Drunk-Driving photos on Flickr

20100403 - z - GEDC1843 - drunk driver destroyed the telephone pole AGAIN! - trucks getting next pole ready by Claire CJS

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Yup! Another drunk driver took out the same telephone pole that was last smashed by a drunk in January, causing us to have no internet for a week. Of the 3 poles that have been destroyed by the drunks on the weekends, this was the first time we didn't lose power when it happened. There also were not explosions, telephone poles on fire, or live power lines laying in the road. Nor was the road closed for 6 hours. All in all, this was a far cleaner break than usual.

However, there seemed to be about 3X as many Dominion Virginia Power trucks working on the replacement this time. They even had the new pole up next to the old pole for a day or two. I think this was to give Verizon a chance to move the phone box and NOT mess up my internet again. Awesome.

We also got to actually see the person who did it for the first time. Then we saw the drunk girl walk to go into the ambulance. She looked quite out of it -- pretty damn sure she was drunk.

They did turn our power off for a couple of hours the next day, which is when we took these pictures. They also directed traffic up the highschool turn lane -- lucky for them VDOT just extended the lane last year. Otherwise things would have gotten much more complicated.

drunk driving.

car accident, power lines, telephone pole, trucks, wires.

Dominion Virginia Power. broken. smashed.

Alexandria, Virginia.

April 3, 2010.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Drinks by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Drinks Wine, Beer, Margaritas and Mojitos. 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine by Mike Mozart

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7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyCMADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine hannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Margaritas and Mojitos. by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Margaritas and Mojitos, 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

Ditched Beer-can by deanspic

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Drinking and driving is a no-no. The police can now do random roadside checks screening for alcohol use when driving, new to Canada since last December. In the past they would only be allowed to do a breathalyzer if the driver appeared impaired. Regrettably, alcohol still accounts for 50% of all motor vehicle fatalities. Hopefully the scrutiny on drunk driving will decrease this horrendous statistic. Did you know impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death and injury in Canada? In December 2018 new impaired driving laws came into effect to make our roads safer and to save lives. Click the link to get the facts on the changes.

www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/sidl-rlcfa/qa_c46-qr_c46.html...

DSC_6622 by @510.dev

Stop, Don't Drink and Drive! by mamabaig

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1. Untitled, 2. sign stop, 3. safety sign ,4. No Alcohol, 5. ampersand, 6. angel, 7. traffic sign, 8. angel w/banner, 9. Car crashes ahead, 10. RIP, 11. Jesus, 12. cross with flowers 13. Lougheed crash

Created by Susana Fierro-Baig (with thanks to all the photographers of these incredible photos.) Visit duivictimsvoice.webs.com for more information.

The Grieving Angel, by Susana Fierro-Baig

The angel grieves

for the precious lives that have been cut short,

for the countless futures that have been shattered,

for the sting of death that is the burden of the living.

Stop the angel's cries.

Stop the loss of innocent lives.

Stop drunk driving.

