Miata Mailing List: January 1998, Message #561
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From: 	Trevor Ryder <tryder@sstamex.com>

Subject: Re: Happy New Year!

Date: 	Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:19:52 +0000



> 1. Get a designated driver.



  Sometimes this isn't enough.

  In a bizaare twist of fate (where I live), at 1:00am New Years

an 18 and 16 year old girl left a News Year party.

  Being a responsible drunk, the drunken 16 year old gave the keys

to her truck to her SOBER 18 year old friend.

  On the drive home, the sober designated driver lost control of

the truck, and rolled or crashed it in a ditch.  The driver was

fine, the passenger died.  Both were wearing their seat belts.



  I guess in this instant, the responsible drunk probably would

have been better off driving home.  :/



  Sometimes you do everything right, and it still isn't enough.









-TR

Kelowna, BC

'91 Red