Taxi vs. driving drunk

[Milhouse]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

City/Suburban life has perks, does it not?

City life yes. . . suburban life does not. When I lived in the suburbs, it was impossible to go out without a DD. Taxis were way too expensive to go that far, sometimes even refusing because there was no way they'd pick up a fare on the way back into the city.

 

[Connemara]

Taxi, no question.

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I don't ever want to get a DUI. That said, I have this problem with the fact I could be over the legal limit, and abso-damn-lutley drive better than the 88 year old woman that drove into the wall of my business three weeks ago.
I didn't know you lived in Florida

 

[Dragon]

Never, ever hired a cab because I thought I was too drunk to drive.

 

[AR_Six]

^That either means you're a complete idiot or you don't drink very much.

Have seen far too much stupidity to consider drinking and driving. Working at a bar was almost enough to make me want to avoid roads altogether on fri/sat nights.

 

[emeralds]

^ agreed.

so many people driving drunk on the road. it's terrifying. worst thing is most can attest to such a claim, because many have been that person, including myself.

I don't even know how it happened, but I ended up at a stop sign in a residential neighborhood and somehow passed out with my foot on the brake the entire time.

woke up to the sound of rapping on the window by an officer. i won't go on, but I'll say the outcome was quite surprising. In the best way, of course.

 

[amerikajinda]

Originally Posted by Minkous

When i go out with my friends we always have to take someone to be the Designated Driver because we live about 30mins from the city where all the decent bars/clubs are. A cab ride would cost a fortune, and if we dont have a D.D. then whoever drank the least gets a few hours to sober up before he drives us home (usually one of us will only have like 2 beers).

I think it's possible to get a DUI even though you've only had two beers... I know a lady who got a DUI and all she had was two glasses of wine.

 

[racetrack]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

I think it's possible to get a DUI even though you've only had two beers... I know a lady who got a DUI and all she had was two glasses of wine.

She was probably a terrible driver to begin with.

 

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by JD_May

^That either means you're a complete idiot or you don't drink very much.

Have seen far too much stupidity to consider drinking and driving. Working at a bar was almost enough to make me want to avoid roads altogether on fri/sat nights.

I doubt there are many people that actually hire taxis if they have access to their own car. For example in L.A. where everyone owns a car, I never see that many taxis, but I am sure there are millions of people drinking every night.

When you worked at the bar, you actually saw everyone leave your bar in a taxi? After you had a few drinks on the job, you actually hired a cab too? I doubt it.

 

[Ahab]

DUI's are big money and help justify budgets. The numbers almost have to go up as to justify budgets and make money.

I think that either sobriety checkpoints are expensive to run or that they are not getting enough DUI's around where I live. They recently did some massive crackdown on seat belts. It had to be a huge moneymaker. I was not caught so have no idea how much the tickets were but they had officers at many intersections and toll booths. I think some were still in the academy.

Don't drink and drive no matter how you feel about it. The penalties are going up and the odds are against you.

 

[IUtoSLU]

One is an asshole of the highest order to drive drunk while refusing a taxi because of the cost.

 

[syracuse1976]

Is this a serious question?

 

[Hazad]

Originally Posted by syracuse1976

Is this a serious question?

I was praying it was a troll.

Where I grew up in South Jersey, we had some D.D. program in the name of a kid who graduated from the Naval Academy and got killed by a drunk driver while driving home just after graduation. All the local bars participated and whoever the D.D. was would get free soda or whatever he was drinking (non-alcoholic of course) throughout the night. It was definitely a nice gesture and made being the D.D. a little less annoying.

Edit: Realized it was called the Hero Campaign after some Googling.

 

[clee1982]

Always walking or Taxi, I guess it's a good thing for being in NYC.

 

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by clee1982

Always walking or Taxi, I guess it's a good thing for being in NYC.

those type of cities/places don`t count. most people don`t even drive when they`re sober.