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                        Wait what happened? And what happened to her?
And, what's your job again if you don't mind me asking?  Firefighter?  EMT?
                                    
             
        
            
            
                                     
                                
                    
                        Re: My Night
                        Posted by Naklajat on 
    Mon Nov 14th 2005 at 4:46pm
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
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                        My dad is a paramedic, he deals with that crap several days a week
every week. If you don't listen to anyone else about drinking and
driving, listen to those who see kids kill themselves like idiots on a
daily basis.
Also, wear your damn seatbelt. In any collision, your chances of
surviving are greatly increased if you have a seatbelt. I was in
a minor collision (about 15mph/25kph into a stopped car) as a passenger
without a seatbelt on, and hit the dashboard hard, I might have gotten
a concussion from that. I have also been in a more serious
collision (about 30mph/50kph, again a stopped car, also as a
passenger), where everyone had seatbelts on and everyone was fine. And
don't get distracted while you're driving and hit stopped cars either.
This public service announcement was brought to you by naklajat. :wink:
                                            
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                        Yeah I once drove a car into a train platform at somewhere between 10-20 mph with my
girlfriend (at the time) in the front seat.  We both had our
seatbelts on and came out unscathed (I had a few mild burns from the
gunpowder in the airbag).  There was ~20,000 Dollars worth of
damage to the car.  Smashed out windshield, both airbags
deployed... buckled hood etc.
It was at like 11 am and I was dead sober... it just happened to be my
inexperience (only 6 days of driving at that point) that caused me to
mistake the gas pedal for the break.
But yeah, seatbelts = good.
Has anyone here ever driven drunk? I have to admit I have once
and while nothing happened, it was one of the stupidest things I
ever did.  I regret it terribly everytime I think about it. 
It's sad that I was more afraid of my parents finding out that I had
been drinking than of harming others and myself.
I've also been in a passenger in a car that was doing ~90 MPH in the
rain for 2.5 hours with a buzzed/drunk driver.  I didn't know
until I got there that the drive had been drinking before.  I was
f**king irate.
                                    
             
        
            
            
            
                
    
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                        The images and story are distressful, saddening, and powerful.
Truly an example of the horrors of drunk driving.
                                    
             
        
            
            
                                     
                                
                    
                        Re: My Night
                        Posted by G4MER on 
    Mon Nov 14th 2005 at 9:41pm
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
                    
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                        Oh, Im a DA Police Officer.. thats Department of the Army Police officer. Im a Military Police Officer but the civilian branch.
She was coming home from a party at 3am, drunk and stoned. Military had
a 4 day weekend during veterans day, so it was a very busy weekend for
us. So anyways she was going way to fast, and she misjudged a curve in
the road, hit the curb sending her sky ward, landing on her roof and
skidding about 50 yards. having a sunroof does nasty things to the top
of our head when it meets 50yards of asfalt.
                                    
             
        
            
            
                                     
                                
                    
                        Re: My Night
                        Posted by French Toast on 
    Tue Nov 15th 2005 at 2:39am
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
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                        My brother smoked pot and drove, I learned my lesson :smile:
Once I get my liscense I'll finish my buzz before driving :biggrin: