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Roundaboutsix t1_j34jasr wrote

CT Route 9 is dark, boring and dangerous. My cousin and I used to drive it often. One night he dozed off, crossed the median (a sixty foot wide grass strip) and woke up drinking in the wrong lane. He figured it out when he noticed the signs were facing the wrong way, and quickly recrossed to the correct side. I can see how people do it... (This case was especially tragic since the victim was a well respected politician...)

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Ok-Control-787 t1_j34r9ga wrote

> woke up drinking in the wrong lane.

Your cousin might have a problem if he drinks while sleep driving

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mindluge t1_j37lsrg wrote

it's important to be drunk in the specified drunk driving lane

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Roundaboutsix t1_j3wu9cp wrote

‘Driving’ (Damn autocorrect!). But you’re partially right. Back then, forty years ago or so, attitudes were different about drinking and driving. Cops routinely stopped drunks, asked them how far they were going, and let them go. I’d watch a football game with my father, drinking 3-4 beers during the game. He’d routinely walk me to the car with a beer in his jacket pocket and say, “Here’s one for the road.” It’s hard to believe now, looking back. (Having experienced both eras, I prefer the modern day anti drinking and driving attitude.)

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MyFianceMadeMeJoin t1_j39nl57 wrote

Exit 18 south bound meant the wrong way driver had gone a good ways north on the southbound side out of Middletown. Totally nuts.

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caring_impaired t1_j36ky88 wrote

Driving over the grass median didn’t wake him immediately? Sorry, that’s BS.

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Roundaboutsix t1_j3wuvxc wrote

That was his story (I wasn’t there.). He admitted he had been drinking beer all night before driving 30 miles, back home, after last call.

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caring_impaired t1_j3wyn3r wrote

sounds like a great guy.

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Roundaboutsix t1_j4rguy8 wrote

Unfortunately, drinking and driving was ‘tolerated’ back then. Cops would stop drunks, ask them how far they were going, then let them go...

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caring_impaired t1_j4rnznp wrote

i got my license in 1989. My father put the fear of death in me should I ever get pulled over for DUI (formerly DWI).

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