[WizWom]

Heartbreaking! Oh, dear! A woman maimed and such! For sucha a stupid, stupid reason! And she was just visiting from venuzuela! And she was PRETTY!
Cut the pity fest.

She lived. That's a lot better than the worst case. She's disfigured - literally, no more facial features. Er, damn, sucks. Get on with life, maybe not count on getting married.

Another statistic. Doesn't make drunk driving any worse than it already was, shouldn't make anyone less likely to drink and drive. Drunks usually think they can handle it - they think they can drive fine. Usually they are just lucky they didn't wind up wrapped around a tree or telephone pole - or plowing into a telephone pole. And paradoxically, the alchohol leaves them so unaware they don't tense up in an accident, and usually end up with fewer injuries than their victims.

[sionnsar]

She lived. That's a lot better than the worst case. She's disfigured - literally, no more facial features. Er, damn, sucks. Get on with life, maybe not count on getting married.

[Farmer Dean]

I'd like to know if you drive drunk.

[wideminded]

And paradoxically, the alchohol leaves them so unaware they don't tense up in an accident, and usually end up with fewer injuries than their victims.

This "folk-wisdom" never made any sense to me. I think that what actually happens is that when a drunk driver crosses the center line and hits an oncoming car from the side, the drunk driver is protected by the engine from their own car.