[RockinEZ]

Love watching the discussion degrade as it gets later.

If I see a obvious drunk driver on the road, I always call 911
I have yet to drop off a drunk at their car, but I would drop a dime on them in a nanosecond.

I spent most of my life in healthcare.
The results of drunk driving are not pretty.

 

[supernaut]

Love watching the discussion degrade as it gets later.

If I see a obvious drunk driver on the road, I always call 911
I have yet to drop off a drunk at their car, but I would drop a dime on them in a nanosecond.

I spent most of my life in healthcare.
The results of drunk driving are not pretty.

I understand and respect your perspective, but I don't share it.

Whenever I see someone driving erratically, I just think that person is damn lucky that I'm not a cop, and get the hell away from them. The day the local PD starts sending me paychecks is the day that I feel obligated to do something about it.

Isn't it nice that we are not yet required to report people to The State?

 

[RockinEZ]

I understand and respect your perspective, but I don't share it.

Whenever I see someone driving erratically, I just think that person is damn lucky that I'm not a cop, and get the hell away from them. The day the local PD starts sending me paychecks is the day that I feel obligated to do something about it.

Isn't it nice that we are not yet required to report people to The State? It's just one of our few lingering personal liberties.

Please don't vote.

 

[supernaut]

Please don't vote.

Oh, I absolutely do. Cruz has my vote, this time round.

Ain't it grand that I'm not forced to act as an unpaid henchman of The State in order to exercise the elective franchise?

Let's also not pretend that the legal limit is representative of someone who's truly too impaired to drive. Now, a beer and a half puts someone over it and they've been arbitrarily lowering that limit for decades.. as the purpose is truly the maximization of revenue collection, and not "safety", (much like most speed limits).

But hey, you're free to have your own opinions, and act accordingly.

 

[secretadmirer]

I don't think i've ever had a scenario like that where I dropped a drunk off, and be told by him/her that they going to drive their car. I might call 911 but I am certainly not going to physically try to stop them.

 

[secretadmirer]

I love watching mod/wannabe critique other posters. Go flamebait on some other thread rockinwhatever.

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

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That's NOT the point whatsoever. It is our "business" to transport drunks. What they do once they are out of our vehicle is NOT our business.

IF you were all that concerned you wouldn't drive drunks IF you thought you'd have to fork them over to the police.

To me that is unethical business practice. Just as a drunk driver may hurt or kill someone, a drunk arrested may lose everything from that snitching. Suffering goes both directions.

So you're inclined to be a rat. I know how it works on the street with rats I encounter. You rat me, I get even. That's life.

You should come to Houston and check out the SEVEN crosses at one intersection where a drunk driver killed an entire family. Kids, parents, grandparents. How would you feel if you dropped off the pax, did nothing, and saw the next day on the news that they killed seven people? Because you didn't want to get THEM in trouble?

 

[Realityshark]

It's frightning someone has to ask about doing the right thing.

You essentially put a drunk driver on the road and did nothing to stop it. Had they killed a family, that would be on you.

Any reasonable person would call 911 without giving it a second thought.

 

[5 Star Guy]

It's nuts. The drivers who do not call 911 shouldn't be driving. They give us a bad reputation. If you don't care about calling 911, you probably don't care about anything else. If you do, you have serious problems.

 

[scrurbscrud]

You should come to Houston and check out the SEVEN crosses at one intersection where a drunk driver killed an entire family. Kids, parents, grandparents. How would you feel if you dropped off the pax, did nothing, and saw the next day on the news that they killed seven people? Because you didn't want to get THEM in trouble?

Some of you should be working with MADD rather than TNC driving.

No one can be pleased over drunk driving deaths. I am not a fan of squealing on my customers, regardless.

We all know the police probably wouldn't catch many of such calls. So, how would you feel if you did call and it happened anyway? There is always more that can be done IF people are all that concerned about it, making THAT their job.

It's not my job. We drive lots and lots of drunks, continually. But we don't and can't drive all of them everywhere nor keep track of what every one of them do or end up doing. That, I will not do. I am not an informant.

Drivers are also hypocritical in these matters. There is not a one of us who hasn't texted a customer back while driving, even if it was just "K" texted back. Also just as dangerous and just as illegal, for one example. Every last one of us are also dealing with public drunkenness, also A CRIME in most jurisdictions.

How far do you want to squeeze?

 

[scrurbscrud]

It's frightning someone has to ask about doing the right thing.

You essentially put a drunk driver on the road and did nothing to stop it. Had they killed a family, that would be on you.

Any reasonable person would call 911 without giving it a second thought.

