can predict the future...

I'm fairly certain that not drinking precludes driving drunk, and as such I'm confident with my answer. :)

I've driven drunk before.

I slept in my car for an hour or two to burn it off and then woke up. I felt fine enough to drive, so I did. Since I NEVER drink to excess anyways and I have a fast metabolism, I didn't see any harm in it. I've driven behind the wheel under worse conditions--notably sleepiness.

I'm against drunk driving if the individual is seriously drunk. (Ie: has trouble walking and things are looking dizzy).