No! He doesn't get it neither do YOU!!!

Point of most of our reply is not to put down the OP or flame his thread. At least me, I am trying to remove the desensitization of a big issue here.

Almost every gathering I go to, there is somebody returning home having a little too much to drink. It's not that they don't know the risk; it's just that it is too convenient to disregard the risk and easier to just drive home by brute force. THe person might get lucky one day, two day, but luck is not a regular customer. When I was in a community college, there was this kid whom I knew of; not my friend but a regular aquaintance. THe kid was from one of the South American countries studying here and was a single child of his family. Poor soul was driving one day coming back from a late night quiz and was killed that night by an out of control SUV being driven by a drunk. We held a small vigil for the kid. ONe question I couldn't answer then was why? What wrong had he done?

If somebody casually mentions how he can drive even when he is hammered, my blood boils. If I can stop one person from driving drunk I'd consider it a huge accomplishment. OP will not get it now since he is too busy defending him; but one day he will understand why we are making this such a huge deal.

Do not even joke about drunk driving.