Underage Drinking and Driving

[dshogan1]

Hey guys, I havent posted in a while. I have been very busy. But this upsets me, I just had a friend die from drinking and driving. She was 18, left a party, and got into a one car accident and was ejected from her car and pronounced dead on the scene. http://www.shawnacyr.com

 

Why must people feel the need to drink and drive? This girl is the daughter of a teacher and and a police officer. How does this happen, she is a known partier, where were the parents on this one. I know the mother, i had her as a teacher, and an absolutelly wonderful person, but how do you allow this? I have done my share of drinking, and i have never felt the need to drive, i have stayed in places i didnt like in order not to hurt other people. Thank god nobody else was hurt. My heart goes out to the Cyr family, dont get me wrong, in truth they may have had no idea, i do not know, but all of the people at the party, they let her drive, how can you in good conscience let soembody drive drunk?

 

Plz i am begging you, dont drive drunk, dont let other people drive drunk, parents please keep an eye on your children

 

 

RIP Shawna Cyr June 30, 1988 - April 15, 2006

[Lethalfind]

Hey guys, I havent posted in a while. I have been very busy. But this upsets me, I just had a friend die from drinking and driving. She was 18, left a party, and got into a one car accident and was ejected from her car and pronounced dead on the scene. http://www.shawnacyr.com

 

Why must people feel the need to drink and drive? This girl is the daughter of a teacher and and a police officer. How does this happen, she is a known partier, where were the parents on this one. I know the mother, i had her as a teacher, and an absolutelly wonderful person, but how do you allow this? I have done my share of drinking, and i have never felt the need to drive, i have stayed in places i didnt like in order not to hurt other people. Thank god nobody else was hurt. My heart goes out to the Cyr family, dont get me wrong, in truth they may have had no idea, i do not know, but all of the people at the party, they let her drive, how can you in good conscience let soembody drive drunk?

 

Plz i am begging you, dont drive drunk, dont let other people drive drunk, parents please keep an eye on your children

 

 

RIP Shawna Cyr June 30, 1988 - April 15, 2006

 

I am careful to only drink when someone else is driving me, when I'm at home or when I know I am going to be at a persons house for long enough. I rarely drink anyway.

I'm sorry for your friend but I am glad she didn't take anyone with her when she died as drunk drivers so often do. Her parents must be devastated.

[hugo]

It's amateurs, like Shawna, that cause the police to crack down on us who can drink and drive responsibly.

[dshogan1]

It is truth that some people can drink and drive and not be imparied, and get safely wherever they are going, but there is that one time which u drank one more than u can handle, and you are impaired, but think you arent, that is when people get killed. I just thank god that she didnt take nebody with her.

[snafu]

The reason kids drink and drive for one is because they feel invincible. And even parents that think their doing a fine job will have problems.

I know when I was young everybody drank and drove. We were under age too. If you weren

[attention_whore]

It is truth that some people can drink and drive and not be imparied, and get safely wherever they are going,

 

I have to strongly disagree with this. Heavy drinkers - and I have one for a buddy, only think they can do things as well drunk as sober. Its because drunkeness has become the norm to them.

 

But back to the thread.

 

Many years ago a beautiful young woman came to work where I did. She was absolutely georgious. She was there for only a week. Then WALLOP - the news came in.

 

She had gone out for a drink with one of the customers - a famous womaniser. He had let her drive home. They had both been drinking. He claimed that he did not know that she had no driving licence. She wrapped the car- a powerful 3 litre Ford around a tree at great speed. Strangely he survived without a scratch. She survived too, put sustained dreadful injuries. She now walks in a peculiar way as she has badly damaged her cerubelum , dribbles , cannot focus her eyes and of course is now incapable of work. And of course everyone who knows her knows how she came by her misfortune.

 

That would be the hard thing for me, everyone knowing what I had done, ie got drunk and risked the lives of other people.

[snafu]

Originally Posted by dshogan1

It is truth that some people can drink and drive and not be imparied, and get safely wherever they are going,

 

Yeah I could drive wasted. Alcohol didn’t faze me none. I could dance like the guy in footloose too. But since I quit drinking I’m a mess.

[Lethalfind]

Yeah I could drive wasted. Alcohol didn

[snafu]

I'm not picking on just you but there have been several comments made that people who are used to drinking aren't effected...I don't believe this and science is saying even if your not drowling drunk, your reaction time is not what it would be if you were sober. I can drink an enormous amount of liquour and not appear drunk, I can walk, talk and generally act normal, as long as I don't attempt anything that requires a fast reaction time.

