Gonna pour myself a drink after reading this thread. Not driving anywhere.
Iowa Nice Guy arrested
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Am I the only one that doesn't care that Scott Sphincter got an OWI?
I genuinely hope you get the help you need with your social filter.
97% of the US is considered Rural...stats can be misconstrued to show anything using whatever context you want. No one is advocating anything, simply stating what happens. Get off your high horse.
What I take from his post is that you come in here and make a statement that you learned from your mistake, and were lucky enough that you or someone else didnt get hurt in the process, but then you come in here and act all high and mighty because you expect others to not have the same grace given as you did to learn from the mistake.
You are no better than anyone else that has ever driven under the influence, you just learned and now dont do it. Which I commend you for. But dont come in here and act like you are any better than those that can say they have done it, and may have also learned or simply state that they realize it happens and why it happens. People make mistakes. Sometimes people are stupid, ignorant or just plain dumbasses. But claiming some moral high ground and acting like you are better than everyone because you learned your lesson, without really knowing other peoples situation just makes you look like a jerk.
I havent read anyones post advocating to run out and get drunk and jump behind the wheel, just a discussion on where and why it does happen in places, and how sometimes mistakes happen. Some of you need to really get your nose out of the clouds and stop being so arrogant, you are starting to sound like hawk fans.
Dang. I think I know of one person who was killed in a drunk driving accident. You know more than 6?
Lulullulululullul. Imagine caring this much about rural drunk driving and typing this out. L
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I don't know any, and I grew up in a small Iowa town where I knew people drinking and driving on gravels. Did it a few times myself with friends in high school. It was really stupid and don't condone it in any way, but honestly did far more dangerous stuff in vehicles stone cold sober. Guess I'm just lucky I don't have any horrible DUI stories. The only vehicle deaths I know from my hometown were sober in the daylight hours.
Also in the article: "According to the 2018 American Community Survey from the Census Bureau, an estimated 19 percent of the U.S. population lived in rural areas, and according to FHWA only 30 percent of the total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2018 were in rural areas. However, rural areas accounted for 45 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2018."
So yeah 45% of the DD fatalities in 30% of the vehicle miles and 19% of the population is pretty terrible.
Lets break this down. Of course metro areas have more population which would be more miles driven for business, industry and commuting, and other reasons that far outweigh the miles driven, drinking and driving. That is a minute percentage.
Next fatalities happen most on where speed is a factor. Rural areas all would be at higher speeds.
Taking raw numbers like this makes no sense you have to realize that, without looking at the context behind them, You cant compare total miles driven to fatalities from drunk driving, unless you compare miles driven to drunk driving, in both urban and rural, then compare miles driven sober to fatalities in urban and rural areas. Problem is no one has accurate data on actual miles driven drunk. So this is flawed data. As I said.
They compare alcohol fatalities vs total miles driven, not miles driven by drunk drivers. Because they have no idea of knowing that. But that figure is way off because generally more people are of course driving more regular miles in metro areas, for all other things than drinking and driving. It not going to be a 1 to 1 comparison. This is the problem with subjective data. You can give data that seems to make a point but in reality its just biased to fit your narrative, it is how politics use data all the time.
You misunderstood. He wasn't basting the Iowa Nice Guy, he was criticizing the moderator who said drunk driving on a rural gravel road "isn't that dangerous."
So this is what brings out the " You are ignoring content by this member" that I thought were only on politics. Interesting
I have 5 friends that have been killed drunk driving, all in separate accidents. All I consider friends, some very close. And several others I know, but would not call "friends" just know, or have maybe met.
I can think of probably 20 people that I have known that have been killed in DD accidents dating back to when I was say 15 and I'm 41 now. No joke. They were all from SW Iowa. I used to party in a lot of different towns so at one time I knew quite a few people. I've had 4 friends commit suicide in the last 5 years too.
Moral of the story….avoid getting to know deadeyededric
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