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Article #14139Daily gripe: Alcohol, not road rage
From: Walt Horning
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:00
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If an under-age person drives and causes an accident, the cause of the accident is inexperience and driving without a license. If a person runs a red light mid-cycle and causes an accident, the cause is likely some kind of inattentiveness. If a person drives well over the posted limit and loses control of his/her vehicle, the cause of the accident is the driver's attitude towards driving too fast. If someone's ego/rage results in driving erratically and an accident occurs, the cause can be said to be ego and/or rage. But if anyone of the above drivers is highly intoxicated and does any of the above (or any other driving error) the primary cause of any accident is alcohol!!!!!! "Road rage" nor ego was not the cause of the accident that Princess Diana died in. The cause was being totally intoxicated (as alleged). Now had he been totally sober and acted that way, then we could call it rage, or ego, or whatever. Furthermore, intoxication causes personality "shifts". Some become "vegetables" when drunk, some "the life of the party" and others "total assholes" as they become egotistical and obnoxious. So, first, extreme intoxication causes loss of driving skills, and second, it causes ego problems, as alleged of Diana's driver. BOTTOM LINE: If Diana's driver was as intoxicated as alleged, then only drinking alcohol was the cause of the accident, none of this other suggested causes. Had this driver been sober, its possible he would have driven normal, not taunted the photographers, not driven as fast, and not lost control. Now had he been sober and did any of these things, then there is room for discussion about these as probable causes.
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