 

Have you been drunk and sucessfully driven home, I'm sure alot of people have but what would happen if a situation on the road required split second timing on your part, I don't believe people would be able to negotiate that. People who keep telling themselves the drinking doesn't effect their performance are the very people who end up killing someone someday. The truly sad thing is that normally the drunk is not the one who dies. The alcohol in their system relaxes them enough they often escape while totally innocent people they run into are not so lucky.

 

Years ago I worked as a dispatcher, while I was working in the middle of the night the police had to go to a drunk driving accident. A whole family died, I had to send out extra body bags twice there were so many people dead, the driver of the truck was unhurt while a Mother, Father and their children were all dead. He too thought he was good enough to drink and drive. I saw seasoned officers break down over this accident, both local city cops and Sheriff's deputies. The memory of those radio calls, having to make note of everything they said and how many were dead has stayed with me. I remember they kept finding more bodies in the wreckage of the van, the EMTs were stunnned, you could hear it in their voice.

 

Drivin home successfully?

 

I was kidding. Yes I’ve been driving stoned and drunk since I was 14 years old (without a license). I almost died several times drunk. Once on my motorcycle. I thought I was the best driver out there. Along with the best dancer.

Once totally sober and looking back I was extremely lucky.

[TheJenn88]

That link with "one of her favourite songs," - that's one of my favourite songs, too. Gotta love Cover of the Rolling Stones!

 

And to anyone who ever may think there's such a think as drinking and driving responsibly, there's not. Drunk or sober, there's always that chance something will happen, and there's no sense in heightening those chances.

 

I am so very sorry for your friend and their family. She was too young to die.

[Mohammed_Rots_In_Hell]

It's amateurs, like Shawna, that cause the police to crack down on us who can drink and drive responsibly.

LMAO! That is funny, hugo! here have some rep!

[Hugh G. Rekshun]

If you're stupid enough to get behind the wheel after tipping the bottle then we should assume that you are coherent enough to accept the ramifications of your stupidity....Boo, fucking-hoo

[hugo]

I am sorry but just about everyone drinks and drives occassionally. Otherwise there would be few bars and few restuarants that served drinks. The key is to know your limit.

[wolvesslasher]

I would of fucked Shawna Cyr right up her ass!! I wish I was at the scene of the accident, I would of fucked her brains out before the ambulance got there. Damn! Oh well, there will always be another one.

[phreakwars]

I would of fucked Shawna Cyr right up her ass!! I wish I was at the scene of the accident, I would of fucked her brains out before the ambulance got there. Damn! Oh well, there will always be another one.

You sick fuck !!!

 

But anyways... I have no sympathy here for this girl either... If she was stupid enough and drunk enough to get behind the wheel, then she deserves to be worm food. What was her "LEGACY"..... simple... she's just another statistic !!!

 

I won't even dignify her death with a long drawn out rant or speech about drunk driving.. We all (even her I am sure), know the dangers of drinking and driving, so I'll end off with a simple... SEE YA LATER YA STUPID BITCH !! You will be forgotten when the next area teen does something stupid too.

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[Lethalfind]

My sympathy is with her parents...if that were me I would beat myself up for the rest of my life that I had not done more to stop my child from killing herself. I feel for her friends and family because they must be asking the same thing..."what else could I have done"...

 

I'm just curious what the drinking age was where she was?

 

When I lived in Texas I lived in a dry county, that meant that everyone who wanted to drink had to go outside the county (since then they have loosened up and there are places you can get something to drink if you have a membership), therefore we had the most drink driving incidents of any of the surrounding counties, we can thank the bible thumping Baptists for it being a dry county. I used to ride at night with the police, we would sit on the main road when the bars would close, waiting for the idiots to come rolling home and arrest them...it was as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning. I saw one guy who was so drunk that when the officer dropped (a ploy to see how drunk the guy was) his drivers license he fell face down on the ground...on top of his license. This guy thought he was sober enough to drive...

[Hugh G. Rekshun]

Yeah, the dead girls mom was a teacher and the dad a cop...talk about NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE!!!

[Lethalfind]

Yeah' date=' the dead girls mom was a teacher and the dad a cop...talk about NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE!!![/quote']

 

Its a story like that, that underscores the fact for me as a parent that no matter how much you think you know your child, look closer, you could be missing something...I'm sure these two parents thought their child knew better.

