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zebatov posted...

I was thinking more if you were being attacked by someone and waiting for the police isn't an option.

So you're drunk, somebody starts attacking you, and you are somehow able to get into your car and drive away? Even pretending for a moment that that situation isn't absurdly contrived, there are better ways to deal with that than driving any significant distance. Namely, using said car to run over your attacker and eliminate the threat, locking the car to keep the attacker out (if they aren't determined enough to start breaking windows), or driving only a short distance away and calling police to minimize the amount of time spent driving while drunk.

zebatov posted...

Positive being the ones that make it home safe. Ie, almost all of them.

That's not a consequence of drinking and driving, though. Those people didn't make it home because they drank first, they made it home in spite of incurring that significant risk factor. Does driving drunk even one time mean you're going to drive into an orphanage and kill all of their puppies? Of course not. But that doesn't mean it isn't a significant risk factor that is completely avoidable. So avoid it. If you're driving, don't drink. If you're drinking, don't drive. If you choose to disregard this very simple solution to the problem, expect to be punished for needlessly endangering yourself and others.
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