Safety City at NC State Fair 2019 by NCDOTcommunications

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GARNER – Thursday October 17 kicked off the largest annual event in North Carolina and with it bring the largest volume of traffic to one location. The North Carolina State Fair brought nearly one million people through its gates in 2018, and officials with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) are urging drivers to remain alert as increased traffic often translates into increased roadway incidents. “The more people you have converging on one event, could mean more potential for pedestrian-vehicle collisions, drunk driving incidents, crashes that result in injuries and fatalities unfortunately,” said GHSP Director Mark Ezzell. Not only will the fair bring in large crowds of travelers from across the county, state and southeast to the State Fairgrounds over its 11 days but adding to the crowds and traffic are several concert and sporting events over the same time at the nearby PNC Arena. “Each traveler needs to know that there will may be an impaired, unbelted, distracted or inexperienced driver traveling near them at some point and they must stay vigilant,” Ezzell continued. GHSP staff will be on-hand at the State Fair sponsoring the Safety City exhibit: a virtual highway safety community that seeks to decrease roadway injuries and fatalities by educating attendees on safe driving behaviors. Some of the ‘Safety City’ national, state and local agencies include: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Safe Kids NC Watch for Me NC BeRailSafe NC and NC Operation Lifesaver Choices For Chase Operation Lifesaver DHHS Forensic Tests For Alcohol Branch Alcohol Law Enforcement and Alcohol Beverage Control Bike Safe NC NC Moves And many more The exhibit is open during the duration of the fair, Oct. 17 through Oct. 27 and is located behind the Kerr Scott Building on the fairgrounds along Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh. If you can’t make it to Safety City, GHSP officials pass on these safety tips, simple things that can save your life or the life of someone around you: #1 Buckle up. Wearing your seatbelt decreases your chances of dying in a crash by almost half. #2 Drive sober. Use a ride sharing app, take public transportation (bus and or train to and from the fair), call a friend; speak up if someone is under the influence and planning to get behind the wheel! #3 Slow Down. Pay Attention. Distracted driving and speeding claim lives every day and are preventable behaviors. While traveling to and from the fair and other area events, show us that you are a safe driver! Snap a photo of yourself and your passengers safely secured and tag @NC_GHSP on Instagram, Twitter and @NCGHSP on Facebook. Use hashtags #SafetyCity and or #NCGHSP and we’ll “Like” your picture! GHSP funds efforts to reduce traffic crashes in North Carolina and promotes highway safety awareness through a variety of grants and safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, Booze It & Lose It, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC and Speed a Little. Lose a Lot.

Drunk Driving in American Cities by IDV Solutions

The biggest 25 American cities are sorted by population, per capita deadly crashes, per capita deadly crashes involving intoxication, and the rate of intoxication crashes overall.

More on how and why, insets, and companion maps at uxblog.idvsolutions.com

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine Blanc 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

Minivan into a pond, Drunk Driving Accident by Mark Taylor

According to people at the scene, unconfirmed, an intoxicated man had an arguement in one of the houses in this subdivision, stormed out of the house, and drove down the road at a high rate of speed. Some witnesses say he was travelling as fast as 70 MPH. He apperently either lost control, or simply missed the turn, and drove straight into the pond. The man exited the vehicle as it sank. Nobody else was in the vehicle, and he supposedly sustained minor injuries. Witnesses say he refused a breath test, and was subsequently arrested for DWI. The incident occured approximately 11:00 AM on January 1st of 2013.

Drinking and Driving by John Russell

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Drinking and driving...

I know this will open a giant can of worms here, but I like to make social observations and commentary, and all of this is based on factual life experience, so here goes.

First, has my family ever been touched by a drunk driving accident? Yes...my old lady’s parents were nearly killed by a head-on collision with a drunk driver and spent long months in the hospital and recovering. The emotional trauma they all suffered (she was in the car with them when the accident happened) was massive.

I’ve known people (as most of us have) who were killed or injured by drunk drivers.

See that Cemetery archway in the background of this photo? It’s a good mix with this bottle of Bud, because alcohol puts a lot of people in the cemetery, one way or another.

But I sincerely believe that most of our concerns about drinking and driving are motivated by other than honest intentions. I’ll get to those reasons in a moment.

I grew up with a strangely different perspective: my stepfather owned a bar; it was a family joint and I grew up in it and have a lot of fond memories of the patrons. During the day the contractors and odd-job specialists would stop by to have a few beers to take the edge off of the fierce West Texas summer heat and then drive to their next jobs. None of our friends ever killed anyone with their vehicles or even suffered so much as a ticket. Lucky? Perhaps; I don’t really know.

In Texas when I was a young man the legal drinking age was lowered to 18, and of course my friends and I celebrated accordingly.

Now check this shit out if you want a real mindbender: I’m not saying it was legal to drink and drive, but if a cop pulled you over for your brake lights not working and you had an open can of beer between your legs it was no big deal...as long as you weren’t speeding, driving recklessly, up on the sidewalk, etc., the advice from the cop was “Get your brake lights fixed and keep your beer down low and take it easy.” That was it!

