Poll – Driving Under The Influence

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I just spent a nice couple of days off visiting a friend in Las Vegas. St. Patrick’s Day in Las Vegas is a unique confluence of an excuse for drinking with the insanity that is March Madness in a betting town. The level of drinking is ramped to an unthinkable level. On the way home, I saw no less than three cars pulled over so that someone could empty their guts, more than likely a result of the previous night’s activities.

When I got home, I started catching up on my various social media accounts. Takes awhile after being relatively off-the-grid for three days. That’s when I cam across a post by our own Terry Myers, who relates the story that someone he has known for a very long time is angry with him. Why? Apparently, she was arrested – at 10:30 am this morning – on a DUI. Terry told a mutual acquaintance ’Good. Maybe she’ll learn a lesson now… and not possibly kill someone.’

This apparently has her all hacked off. She was arrested for a DUI at 10:30am on a Sunday morning, and she’s mad at him.

So, I thought I’d toss up this little poll to find out how many of our readers and viewers have had a DUI affect their lives. Have you ever had a DUI, whether your own or through that of someone else, affect your life? Let us know. We’ll reveal the results on Tuesday night’s show.

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Have you ever had a DUI, whether your own or that of another person, affect your life?

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  • https://www.facebook.com/533607280 Elizabeth Eliff- LaMar

    Um yeah…. far too many times! Had a friends child die from an underage Drinking Driver. and when Jenn was a baby we were in a crash that killed 3 people – because a semi-driver had been drinking. The 2 people were literally decapitated. There is no excuse, and it’s not an ‘accident’ – when you drink and drive you are choosing to do so.

  • https://www.facebook.com/116943688349467 Edited For Clarity

    I have a hunch I’m going to hear lots of these stories. Be sure to take the poll, and leave comments as well! And spread the word… This is going to be a strong topic on this week’s show…

  • https://www.facebook.com/533607280 Elizabeth Eliff- LaMar

    I have so much information from when I worked for the state FNL office. We worked in prevention and honestly, the statistics are staggering!

  • https://www.facebook.com/116943688349467 Edited For Clarity

    Any stats you can send me would be awesome. Not sure if you saw Terry’s original post, but it’s absolutely amazing to me how hard-headed some people can be.

  • ray scott

    leo this is your cousin ray and yes good topic. really like how you lose your lisence but have to get to traffic school. I would also mention that the police,used to set outside of dui classes and bust people attending class for driving with no lisence.

  • http://www.leosoderman.com Leo Soderman

    I don’t really get the traffic school part. Do they really think that the folks who go to traffic school for a DUI are going to change their behavior because of a class? I would really be interested to see how statistics on whether it actually has an effect. My guess is that it becomes a money-making opportunity much more than it really changes the behavior.

  • Maybjunk

    I’ve arrested too many to count… Ppl don’t learn

  • http://www.leosoderman.com Leo Soderman

    Of the ones you’ve arrested, do you know (maybe a percentage) how many were repeat offenders?

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