Don't think for a minute I haven't struggled with these situations. As stated prior, calling 911 just assuages our own guilt. Were I really "responsible" I'd intervene, directly.

And that poses other issues and possible dilemmas.

 

[5 Star Guy]

Some of you should be working with MADD rather than TNC driving.

No one can be pleased over drunk driving deaths. I am not a fan of squealing on my customers, regardless.

We all know the police probably wouldn't catch many of such calls. So, how would you feel if you did call and it happened anyway? There is always more that can be done IF people are all that concerned about it, making THAT their job.

It's not my job. We drive lots and lots of drunks, continually. But we don't and can't drive all of them everywhere nor keep track of what every one of them do or end up doing. That, I will not do. I am not an informant.

Drivers are also hypocritical in these matters. There is not a one of us who hasn't texted a customer back while driving, even if it was just "K" texted back. Also just as dangerous and just as illegal, for one example. Every last one of us are also dealing with public drunkenness, also A CRIME in most jurisdictions.

How far do you want to squeeze?

You're still not getting it though. That's the problem. Somehow, for some reason you have an issue with the police first of all and yet they are the first ones to help you out. Gangbanger or not.

 

[scrurbscrud]

You're still not getting it though. That's the problem. Somehow, for some reason you have an issue with the police first of all and yet they are the first ones to help you out. Gangbanger or not.

I also know a percentage of my pax are "more than likely" carrying illegal drugs. Hell, they talk about it. Am I to rat them out as well? I drive for scrap pay already. Turning the job into a morality play is not a requirement I'm interested in. I live under the dictates of "judge not or YOU may be judged." That's my rule.

 

[5 Star Guy]

If I saw my pax shooting up in his car where I just dropped him off I would call that in too. No one is ratting out anyone, no one is snitching, no one is doing anything but letting the police know, that the guy you know, is drunk and is driving. That's it, very simple. Nothing more than that. I'm not giving out my name, they don't ask. They want the tags, the location and direction. That's it. I think you should consider changing your attitude as this definitely crosses over to other areas of your life.

 

[Tequila Jake]

Were I that concerned about drunk drivers, I would sit outside a bar and call police 24/7 for every drunk I observed getting into a vehicle.

It's not my job to control drunks other than when they are in my vehicle nor is it my job to snitch to police.

No, it's not your job, but it's a good thing to do. Better yet, think of it as covering your own ass. If the drunk kills somebody, the victim's lawyers are going to find every possible person to collect from. That will likely include the person who drove the drunk to the car and watched him get into it and didn't report.

Doesn't matter whether you win or lose in the case, you're facing a nightmare for not making a simple phone call.

 

[5 Star Guy]

No, it's not your job, but it's a good thing to do. Better yet, think of it as covering your own ass. If the drunk kills somebody, the victim's lawyers are going to find every possible person to collect from. That will likely include the person who drove the drunk to the car and watched him get into it and didn't report.

Doesn't matter whether you win or lose in the case, you're facing a nightmare for not making a simple phone call.

The family will sue the company and the company will ban you. It's simple.

 

[NuberUber]

No, it's not your job, but it's a good thing to do. Better yet, think of it as covering your own ass. If the drunk kills somebody, the victim's lawyers are going to find every possible person to collect from. That will likely include the person who drove the drunk to the car and watched him get into it and didn't report.

Doesn't matter whether you win or lose in the case, you're facing a nightmare for not making a simple phone call.

The family will sue the company and the company will ban you. It's simple.

It is so sad that we live in such a litigious society. Everyone will be sued! Of course. Welcome to 'Murica!!

 

[5 Star Guy]

They are getting into Amber alerts now, probably to look good I'll give you that. Go tell your family, priest someone you regard highly and let them know you are not calling 911. I can't imagine they would be anything but disappointed. Sad.

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

Like I said, IF I were that concerned I'd post at a bar and call in. It's NOT my job, nor will I snitch to cops for the same reason.

Were we that concerned about drunks we'd call the police on every drunk pax for public drunkeness, which is also a crime. And a crime every last one of us overlooks for CASH.

So I hope you can see the hypocrisy in that.

In the OP's scenario, you are inadvertently witness to a crime.
In your scenario (posting outside a bar) you are intentionally placing yourself as a witness.

If you happen to see someone robbing a bank, mugging someone on the street, or breaking into a house,
would you call 911?

You call not just because it's a crime - but because what you are seeing is a danger to the public.
And that public could be you - or a family member, or a friend.
It's called civil responsibility.

 

[5 Star Guy]

They should put a sign on their car, in case of accident do not call 911, I'm all set.