"Jackass" Star Ryan Dunn Dies in Car Accident

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

But that's where there is a fine line.... if you are drunk yourself (for example- I am not saying the passenger was, but am saying for sake of argument), and you are told repeatedly by your friend that they are okay to drive, and even sober people said that the person driving looked okay to them... isn't that being somewhat responsible in not driving yourself? What if he was so drunk that he really thought his friend was ok to drive? Whose responsibility is it then?

I know alcohol affects people differently, but how drunk do you have to be to not notice your friend has had even a single drink??

Originally Posted by Jen

These are the types of situations where you make a plan before you go out regarding how you'll get home.

Absolutely.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

" So sad and so unnecessary. I'm almost as angry as I am sad.

Basically.

While I am really sad at lives lost.....my grandfather was hit by a drunk driver. I'm a little more touchy about this subject than many so I am always more angry than sad at stories like these. I'm sure he was a good man, even a great man, but one poor decision can do so much.

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I know alcohol affects people differently, but how drunk do you have to be to not notice your friend has had even a single drink??

That's just it- we don't know. We don't know how drunk he was, or if he was at all. Yes, maybe poor judgement, but he's not the one that drove, and while he is somewhat culpable for his own death in choosing to get into a car with a drunk person (however much his judgement was affected by a substance), I don't see how there is more reason to hate on him rather than the person that *actually* drove drunk and had a history of driving drunk.

I have absolutely no tolerance for drunk and/or buzzed driving. Too many people that I know have had their lives shattered by people like that, even when it's "Trust me officer, I've only had 2 beers."