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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / December 2006Drunks on the road.
Here's a story to scare everyone. A few weekends ago a couple pulled into a campsite behind my father's site. They had a HUGE 5th wheel with slides. It looked like it was brand new. They had friends pull in beside them. My wife and I went over to visit my father and my son at the camp. My son is staying there for the summer and working at the park. I noticed that the 4 people (2 couples) were drinking alot. Everyone was falling down drunk at about 2:00 in the afternoon. My son told me that they started just after they pulled in Friday night and continued untill late in the everning. The 4 campers kept this up all weekend. I asked my father and my son if they were still there on Sunday. My son said "no, they left this morning. The husband was so drunk he couldn't het the 5th wheel connected to the truck, his wife had to do it." So here we have it.. MANY intoxicated drivers on our highways pulling large/heavy trailers and not giving a damn about the rest of the people out there. I think I'll stop travelling on Sundays Dave. "Dave" <davidjjsmith@excite.com> wrote in news:1156184650.281371.24900 @m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: > I think I'll stop travelling on Sundays Also Holidays. >So here we have it.. MANY intoxicated drivers on our highways pulling >large/heavy trailers and not giving a damn about the rest of the people >out there. How do you get MANY from one person?  SignatureFrank Tabor >>So here we have it.. MANY intoxicated drivers on our highways pulling >>large/heavy trailers and not giving a damn about the rest of the people >>out there. > > How do you get MANY from one person? I agree with Frank. Here is one example. This is not 'many'. geez.... Tomes > >>So here we have it.. MANY intoxicated drivers on our highways pulling > >>large/heavy trailers and not giving a damn about the rest of the people [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I agree with Frank. Here is one example. This is not 'many'. geez.... > Tomes ...and I'll agree with you. But drinking 'n driving is never acceptable from several viewpoints. 1. If you get caught, it will cost you a bundle, maybe even some jail time. 2. If one is involved in an accident with injuries or worse, it can leave emotional scars on all parties affected. 3. There is also the effect on one's own health. And I could go on. When I was young, I did my fair share of drinking 'n driving but never got caught or had an incident. Luck I would call it as it certainly was not an example of "smarts." Now, I may drink the occasional scotch on the rocks, but you can bet the farm that I won't be behind the wheel. The stakes are simply just too high. Life is complicated 'nuff for this nearly 67 year old... JT >> >>So here we have it.. MANY intoxicated drivers on our highways pulling >> >>large/heavy trailers and not giving a damn about the rest of the people [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >got caught or had an incident. Luck I would call it as it certainly was >not an example of "smarts." No.. it was an example of stupid. I spent over 5 years serving as a volunteer firefighter in an area that serves a rural community along about 30 miles of two lane, mountain highway. I spent many an hour out there scraping up what was left after some fool decided that it was OK to drink and drive. I have seen families destroyed, physically and emotionally. Anyone... ANYONE who thinks it is OK to drink and drive should spend a week riding with a fire crew, being first at the scene of these sorts of accidents. I could get into the fine details, but you probably wouldn't want to hear that. I love to drive. I also have about 80,000 road motorcycle miles experience. I really enjoy a good beer. I have never done the two at the same time. I IMMEDIATELY call 911 when I see any one I suspect of drinking and driving, and you all should do the same. Ya.. a little preachy and a little bitchy, but I have seen it first hand. From Randy & Val 1990 30' Rexhal Airex > I IMMEDIATELY call 911 when I see any one I suspect of drinking and > driving, and you all should do the same. You shouldn't. You should call the police. In RI and MA, *SP (aka *77) on a cell phone dials the state police. I don't think a possibly drunk driver is reason enough to use a 911 operator's time or the cost involved in using the system. I call when I see somebody who appears to be driving drunk, or when there is a road hazard that needs to be dealt with (usually an object or debris in a travel lane on a highway). > You shouldn't. You should call the police. In RI and MA, *SP (aka *77) > on a cell phone dials the state police. I don't think a possibly drunk > driver is reason enough to use a 911 operator's time or the cost > involved in using the system. > > I call when I see somebody who appears to be driving drunk, or when That is, I call the police, not 911. >> You shouldn't. You should call the police. In RI and MA, *SP (aka *77) on >> a cell phone dials the state police. I don't think a possibly drunk [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > That is, I call the police, not 911. Rick, I suppose it depends on where you are. Here in Wa state, the official word is to call 911 - which will route it to the appropriate dispatch center. Locally, the 911 center -is- the city/county dispatch center. See http://www.wtsc.wa.gov/police_programs_programs.html Alan >Rick, > I suppose it depends on where you are. Here in Wa state, the official >word is to call 911 - which will route it to the appropriate dispatch >center. Locally, the 911 center -is- the city/county dispatch center. > >See http://www.wtsc.wa.gov/police_programs_programs.html Since many of us travel widely, it is difficult to know just what number to call in a specific region when away from home. That is why the 'national' 911 system is in place. A driver who is intoxicated is an immediate threat to property, life and/or limb- the definition as to when to call 911. Unless it is posted to call another number along a highway, 911 is always the preferred number. From Randy & Val 1990 30' Rexhal Airex >son is staying there for the summer and working at the park. I noticed >that the 4 people (2 couples) were drinking alot. Everyone was falling [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >The 4 campers kept this up all weekend. Some people drink as a hobby. Often they never do well enough in life to buy campers or trucks to pull them with. It is a life style that many of us not around it just wouldn't believe. "Dave" <davidjjsmith@excite.com> apparently said: >I think I'll stop travelling on Sundays I'm sure glad those idiots are only on the road on Sunday. |
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