Folks that can’t drink and drive are spoiling it for those of us who can.
Ahhhhh . . . are they giving out certificates now in QUALITY DRUNKEN DRIVING? I bet the insurance companies love those! Won't wonders never cease! LOL.
I suppose you are also in denial of THE FACT that even one can of beer has already BEGUN to put to sleep the judgment center of the brain. 2 more so; 3 more so; 4 very much more so etc. Of course, you could prove this to yourself--IF YOU WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE TRUTH ABOUT DRINKING AND DRIVING--by taking a Mavis Beacon typing test with no alcohol in your system. Taking the same test with 1 can of beer; taking it again with 2 beers; then with 3; then with 4; then with 5; then with 6; then with 7; then with 8; then with 9.
PLEASE DO. and post all the results hereon for us to view. That would show what great skills you have for driving and drinking. Perhaps your spouse or priest or pastor or boss could serve as a monitor to verify that you've taken the tests in a kosher fashion and that the results are authentically yours.
Actually, this perception that one has the CAPACITY TO DRINK AND DRIVE . . . for those of us in the professioin . . . is another tell-tale symptom of a more serious problem than otherwise might be the case. It correlates well above above average with an inreased genetic predisposition to abuse alcohol and to be thoroughly victimized by alcohol. So, it appears that we have yet again the umpteenth millionth confirmation of that fact.
Sadly, for the lives of the family members and children mangled in alcohol related accidents . . . such dying, bloody, pained folks are not very impressed with the drunk's PERCEIVED CAPACITY to DRIVE DRUNK. Neither are the EMT's, police and others who have to clean up such horrific messes.
It's like I posted above . . . the fellow court ordered into my group on his 9th DWI . . . had been hospitalized on one of his other such accidents. Had hospitalized a family on a different such accident . . . and the first words out of his mouth were:
He had a perspective that sounded a lot like yours. Very impressive. The group laughed him to wholesale scorn. He was so clueless, he was incredulous that they were laughing at him.
I'm a little curious if you use a cell phone at the same time you're drinking and driving? That could possibly increase the chances that you'll very thoughtfully remove yourself from the hazardous population sooner.
I also wonder if there's a synergistic effect on brain cells when cell phone use is combined with alcohol. I wonder if there's any studies on that yet. The recent study indicated that 10 minutes of cell phone use was enough to increase the risk of brain cancer. An added alcohol bath on the brain could really 'enhance' one's brain capacities, I'd imagine. /sar
I wonder also, how many decades have you been drinking and driving. My boss's blacked out driving of a Navy car from DC to New York City when he was assistant to the Chief of Naval operations . . . at speeds in excess of 80 mph (and IIRC, one trip in excess of 100mph) as proven by time stamps on some receipts . . . kind of convined him when he was in a more sobered state . . . that his driving drunk skills could have easily gotten him and a number of other people killed. That and some of his colleagues eventually persuaded him to get into treatment.
But you go right ahead and consider yourself the expert.
Though it would be interesting to have the 10 closest people to you log into FR and express their opinions on the issue.