dropping a dime

[substitute]

I was on the road the other night and there was an obvious and dangerous drunk driver. I called 911 and guided in the cops, who apparently did arrest someone.

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Comments

[tea-cantata.livejournal.com]

I think the right thing is to turn someone in for any kind of obvious dangerous driving, even if they can explain it away later.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

My standards for dangerous driving may be too strict, though. I mean, changing lanes without signalling is dangerous, but if I turned in everyone who did that, most driving excursions I go on I'd be spending the entire drive on the phone.

[substitute.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this particular instance was obviously impaired driving: all the way into one lane on each side, slow variable speed, really scary shit. No one who isn't drunk or otherwise having a severe medical problem drives that way.

[tea-cantata.livejournal.com]

I can't think of a witty reply, so I'll just chuckle knowingly at your comment.

I think I wrote my previous comment a bit too hastily, though. What I think I mean is that there is some level of dangerous driving that really should be reported, just to do the right thing, whether caused by drunkenness or not.