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There is a new thing out today when a person dies.The people who were close to the the deceased have got a tendency to blame the living when things go wrong and it has erupted into ugly family battles.The lastest has been a good friend of mine named Sophie.She recently had a tragedy that I would like to share.One of her nieces were injured by a impaired driver and she is in very serious condtion.Instead of rallying to her support,the other people are telling Sophie that if was her fault for the accident and her niece has no business driving.May I ask something? What kind of moron are you? The girl is 17 years old and is a good driver.He was the one who ran the red light and if she did not use her common sense the acciident would have been fatal.DO not blame the living....Blame bad judgement on this guys part because he choose to drink and drive and almost hurt a lot of people.He should have been in therapy for his drinking problem and there are many organizations ine seattle that he could go to and they are free......There is help available...YOu have to research and ask for it.You cannot go on for years and years and pretend the problems do not exist.This is magical thinking and it is so dangerous.Lets remember this...some people do not use their brains when it comes to driving and it has lead to a lot of serious accidents in seattle.Please use your head and if you are sick...please do not drive.If you have a medical problem,what are you driving for? Remember it just takes one split second and in a split
second you can be gone.
second you can be gone.
I see this sort of thing all the time (drunk driving, textin & driving, and sleep deprived driving). All are dangerous/deadly.....trust me on this. I have seen whole families wiped out becuz of this AVOIDABLE situation.
Vader ~ I think this thread should have been named "Place the blame on the right person" and I think you truly meant it to be as such becuz in cases such as this someone needs to be responsible.
However, when a person has an "addiction" or affliction, most of the time they live in denial and do not get the help they need. Most alcoholic's do not believe they have a problem and our laws are not strict enough to stop them. How many times do you read that someone has 3 or more DUI's and is still driving? Even if their license is taken away.....they are still driving. We read it daily. And punks like Bieber and Lohan are just a few ppl that need more than community service or rehab (Lindsey has done 7 stints in rehab already and she just admitted that she drank right out of rehab recently). Becuz they are ALLOWED to get away with it....why shouldn't others? (I say that sarcastically). It's a crime that the laws are not stricter and I blame the judges and lawyers that slap ppl on the wrist and do not throw the book at these ppl.
I was driving home from the funeral home Monday when I thought for sure the car in front of me was going to have a head on or hit a tree. He was swerving all over the road and was driving into oncoming traffic. I would bet my life on it that he was texting and driving! Here this guy is trying to get killed and I had just worked on a 46 year old woman at the funeral home who lost her life to a brain tumor! She fought for her life and this dude was playing Russian Roulette with his. All so unnecessary!
IMO it's more about placing blame on the right person. Other times....no one is to blame.
I'm sorry about your friends daughter and hope she recovers completely.
I hope the judge throws the book at the drunk driver....but we can only hope.
thanks.