Termyn8or
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OK Holly, I accept what you said.
I did not want to be out there. I had a houseful of people nd I would rather have been at home. I did not feel drunk, and still maintain that I was not. I was stopped for going too slow, as I was looking for an address.
I do not deny that I drink too much beer, thus the "Beer Substitute" thread. That has been explained. You see it differently then fine.
The last time I may have hurt anyone on the road was 1989, and I was totally sober on my way to work at the time. I didn't even hurt anyone but they wound up with $7,500 to "get checked out". I didn't have insurance so I PAID OUT OF POCKET. Try living like that sometime.
Let's dance with car insurance for a moment, so I may make this post worthwhile and possibly enlighten someone. I drive without insurance because I can't get it. But realize something, to get the legal minimums means shit. If something really bad happens and you get stuck for a million bucks, you are fucked. When you signed on the dotted line you gave the insurance co the right to settle the case. So if they settle for a million, they have to pay that forty K as per their agreement, but that leaves YOU holding the bag for $960 K. In my case, I can litigate it myself because I have not given up that right.
And I am not talking this esoteric off the wall Hunky and Real shit, ask a real lawyer and you will find out that I am right. That is why anyone in my family or organisation who holds property in their name generally has kickass insurance. My Ma loaned me a car, handed me an insurance card. The first words on it are DO NOT DIOSCUSS LIMITS OF LIABILITY WITH ANYONE. She told me that she could wipe out a gas station and burn the whole neighborhood down and be totally covered, and actually so was I because I was legal at the time. I also had my own insurance for the first forty K.
Any way, I am not wreckless. I didn't want to be there. I also didn't want to see the Woman's head splitting in half either. The drug in question was to be taken before bed to prevent migraines, and the super pills were $31 a piece, which I can't afford right now, $311 for the prescription. What the fuck kind of hospital releases people late Saturday night anyway ?
What's more that hospital has a built in pharmacy, what if a doctor wanted to give her the pills right then and there ? They would find them no doubt, but it was closed to the public. She even walked home anyway, why didn't the doc just call down there and at least get her a dose for the night ?
Note that I am not trying to hem and haw my way out of it. I made an error in judgement but I had some pretty compelling reasons. The guy in the passenger seat was her olman, and I would not let him drive because he was due to get his license back that week. That with the help of my family nd his boss. We finllly got him warrant free, and he is now working and they get their child suopport every week, something with which he has no problem. It costs but he is a Man and he knows he must help support his kids.
When we don't have a viable, legal option for someone to drive, I do it. I do it because despite my eyesight, and possibly even sobriety, I am the most defensive driver in town. And I am an uninsured property owner, so I don't take it lightly. What I do lack, I make up for in judgement.
All this may sound like twisted logic, but in my "defense" I submit that life is twisted.
I could've let Racoon drive, and maybe we would get stopped or maybe not. We were still looking for an address, and if he would've taken the fall for no license even, his job and thus his future would evavporate right then. We invested too much into him for that.
You might never understand me or my reasoning, but I can say this. I don't let any bullshit, legal or otherwise interfere with my reasoning. Being out there was a mistake, I admit it. I made the mistake by misreading the ectant conditions and the proof is in the fact that the Woman did not get her medicine that night anyway. Case closed. I fucked up.
How much more do I need to admit ?
T
< Message edited by Termyn8or -- 5/30/2010 12:05:13 PM >
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