My biological family to a person is a family of massive drinkers. I can’t exaggerate that fact enough to make you understand it. We can start at 6 in the morning on hard liquor if desired, drink all damn day and into the night, eat anything we want to with the booze, mix any combination of beers and hard liquors, and never get sick, never throw up, never have a hangover, never miss a day of work, never forget the night before, never had a DUI or a DWI, no one has ever become sick from the lifelong years of massive drinking, everyone has the liver of a healthy 20-year-old (I just had mine checked and that was the verdict for me too) and we all live very long lives. Genetics, pure and simple.

My stepfather, on the other hand, didn’t handle booze all that well...not a good combination when you own a bar...he would drink with his patrons and get too damn drunk! Back in those days rather than get thrown in the drunk tank the local cops would hang around when he was closing the bar down and follow him home to make sure he made it okay and then go on about their business.

A whole other day and time.

I am not justifying anything I tell you now, just stating a fact: I drank and drove from the time I was a young man into the late years of my life. I don’t now, but I thought nothing of it then. I never had a DUI or a DWI and was never in a wreck. Lucky as fucking hell?...probably. All of my buddies did it too...our social life was to meet at the bar every night and drink and talk the night away. Likewise none of them ever had any problems either.

Would I do the same thing now if I had it to do all over again, knowing what I know now? Probably not.

It’s a very strange thing to think about.

But the whole question about the honesty and integrity about the anti-drunk driving campaign boils down to this for me:

over the years (and NOT from being in trouble with the law) I have known, both casually and very well, law enforcement officers from all ranks, including locals, sheriffs, FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, etc. Every single LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) of any stripe or affiliation that I personally know, and I know a LOT of them, every single LEO that drinks...drinks and drives. Without exception. And many of them drive drunk...waaaay drunk. I know this for a fact, because I’ve been with them when they have, and I’ve also seen it occur many, many times.

It’s a strange love affair we have with our drugs, no matter what they are, and it’s a very strange way that we handle our personal and national perception of them, and a lot of that seems to depend on who is in office and who is currently yelling the loudest among the supporters or protestors or lobbyists, and seems to have little to do with what’s actually happening in peoples’ lives on a day-to-day reality basis.

Want a fun bit of research to do? Did you know that cocaine, yes, that hideous, evil, dreaded drug, used to be legal in the U.S.? You could buy the shit mail-order through the Sears catalog!

Here’s some interesting links to get you started:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act#Domestic...

adamjamesjones.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/bad-medicine-a-hi...

So what’s my point, and where do I come down in all of this? I don’t think I have a real point other than to get you thinking and let you see alternate points of view and different experiences and histories, and to let you know that whether something is considered an evil or something beneficial (or at least benign) depends purely on time, place, and circumstances, and whether or not you’re the one writing the ticket or receiving the ticket.

And on who’s in power and calling the shots at the time, making decisions that are based on political expediency and not necessarily what’s true, factual, or “good” for any of us as a whole.

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Some of the sights from Bike Week 2013.

Sponsored by M.A.D.D.

Dedicated to anyone who

has lost someone due to

drunk driving."

The cost of drunk driving by Brooklyn Bridge Stickers

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Aside from her wrecked car and bad fashion sense she is being led away in handcuffs, possibly for the first time in her life. She should be happy that she isn't going in an ambulance or hearse.

Slow Children At Play by Michael Smolensky

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Woodbury, NJ 08096. © Attorney Michael A. Smolensky, Esquire, Criminal, Juvenile, Drunk Driving, and Traffic Ticket Defense Lawyer NJ Traffic Ticket Attorney

20100116 - drunk driver downed powerline - GEDC1352 - smashed pole by Claire CJS

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DISASTER ON CLINT AND CAROLYN AVENUE!

Power and phones go out while simultaneously hearing explosions. 10-second long bursts of loud sounds so low pitched and rumbly that you feel it echoing throughout your chest, with bright lights coming in every window in your house. I almost started to think it was a nuke, until I remembered this from last time. "That's what it's like when some drunk driving asshole smashes a telephone pole in two. Looked out the window and saw the bright blue craziness of main power lines exploding and going crazy."

