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Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: injest on January 05, 2008, 10:32:42 am ---(it was only noon...surely he wasn't drunk that early...or late)
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Yup, David is right. There are drunken drivers and driving drinkers.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Nutmeg Guy on January 05, 2008, 11:03:58 am ---Oh you'd be surprized how many drunks there are during the day! We just fired a Supervisor for showing up to work at 11:30 AM legally drunk.
Makes you wonder if those drunks driving the wrong way on the highway are thinking the same thing about everyone else!
Drunk: OMG! Look at all these people on the wrong side of the road!
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About a mile from my office, on my drive home, is a very busy intersection...well marked, with lots of lights, but there are about 5 streets coming into it, an entrance to I295 and another entrance to US Route 1. I was at the light and over at the I295 entrance was an SUV on the wrong side of divider. I just looked and thought, "Oh my God." It was dark, 5:30 pm, lots of cars. Fortunately, people seemed to be aware of what was going on and either didn't move or moved at a snail's pace. The SUV managed to turn around (in front of 3 lanes of traffic!) and took off down Route 1. It could've been a disaster if someone was careless, not paying attention, or speeding. Fortunately, that didn't happen!
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injest:
I always hear people (ok usually YOUNG drivers) talking about what good drivers they are and I always think: "Maybe it is not that YOU are such a great driver but that OTHER drivers are watching out for you and cutting you some slack"
cause I know there are a lot of idiots that negotiate situations successfully not because of their skill but because everyone else got out of the way.
serious crayons:
1) A woman I know slightly recently got a DWI at 8 a.m. On her way to work.
She's had a drinking problem for a while, Hopefully this will be what gets her to seek treatment.
2) My grandmother once drove the wrong way on a divided highway for about a mile before she got pulled over. She wasn't drunk, but she was in her late 80s and getting pretty ditsy. She lost her license after that.
Meryl:
WAY TO GO, LYNNE!!
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