V VII Hero Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 This gal was recently on Oprah and what a loving, forgiving young woman is she! An amazing story of what she has suffered and will bear the rest of her life. Please share this with your friends and especially your teenagers who are driving. This is Jacqueline Saburido on September 19, 1999. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/1.gif This is she and her Father, 1998. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/2.gif This is she on Vacation in Venezuela. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/3.gif Birthday party as a child. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/5.jpg At a party with friends. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/6.jpg The car in which Jacqueline traveled. She was hit by another car that was driven by a 17-year old male student on his way home after drinking a couple of hard packs with his friends. This was in December 1999. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/7.jpg After the accident Jacqueline has needed over 40 operations. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/8.jpg Jacqueline was caught in the burning car and her body was heavily burnt during around 45 seconds. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/9.jpg With her Father, 2000. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/10.jpg Getting treatment. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/11.jpg Three months after accident. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/12.jpg Without a left eyelid Jacquie needs eye drops to keep her vision. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/13.jpg Now 20 year old, he cannot forgive himself for driving drunk on that night three years ago. He's aware of devastating Jacqueline Saburidos life. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/14.jpg Not everyone who gets hit with a car dies. This picture was taken 4 years after the accident and the doctors are still working on Jacqueline, whose body was covered with 60% severe burnings. http://carapote.free.fr/jaqueline/images/15.jpg Please send this to as many people as you can to make them aware of the consequences of drink driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veganmadre Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Oh topher. another example of why i don't drink at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelle Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 holy shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhobson Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Why do bars have parking lots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggymeggy Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I've seen her story before, it's simultaneously heart-breaking and inspiring. That's a good point though, why DO bars have parking lots? I do drink but I have NEVER driven drunk and NEVER let my friends do it. I couldn't live with myself if I ever hurt another person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veganmadre Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 michael, you ask the questions my radical anarchist self loves! thank you. good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbi Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Oh topher. another example of why i don't drink at all! Veganmadre, just a thought crossed my mind... I don't think that it is necessary to say NO to something just because it is a potential danger. I like a glass of wine and sometimes I would like to be drunk just for fun. I guess it depends more on wether you have control over yourself or not. If you cannot stop drinking and you know that you loose control, you shouldn't drink at all, I agree. But if you only take one drink to relax or for the taste I cannot see any harm in it and then I don't see the need not to drink at all. Just my thought I wanted to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggymeggy Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Nobbi you pretty much just nailed my point of view too. There's a big difference between the drinking the 17 year old that hit her was doing, and the kind of drinking I, and I assume you, do. Casual drinks with friends, a fine wine with dinner....that's not the drinking that kills people. And of course, everyone has the responsibility to make sure they have a safe way home before they even start drinking. If I know I'll be driving, I cut myself off long before I reach intoxication. and long before I actually get in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veganmadre Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 My decision to not drink, is a personal one and related to personal issues/experiences. I surely have no judgement of others who do drink! Just to clarify! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sknydpr Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Just to be a PITA, I wonder why we need to see what happened to a beautiful young lady as a result of a drunk driver to know that drinking and driving don't mix? I lost a young friend to drunk driving a few years ago. He was the drunk driver and luckily only killed himself, although his friend and passenger was pretty well traumatized. At the ripe old age of 20, he wasn't even old enough to be served alcohol. I cried like a baby at his funeral. I drink, and thoroughly enjoy beer, wine and spirits, but I do NOT get behind the wheel of a car afterwards. If I were to ever hurt someone through my negligence, I may as well have killed myself in the process; I wouldn't survive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISETFIRE Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 this here totally brings my mood down... And just one thing about drunk driving:I'd rather drive with 6 beers, than with just 4 hours of sleep! It's WAY more dangerous in my eyes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbi Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 this here totally brings my mood down... And just one thing about drunk driving:I'd rather drive with 6 beers, than with just 4 hours of sleep! It's WAY more dangerous in my eyes... GOOD POINT !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChrisZx Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 One of my many reasons for being straightege for the past 7+ years. That is the saddest thing I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Actually I'm absolutely sure that more people end up like that in car accidents where no one was drunk then where someone was drunk. The real problem is this society where the train system was dimantled by powerful corporations and most of us are forced to risk our lives every single day while we hurtle around at dangerous speeds in large hunks of metal and gas. In a civilized society we would have a mass transit system and we would reduce suburban sprawl thus saving tens of thousands of lives from car accidents not to mention reducing our destruction of the enviroment through less use of the combustion engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbi Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 What about sober crazy drivers? You don't even need to drink to ruin someones life. If I see all the documentaries on tv about young and old people, men and women, who are driving much too fast, without any responsibilty, with their mobile phones in one hand... what is worse? I guess in general drinking is not the real problem. It is consciousness we need. People are not aware that they can ruin a life by being unconscious. I used to drive from The Netherlands to Denmark non-stop. Took me 9 hrs. Now I take my time and take more rests, even if it takes me 11 hrs. Safety first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormicaLinoleum Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I agree Nobbi--there are many reasons that people get into accidents. Many involve negligence, and sometimes they really are just accidents. One thing that drives me crazy is that I believe that when people are in their cars they see other cars and forget all about the humans inside. They forget about how their actions could affect other people. It's one reason I like to confront people when I feel they have endangered me through their actions. One morning on a commute, a guy in an SUV roared around me on the shoulder and cut in front of me. I was moving over to a lane on the right and almost didn't see him; I didn't check over there because it was the shoulder and I didn't expect anyone to be merging into that lane from the shoulder. Interestingly enough, we both then went into the same coffee place! So I went up to him and told him that was a stupid move he made. I kept giving him a hard time until he ran back into his SUV! Then I was a little bit embarrassed, but too much. I hope that I at least impressed on him that when he makes stupid decisions like that he's affecting other humans. Similarly, I saw a situation in which a car tried to move over into another lane and nearly ran into a car that was already there. They both stopped at a light (I was right behind the two of them) and the woman who was driving the car that was almost hit got out and started yelling at the other driver. I didn't catch it all, but I did hear her say something about her baby being in the back seat, and she said "I will fuck you up!". Haha! When people try to cut into a lane when they don't really have the room, do they think about how they could end up hurting or killing someone's baby? They need to be reminded. Someone could do to another person what happened to Jacqueline by driving recklessly and making poor decisions in their driving, while totally sober. Of course, I am completely against drinking and driving, but I'm against all forms of stupidity while beind the wheel of a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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