EF'ing drunk drivers!

[red-beard]

Daughter and her Husband of one of our neighbors were killed last night by a drunk driver. The DD was doing 80-85 mph in a 45 zone, ran a redlight and t-boned their car.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/18360366/detail.html

They are devestated.

[widgeon13]

I have no sympathy for the DD and unfortunately, the family will never recover from this act of stupidity.

[126coupe]

That is just awful, I try to make it a point to stay off the roads on holiday nights.
I will pray for your neighbor

[Oh Haha]

I hate to hear these stories.

Thoughts and good wishes for the neighbors. I can't imagine what they must be going through.

[BGCarrera32]

My sincerest condolences to that family.

Things BGCarrera32 hates:

1) Drunk drivers
2) People who make jokes about driving drunk and drunk driving innuendo

Hope the driver gets upped to Felony 1 and goes straight to prison.

[bivenator]

I just finished reading the story before logging onto Pelican. The location is nearby. Hwy 6 is dangerous without having a speeding drunk on the road. My condolences red.

[126coupe]

Why is it the "murderer" is always just injured?

[speeder]

Terrible tragedy. Sounds like the DD could do serious time in a Texas prison from that article, though. Small consolation, but better than nothing. On X-mas, of all things. This will ruin that family's holidays forever.

[red-beard]

Yeah, 6am phone call from the medical examiner.

[GothingNC]

Sorry to hear the news

Seems like DD incidents are going up with the economic meltdown.

Father and his young son was killed in a wreck down the road from me a few months ago. Girl who was drunk crossed the median and hit head one. It was her third DD wreck and was driving with a revoked license, no insurance or registration

I have zero tolerace for others who choose to drive after having a "few" drinks, the risk of harming others is too high.

[KaptKaos]

Originally Posted by 126coupe

Why is it the "murderer" is always just injured?

Murderer is correct and there is no need for quotes.

So sad.

[Noah930]

Sorry to hear of the tragedy.

I don't understand why we (as a society) tolerate this type of behavior. But in the end, our laws and lackadaisical enforcement of them reflect how we don't care enough about drunk driving to make a big deal about it.

[Axeman]

That's a terrible tragedy, my condolences go out to the family.

[vash]

that is terrible news..my heart aches for the family.

this sucks.

[onewhippedpuppy]

We recently had a mother and daughter mowed down in front of a grade school, she was walking her daughter to school. This was 9 am-ish, it's thought that the driver passed out at the wheel. The driver had TWELVE prior DUI convictions stretching over 20 years. Why they don't throw people in jail for this stuff, I have no idea.

[GothingNC]

A good friend of mine from Long Island just sent me an email this morning.

He is recoverying from being involved in a wreck with a DD last night

[JavaBrewer]

Well the good news is that here in SD the number of DD arrests have dropped. We stay home during the holidays primarily to avoid the risk of encountering a DD. I used to be a bartender and can guarantee that the roads are filled with drunk drivers.

SAN DIEGO — California Highway Patrol officers had a harder time finding drunken drivers during this Christmas holiday, likely due to the rain that kept many people off the roads.

From 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Friday, officers nabbed 17 drivers for DUI in San Diego County, compared to 76 drivers during the same period last year.

The trend was similar statewide, with 409 arrests this year compared to 973 last year.

During the same reporting period, there have been 11 traffic fatalities in the state in areas covered by the CHP. None of them occurred in San Diego County.

The CHP's maximum DUI enforcement will continue through the weekend, ending Sunday at midnight.

[red-beard]

David, that is good news.

[pwd72s]

Hmmm, never thought of the benefits of storms...probably not many DD arrests in Portland during the long freeze...

[peppy]

I recall a State Trooper tell me that after 8 or 9 pm every 5th car you see, the driver is impaired.

I think that is the right numbers but could not find the info.

Sorry for your neighbors red.