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First of all, consider yourself very fortunate to not have killed yourself or another. Look on Friday night as GOOD LUCK, not bad; because had you not been stopped you no doubt would have done this again. AND, had you had to stand trial for manslaughter, one of the hardest things will be to stand and face that person's family, friends and loved ones and TRY to apologize for their loss...and I didn't think I was drunk is not going to cut it. It's like pointing a gun at someone, pulling the trigger, taking their life and then saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't think the gun was loaded." If you are drinking, driving, taking narcotics and suffer from night-blindness, then, sister, your gun is very loaded and it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.
Responsibility for your actions, along with remorse, are all a part of rehab and I see none of that. Your life begins today, get clean and spend QUALITY time with your family. Best wishes.
DITTO pollox.
I sure didn't want this to be my first post on this message board, but this thread has really upset me to say the least. Please bear with me because I need to give some background info to get to my point that relates to Yeppers.
Six years ago my 18 year old son and first born child was killed when a young man in his early 20's fell asleep at the wheel of an 18 wheeler, swerved over the center line and hit the car my son was a passenger in head on. My son was 3 weeks away from graduating with honors and a full scholarship to an art institute. Aside from that he was an all around great kid and his death has forever changed me, his dad, his sisters, and everyone who ever met him. Part of me died too that night. Not only was my son killed, but his best friend, who was driving, and three other friends that they were in the process of dropping off before heading home. They were less than 3 miles from our home. Five young men who had NOT been drinking or doing anything to impair their senses lost their lives that night. Five families ruined FOREVER! This is what is tearing me up so much. We had to go to court and the legalities of preparing for trial took 2 years. During that time the "driver" changed his story during giving his deposition(s) 4 times. He had done the same thing at the wreck sight when talking to the DPS officer who was first to arrive at the scene of the slaughter therefore making him the investigating officer in our case. The driver got out of his rig and walked away from the wreck until that first officer got there. This DPS officer did go talk to him. He asked him some basic questions, but he mainly TOLD him to NOT talk, but he did start talking to the DPS officer saying things like "the last thing I remember", "I don't remember anything" or "I don't know what happened", and several more INCLUDING that it was my son's best friend's fault. The DPS officer was overheard by several people on the scene telling the "driver" to not say a word before and after pulling him aside from the crowd that had gathered along the interstate including other officials. He was overheard saying several things including "whatever you say here could mean the difference between no money or a LOT of money" and he also made it clear to the driver to not speak because of obvious legal charges (That literally sickened me and I let that DPS officer know that on more than one occasion). Some of these people I knew and others were there in an official capacity. I guess it goes without saying that the city/community we live in is not huge. My brother and nephew were there. My brother was there because he used to be a cop and my nephew was a volunteer fireman. When there is a wreck of this magnitude it isn't uncommon to call in the neighboring ambulance services, fire departments, etc. Even the man who pulled my son's body out of the wreckage didn't recognize him and he knew my son and had seen him earlier that afternoon.
Forgive me for rambling and I hope that this is somewhat understandable. There is so much being left out, but I'd like to attempt to make the point I intended.
During the preparation of the trial obviously background was run on this "driver".
1. He was still in his probationary period to work for this very "well known" company
2. He had lied when applying for that position even though I hold the company responsible too for obviously not doing a thorough background search and ignoring the things they did find out about him
3. Since he was a teenager he had been in several wrecks in his private vehicle AND for the first company he had driven for previously. Also wrecks and/or other infractions while driving/working for the company he was with when this travesty happened
4. He HAD been busted for driving under the influence on more than one occasion even though it wasn't while he was "working"
* There is so much more, but I am exhausted and I apologize for not making more sense in conveying this, but I just became more and more infuriated as I read through this thread *
MAYBE NO ONE would've lost their lives if this young man had been busted and made to PAY for it the first time he was reckless, at LEAST the second time. And of course gotten help for himself. Neither he or ANYONE in his family have ever contacted any of us in 6 years to say anything to us. IF they believe he doesn't have a problem or wasn't at fault (which we know they know isn't the case), they still could've sent a simple sympathy card without appearing as though he was at fault.
What scares me more than anything is that this now early 30's man is still out there on our roads, endangering our loved ones and from what we can gather as of recent...still has not learned his lesson.
YEPPERS,
Please, please, please, I beg you. Get help for you, for your kids and other people who love you and for God's sake don't put yourself in the same postion as the "driver" who killed my son and four other promising young lives. I know the driver who killed my son was not intoxicated at that time and you know what? I don't think that in our case or probably his previous cases that he thought "hey, today/tonight I'm going to go smash up my car/rig/injure someone else, etc". But he had been ticketed, warned, was at fault for other wrecks in which he either hurt himself AND injured a couple of other people, among a few more things. Unfortunately, when a family has big bucks it sometimes may prevent their son from going to prison, but it doesn't undo the damage he's done or prevent him from continuing the same destructive behavior that ruins others lives. OH, and one last thing. He DID KNOW when he had been drinking and decided to drive anyway and he also knew when he was lying. Lying to employers, himself, and only God knows who else.
Fog
MODS: If you need to edit this I understand. I just hope I was able to make some sense. You see, the 6th anniversary of my son's death was May 2nd.