Or yaknow it doesn’t matter that he is shitfaced, he is having a medical emergency. In that case nobody would think “oh no he drank alcohol he should’ve walked to the hospital”.
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Etterra@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Must have been in Europe. I’m America the cop woulda shot him. Also probably smelled the booze. Also as an American over never been drunk enough (not even when I had alcohol poisoning that one time) to think theat such legal consequences would be cheaper than a trip to the hospital.
Fun fact, hospitals routinely do tox screens. OP isn’t just a bullshitter, he’s a bad bullshitter lol
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Noobnarski@lemmy.world 5 days ago
In Europe nobody in their right mind would drive themselves to the hospital if they have an emergency. Sometimes it makes sense if someone else drives the injured person there, but most of the time we would just call an ambulance. Here in Germany you have to pay 10€ at most for one trip.
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ambulances aren’t the answer 100% of the time and there are cases where your chances are better if you drive straight to the hospital. Obviously get someone to drive you if possible. But if not, driving yourself is better than dying waiting for the ambulance to get to you and get you back to the hospital in double the time.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
So risking the people on the road’s life and yours is better than only risking your own?
Are you American?
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
No, in Europe this would’ve immediately triggered a criminal investigation.
“Someone’s been stabbed and they casually drive to the hospital cuz ambulance is too expensive, this is regular day stuff lemme give them a ride” is only a normal occurance in the US and Lebanon.
zeppo@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s a greentext. The default is to assume it’s BS.
Dasus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Fun fact, hospitals routinely do tox screens.
Yeah, when there’s a medical need.
uienia@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It seems to me that drunk driving is much more accepted in the US than in Europe.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Having lived in both - often having a have pint of 4%. lager is enough to prevent people from driving, in the US having two pints of 7.5% IPA and smoking weed wouldn’t been seen as unusual before a 30 min drive home.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Eh, in my state, the legal limit is low enough (0.05% BAC) that you could be over the limit with that lager. In every other state you can have two regular drinks and be under the limit (0.08% BAC), though many states have a zero tolerance (0% BAC) if you’re under 21.
Oh, and if you’re a POC, the BAC limit is cut in half.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It definitely is. Public transportation is basically never an option and Ubers are expensive so most Americans don’t even think about those options. Then there are other problems like Americans not forcing their friends to stay the night when drunk, not having dependable social circles, and a lot of rural folk thinking that no one will be on the roads anyways. It’s a mess is what it is, haven’t even been able to stop family from doing it.
ximtor@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Unfortunately not everywhere in Europe…source: am Austrian and our peoples attitude to drunk driving is fucked up
P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I live in bumfuck, Denmark. The amount of drunk people getting into their car is crazy. We’re talking 6-10 drinks in. My wifes uncle lost his license for two years, but that was due to speeding. He got his license back, and still drunk drives. He’s an asshole we only see during big family gatherings.
ximtor@lemm.ee 4 days ago
So insane, how they then also see no fault in themselves. Only in the evil police who would not let them go places in piece, aaargh…