smalweld
02-27-2009, 09:27 PM
Just found out yesterday that I will probably loose an old friend to an accident. He was driving down one road and said this person pulled out in front of him while talking on a cell phone.. She is now dead, the mother of 5 kids, my buddy the dam drunk was the one driving. He said it wasnt his fault but to me if you have enough alcohol in your system to blow a .16 then you are at fault period.I don't care if you were going though a green light and the other person ran a red light. If you were not driving drunk then that person would still be alive.. Yes I lost a friend only because he wants me to write a letter to the court saying what a good guy he is..
Little background on him.. I have known him for 25 years plus but the last 12 I havent seen him. Only found him by reading a post on a motorcycle message board. Upon PM'ing him I found out where he lived and went up and saw him last year and took him to a concert. He drank a couple of beers while we were heading to the concert! I told him that he was f'in crazy to be doing that. He shrugged it off saying that I was a party pooper. He was smashed beyond drunk after the concert and drove until I saw a motel 6 (A whopping two blocks) and I said park it!! He turned around and drove on the sidewalk until we got there. I paid for a motel room that only had one bed. I slept on the floor. I can't remember a time 20 plus years ago when he was sober but yet he wants me to write a letter to the court system to tell them that he is a good driver and not a drunk he is... I can't do that. I really can not see where he is a good guy anymore, he hasnt really grown up at all and still think that life is a party. I feel sorry for the 5 kids that lost there mother while she was going out to the grocery store for food for them. Even though he lives 400 plus miles from me, in a way I feel guilty since I have seen this coming. I just prayed that what had happened never would. He told me that he has been pulled over several times for drunk driving but always got off. Now 5 kids have no mother. So for the guys and gals that want to have a couple of beers while on the lake and that couple leads to a couple of 12 packs.. do us all a favor and let someone else drive.
Sorry I just had to vent and get this off my chest. it's been pissing me off all day wondering how or what I could have done to prevent this.. Reality is that I couldnt do anything. But yet I still feel remorse for what he has done
Little background on him.. I have known him for 25 years plus but the last 12 I havent seen him. Only found him by reading a post on a motorcycle message board. Upon PM'ing him I found out where he lived and went up and saw him last year and took him to a concert. He drank a couple of beers while we were heading to the concert! I told him that he was f'in crazy to be doing that. He shrugged it off saying that I was a party pooper. He was smashed beyond drunk after the concert and drove until I saw a motel 6 (A whopping two blocks) and I said park it!! He turned around and drove on the sidewalk until we got there. I paid for a motel room that only had one bed. I slept on the floor. I can't remember a time 20 plus years ago when he was sober but yet he wants me to write a letter to the court system to tell them that he is a good driver and not a drunk he is... I can't do that. I really can not see where he is a good guy anymore, he hasnt really grown up at all and still think that life is a party. I feel sorry for the 5 kids that lost there mother while she was going out to the grocery store for food for them. Even though he lives 400 plus miles from me, in a way I feel guilty since I have seen this coming. I just prayed that what had happened never would. He told me that he has been pulled over several times for drunk driving but always got off. Now 5 kids have no mother. So for the guys and gals that want to have a couple of beers while on the lake and that couple leads to a couple of 12 packs.. do us all a favor and let someone else drive.
Sorry I just had to vent and get this off my chest. it's been pissing me off all day wondering how or what I could have done to prevent this.. Reality is that I couldnt do anything. But yet I still feel remorse for what he has done