Old 03-28-07 | 10:31 PM
  #202  
Helmet Head's Avatar
Helmet Head
Banned.
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 13,075
Likes: 0
From: San Diego
Originally Posted by Pete Fagerlin
Why should you take responsibility for the drunk driver that crosses three lanes and plows through your rear triangle?
Because it's MY a$$ splattered all over the pavement.
Last I checked, the responsibility for MY a$$ was MINE, and nobody elses.

Edit: that was kind of a "do you still beat your wife?" question. I'm not taking responsibility for the drunk driver or his actions, I'm taking responsibility for my safety ("my a$$"). I am responsible to myself and my loved ones for my safety. If someone else wants to share in that responsibilty, that's great, but I sure as hell don't count on it. If a squirrel chews a branch off a tree that falls and whacks me on the head, it's nobody's fault but my own. Faulting a drunk driver for being drunk is like faulting a squirrel for being a squirrel. It's nothing I can change.

Edit 2: It's the drunk's responsibility to not drink and drive. It's my responsibility to stay safe even if he fails to meet his responsibility.

Last edited by Helmet Head; 03-28-07 at 10:50 PM.
Helmet Head is offline  
Reply