Street signs scorched, holes melted in them. Pole suspended by wires, now all low-hanging. Cars stuck in the road, beeping at each other, in a total traffic jam as the people in back realize they are going to have to u-turn and go the wrong way down the road. A passenger abandons his car and steps over a downed power line, as bystanders yell, "No! Watch out! Power line!" (It was us, actually.) We stop 4 or 5 people, including our next door neighbors, from walking into a hard-to-see low-hanging line that I knew would be where it was based on the LAST time some drunk asshole killed a telephone pole. [It was the next pole further down the street last time.]

Main road blocked off for 10 hours. Dominion Virginia Power arrived within an hour. Happened at 11:30PM. Power came back on by 5AM. Meanwhile, we were trapped, with no power, no dial tone, no internet, and no way to drive our car out without going over downed lines. Whiskey and candle-warmth, followed by lots of cuddling under every blanket we had, on the foofsac, in the better insulated addition room.

Verizon took over a week to fix the phone part of the pole, and that was only after getting Fairfax County involved AS WELL as contacting a Verizon CEO who had an office in DC. They originally wanted to wait TWELVE DAYS just for visit #1. Never mind that it actually took those assholesSIX visits to get our internet and DSL working. Thankfully, we just got an Android phone, so, unlike with an iPhone, tethering was very simple. Running torrents for TV shows over cellular airwaves reminded me of how we got our TV shows in the 1970s before cable - over those same airwaves. Funny how things go full circle. The cell phone actually got 2.6Mbps too -- almost as fast as our DSL. But we hit the 10gig limit pretty quickly, and were reduced to dialup speed.

I was happy that my motherboard had 2 ethernet ports. One was set to the cell phone tether IP settings, while the other was set to our house DSL settings. This meant that I didn't have to change all my IP settings every time Verizon, Covad, or Silcon wanted me to test something out. Major time saver. And the first time I've truly had a use for 2 ethernet ports.

I wanted to sue the guy for causing me to have to go through hours and hours of phone calls. Just a little suit - $200 or so. But Fairfax County Police were utterly unhelpful in providing a name -- despite the fact that arrest reports are public record! Way to go, guys. Basically, every single service we used failed us in one way or another. The police, Verizon, Covad, T-Mobile -- all failed me in one way or another.

Turns out, the drunk driver didn't get very far. The cops found him a little ways down the road with "significant damage to the right side of his vehicle". They later told us that "he was going to jail."

drunk driving, hanging.

car accident, cross, crucifix, power lines, telephone pole, wires.

broken. smashed.

Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia.

January 16, 2010.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

Xavier University of Louisiana Recovery Week Photo by Irving Johnson III by Irving Johnson III

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Photo by Irving Johnson III

Water Helps Mt. Laurel Grow! by Michael Smolensky

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Water Tower

Mount Laurel, NJ

Sea Girt Lighthouse by Michael Smolensky

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Sea Girt, NJ 08750

Drunk driving by Enrico Ravanini

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LC-A Xpro

20100116 - drunk driver downed powerline - GEDC1351 - eerie hanging crucifix - brutal by Claire CJS

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Power and phones go out while simultaneously hearing explosions. 10-second long bursts of loud sounds so low pitched and rumbly that you feel it echoing throughout your chest, with bright lights coming in every window in your house. I almost started to think it was a nuke, until I remembered this from last time. "That's what it's like when some drunk driving asshole smashes a telephone pole in two. Looked out the window and saw the bright blue craziness of main power lines exploding and going crazy."

Street signs scorched, holes melted in them. Pole suspended by wires, now all low-hanging. Cars stuck in the road, beeping at each other, in a total traffic jam as the people in back realize they are going to have to u-turn and go the wrong way down the road. A passenger abandons his car and steps over a downed power line, as bystanders yell, "No! Watch out! Power line!" (It was us, actually.) We stop 4 or 5 people, including our next door neighbors, from walking into a hard-to-see low-hanging line that I knew would be where it was based on the LAST time some drunk asshole killed a telephone pole. [It was the next pole further down the street last time.]

