Excuses Excuses
I saw on the news yesterday that a young Hollywood starlet was arrested for DUI. According to reports, she blew a 0.08 on the breathalizer test, which meets the California standard for DUI.
What followed really disturbs me.
Her publicist came out stating that she had been up since very early in the morning shooting a music video, had eating nothing all day, and "only had one margarita".
Excuses, excuses.
The fact is, she blew a 0.08. It doesn't matter how much she had consumed (food or alcohol), or what she had been doing all day. A 0.08 is still a 0.08, and in the state of California, she was driving illegally.
Why do people take drinking-and-driving so lightly? Some statistics say that over 30,000 people are killed each year in America alone by drunk drivers. Imagine the uproar if 30,000 American troops were killed in Iraq in one year. Yet with drunk driving, you hear very little. People still head out to restaurants and bars, have a few drinks, and get behind the wheel.
We've decided to take drinking-and-driving very seriously in our house. We have two young boys. We will teach them that under no circumstances do you get behind the wheel of a car after drinking, and you never ride as a passenger in a car with a driver who has been drinking. Period. Even after one drink.
But we have to set the example. Now. So our family rule is that whoever will be driving consumes absolutely no alcohol. None. Not even a glass of wine with dinner. How can we tell our kids not to drive after drinking any alcohol if they see us have a drink and getting behind the wheel? Are we supposed to say, "That's different. We're adults."?
No. Those are just more excuses. The law is the law. If you're going to drink -- even just one drink -- please let someone else drive.
What followed really disturbs me.
Her publicist came out stating that she had been up since very early in the morning shooting a music video, had eating nothing all day, and "only had one margarita".
Excuses, excuses.
The fact is, she blew a 0.08. It doesn't matter how much she had consumed (food or alcohol), or what she had been doing all day. A 0.08 is still a 0.08, and in the state of California, she was driving illegally.
Why do people take drinking-and-driving so lightly? Some statistics say that over 30,000 people are killed each year in America alone by drunk drivers. Imagine the uproar if 30,000 American troops were killed in Iraq in one year. Yet with drunk driving, you hear very little. People still head out to restaurants and bars, have a few drinks, and get behind the wheel.
We've decided to take drinking-and-driving very seriously in our house. We have two young boys. We will teach them that under no circumstances do you get behind the wheel of a car after drinking, and you never ride as a passenger in a car with a driver who has been drinking. Period. Even after one drink.
But we have to set the example. Now. So our family rule is that whoever will be driving consumes absolutely no alcohol. None. Not even a glass of wine with dinner. How can we tell our kids not to drive after drinking any alcohol if they see us have a drink and getting behind the wheel? Are we supposed to say, "That's different. We're adults."?
No. Those are just more excuses. The law is the law. If you're going to drink -- even just one drink -- please let someone else drive.
posted by Susan | 6:59 AM
1 Comments:
I agree with you on the drinking and driving -- not worth the risk. Why put yourself and others at risk? I am again disappointed in a privilaged person who just doesn't get it. Ugh!!!
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