Originally posted by: thraashman
Everyone who responded in this thread. Take note and be safe.
I thought that because of the situation surrounded his passing, that anyone who responded in the thread above needs to make sure that their actions never lead to a person's death. Everyone be safe. And rest in peace acemcmac
		
 
		
	 
The problem isn't with drinking itself, but with drunk driving.  I've never driven with anything more than 1/2 a drink's worth of alcohol in me (I'm kinda obsessively paranoid on this point actually, and will sit around waiting until my body's taken care of enough alcohol for me to drive-this has lead to some boring times). 
However, I also live in NYC, where even if I got too drunk I could probably get home some other way, whether I take a cab or a bus or the subway.  In most parts of this country though, I see bars in the ass middle of nowhere, accessible only by car.  Which would make not drinking and driving harder than it is for me.  Seriously, they gotta figure out some way for people to go drinking without having to drive to the damned bar, or this crap is going to keep happening because people have no self control, especially when drunk.
Maybe there ought to be more public transportation to a special drinking area of cities or something.  I don't know, but it annoys me when I see a single person drive up to a bar in the middle of nowhere and park, because I know damned well they don't have a designated driver.  Grr