Drunk driving kills!

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  1. Tennessee Tom

    Tennessee Tom Well-Known Member Administrator

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    I have no idea of the validity of this post I found. However, as I read it, I was taken back to 1999 when a similar situation occurred. There was no reporter... there was no police, fire, or ambulance when she took her last breath... She didn't have any amazing last words... just a scared painful look in her eyes:

    I went to the party and remembered what you said. You asked me not to drink alcohol, so I drank a Sprite instead. I felt proud of myself, as you said I should feel. You said I should not drink and drive, contrary to what some friends told me. I made a healthy choice and your advice was correct, as it always is.

    When the party finally ended, people began to drive without being able to do so properly. I went to my car with the certainty that I would return home in peace. I never imagined what awaited me, Mom. Now I'm lying in the street and I hear the policeman say: "The kid that caused this accident was drunk". Mom, his voice seems so distant. My blood is spilled everywhere and I'm trying with all my might not to moan. I can hear the doctors say, "This girl is going to die". I have the certainty that the young man, who ran at full speed, decided to drink and drive, and now I have to die.

    Why do people do this, Mom, knowing that this is going to ruin many lives? The pain is cutting me like a hundred knives. Tell my sister not to cry, tell Daddy to be strong. And when I go to Heaven, I'll be watching for you all. Someone should have taught that boy that it's wrong to drink and drive. Maybe if his parents would have told him that, I would not be dying now. My breath is getting weaker, more and more. Mom, these are my last moments and I feel so desperate. I wish I could hug you Mom, while I'm lying here dying. I wish I could tell you how much I love you, Mom. So... I... love... you... goodbye... "

    ~ These words were written by a reporter who witnessed the accident. The girl, as she died, was saying these words and the reporter wrote them down... very overwhelmed. The journalist started this campaign, if you read this note, please click "share", so more people can be aware. Therefore, I ask one small gesture, send it to your friends, family and loved ones.

    ~ PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE – DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!
    It might be your own life that you save, or the life of a loved one.
    Please don't let anyone else drive that's drunk either. Offer to drive them, call them a taxi or a friend.
     
  2. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    A lot of sad drunk driving stories. I have one..

    A group of girls at UT go out to party, the girl who's car they used got too drunk to drive responsibly. The girls with her wanted to drive instead but the problem was the car that they were in was a stick shift and none of them had ever driven a stick shift, so they let the drunk girl drive. Of course there was an accident, seat belts weren't worn, 2 girls died, the drunk who was driving survived. She was not a US citizen and as soon as she could she left the country for her home in South America where she lives today not facing any consequences for her drunk driving that killed 2 girls. She can not be extradited.