How many times have we heard parents of children who have done something stupid like drink and drive all the way up to those little shits who shot up Columbine talk to the media sounding completely clueless, clearly asleep at the wheel.

[Feckless Wench]

Yeah' date=' the dead girls mom was a teacher and the dad a cop...talk about NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE!!![/quote']

 

I am a teacher too, but just because I teach hundreds of different kids each week makes no difference to what my own kids will choose to get up to.

 

My eldest (19) almost died last summer of alcohol poisoning. I was at the same party as him...but kids are sneaky lil' buggers and will always find a way to avoid Mum's eyes when they want to. Sadly enough, his friends were still finding it funny when he was lying on the ground not breathing. I guess half a bottle of Tequila and a good few shots of vodka mixed with the antihistamines he'd taken prior to the party to relieve his hayfever would have that effect on most people!

 

I had to resuscitate him twice before the ambulance arrived (NOT good when someone has been throwing up for all they're worth) and on the way to the ER he had to be resuscitated twice more. Over night, in the ER his heart stopped a further three times.

 

Strangely enough, he no longer drinks spirits, only beer. Methinks the idiot child well and truly learnt his lesson.

 

My message is that however well you THINK you're looking after your kid, there are certain lessons that they can only learn for themselves. Alcohol tolerance being one of them!

[TheJenn88]

I think the reason it's such a problem with young drivers is because they are also young in their alcohol experience. Most people don't really know their limitations until they've tested them, or having been legal to drink for quite a few years. Perhaps that is where the "I'm invincible" attitude comes in. They think they are still comprehensible, liable and intelligible when heavily under the influence, but it comes with experience, tragedy, or time to know that driving and alcohol really don't mix.

[Hugh G. Rekshun]

I think the reason it's such a problem with young drivers is because they are also young in their alcohol experience.

Then explain to all of us why the old fuckers still hav'nt got it????

How many of the "experienced" drinkers mow down Gramma in the crosswalk and keep on going!!!

 

LAME ASS FUCKING EXCUSE!!!!! :mad:

[TheJenn88]

Then explain to all of us why the old fuckers still hav'nt got it????

How many of the "experienced" drinkers mow down Gramma in the crosswalk and keep on going!!!

 

LAME ASS FUCKING EXCUSE!!!!! :mad:

 

I wasn't making an excuse for them. There is no such thing as an excuse. But that is a potential answer as to why young drivers may drink and drive.

 

'Course some adults will drink and drive for the exact opposite circumstance, but have the same reason. They've had the past experience of drinking, yet their rationale is that they're confident, they know their limits, or think they do.

 

I'm not making excuses for these people, or defending them. There's a plethora of reasons as to why people do this - none are excusable. Each answer is as idiotic as the next, and so is each person who chooses to drink and drive.

[skategreen]

This is just so fucking sad.

 

It's such a waste.

 

When I hear of someone who's gone off and gotten themselves killed from drinking and driving - It just strikes me as such a sad sad stupid senseless loss.

 

Jesus, Des....practically destroyed his family by dying in this way. It's such a deep lasting hurt - it's stomach churningly sad, forever. Wayne, and Tim's Dad, and David, ... the long list....people I've known, and all the rest I just hear about. ... giant yawning holes of pain left...

 

It's sad. Sure, it's "stupid" etc. and of course, "everybody knows better"..

but none of that does a damn bit of good when it's done. It's just leaves big sad holes.

 

Hatred and anger and the grim satisfaction of seeing someone pay the penalty of stupidity, I leave to those who kill others while driving impaired.

Those fuckheads... those are the ones who I'll save my black tidings for. They bloody well get what they deserve and more.

 

The girl who got herself killed.... she fucked up, and she lost. She hurt her family. No sense in giving her shit now.

[Hugh G. Rekshun]

DEATH...the #1 cure for driving while intoxicated

[snafu]

Yeah going 110 down a hill just to get the tires of the ground.

Running though allies down town to see if we could get away with it without getting hit.

Seeing how far we could lay scratch.

Rolling my car with no seatbelt. Waking up on the roof looking out the rear window with water rushing in.

Sliding under a gaurd rail on my bike with a couple of inches to spare. Good thing the fairing smashed while flipping three times or I wouldn't have made it under at all. This without a helmet.

I can only thank my lucky stars I lived through all these stunts. I dont' recomend any of this to anybody.

 

Oh and my best friend getting stabed to death over a fucking hooker in the sleaziest hotel in town. What the fuck was he doing there in the first place?

Yeah alcohol!