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Teenager who lost his legs in crash says he will 'never forgive' driver (www.bbc.com)
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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 100 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Young footballer Adam Golebiewski, 18, had been a passenger in Arran Paterson's car in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, in September last year.

Paterson, 19, admitted dangerous driving, being over the drink-drive limit and driving without insurance at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

I'm not blaming him here, don't get me wrong. But if you are in his situation, in a car with a reckless idiot endangering others, open your mouth. Tell them to stop, scream if necessary. Even call the police on them while in the car. If you're walking home in the rain, it's better than dying in a crash.

I've been friends with someone like this, and I've ended the friendship exactly like this. "Funny" enough, some month later he crashed with his car, nearly died, and nearly killed three others. Don't be a fool and don't get killed by idiots.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 2 days ago

I'm gonna be honest here, i did not do that a long time when i should. Now i'm older and don't have friends anymore who do reckless shit like that. But when they look at their phone i tell them or ask them to just drop me off.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What you quoted should really be put in the title of the article.

Like you said, I feel for him but there is a difference between being a passenger and being a pedestrian.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

We can't change the article, but the title of the post could br tagged with [passenger of drunk driver].

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely, but he might not have known what the guy was doing or even who he was. Kids are going to go with friends of friends.

The driver absolutely did know, and he's the one with the licence and all the responsibility.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

That's why you should tell them to stop immediately and let you out. You can tell them you have to vomit. This should do the trick almost every time.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

My son lived with his mom the majority of his life. More than once we discussed her drinking problem and that he should never get in the car if she'd been drinking. Including calling 911, if she tried to force him to go. Thankfully, there wasn't ever a major incident.

[–] leftthegroup@lemmings.world 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Drunk drivers should be sentenced as if they were convicted murderers. Even if nothing bad happens, just finding out they did it should land them in just as deep a pile of shit as actually killing someone would. See how often they would try it then.

Drunk drivers get no pity or mercy from me. I hope they all have lethal accidents that don't hurt anyone else. And if they don't, their consequences should make them wish they did.

Fuck them.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

involuntary manslaughter, and same should apply to people who drive while tired as that's basically the same fucking thing.

but more realistically it should be criminal negligence, and bar you from ever holding a license again.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 2 days ago

I had a girlfriend who was really car braines and i didn my best to avoid the topic. One day she told me that she was out to drink and she then she drove home, because she couldn't just let her car there. She did not understand that she did anything wrong, because leaving the car was off the table. I told her that she could've killed someone, which didn't got any reaction out of her. She said that she could've also died. And i told her that i wouldn't really care, and if she has a drunk driving accident, i wouldn't feel bad and she shouldn't call me ever.