Main road blocked off for 10 hours. Dominion Virginia Power arrived within an hour. Happened at 11:30PM. Power came back on by 5AM. Meanwhile, we were trapped, with no power, no internet, no dial tone, and no way to drive our car out without going over downed lines. Whiskey and candle-warmth, followed by lots of cuddling under every blanket we had, on the foofsac, in the better insulated addition room.

Verizon took over a week to fix the phone part of the pole, and that was only after getting Fairfax County involved AS WELL as contacting a Verizon CEO who had an office in DC. They originally wanted to wait TWELVE DAYS just for visit #1. Never mind that it actually took those assholes SIX visits to get our internet and DSL working. Thankfully, we just got an Android phone, so, unlike with an iPhone, tethering was very simple. Running torrents for TV shows over cellular airwaves reminded me of how we got our TV shows in the 1970s before cable - over those same airwaves. Funny how things go full circle. The cell phone actually got 2.6Mbps too -- almost as fast as our DSL. But we hit the 10gig limit pretty quickly, and were reduced to dialup speed.

I was happy that my motherboard had 2 ethernet ports. One was set to the cell phone tether IP settings, while the other was set to our house DSL settings. This meant that I didn't have to change all my IP settings every time Verizon, Covad, or Silcon wanted me to test something out. Major time saver. And the first time I've truly had a use for 2 ethernet ports.

I wanted to sue the guy for causing me to have to go through hours and hours of phone calls. Just a little suit - $200 or so. But Fairfax County Police were utterly unhelpful in providing a name -- despite the fact that arrest reports are public record! Way to go, guys. Basically, every single service we used failed us in one way or another. The police, Verizon, Covad, T-Mobile -- all failed me in one way or another.

Turns out, the drunk driver didn't get very far. The cops found him a little ways down the road with "significant damage to the right side of his vehicle". They later told us that "he was going to jail."

drunk driving, hanging.

car accident, cross, crucifix, power lines, telephone pole, wires.

broken. smashed.

Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia.

January 16, 2010.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

Rail Road by Michael Smolensky

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Woodbury, NJ 08096. © Attorney Michael A. Smolensky, Esquire, Criminal, Juvenile, Drunk Driving, and Traffic Ticket Defense Lawyer NJ Traffic Ticket Attorney

Minivan into a pond, Drunk Driving Accident by Mark Taylor

According to people at the scene, unconfirmed, an intoxicated man had an arguement in one of the houses in this subdivision, stormed out of the house, and drove down the road at a high rate of speed. Some witnesses say he was travelling as fast as 70 MPH. He apperently either lost control, or simply missed the turn, and drove straight into the pond. The man exited the vehicle as it sank. Nobody else was in the vehicle, and he supposedly sustained minor injuries. Witnesses say he refused a breath test, and was subsequently arrested for DWI. The incident occured approximately 11:00 AM on January 1st of 2013.

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine, Beer, Margaritas and Mojitos. 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine, Beer, Margaritas and Mojitos. 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube. by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Brut Wine, 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

20100118 - downed lines, 2 days later - GEDC1393 - phone box - ALL HAIL VERIZON, VERIZON SUCKS by Claire CJS

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Still no phone or internet. The only way to pass the time is to come outside and take a picture of the wire where the internet is. "I hear they have internet out west..."

phone box, telephone pole, telephone wires.

Alexandria, Virginia.

January 18, 2010.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: DISASTER ON CLINT AND CAROLYN AVENUE!

Power and phones go out while simultaneously hearing explosions. 10-second long bursts of loud sounds so low pitched and rumbly that you feel it echoing throughout your chest, with bright lights coming in every window in your house. I almost started to think it was a nuke, until I remembered this from last time. "That's what it's like when some drunk driving asshole smashes a telephone pole in two. Looked out the window and saw the bright blue craziness of main power lines exploding and going crazy."

Street signs scorched, holes melted in them. Pole suspended by wires, now all low-hanging. Cars stuck in the road, beeping at each other, in a total traffic jam as the people in back realize they are going to have to u-turn and go the wrong way down the road. A passenger abandons his car and steps over a downed power line, as bystanders yell, "No! Watch out! Power line!" (It was us, actually.) We stop 4 or 5 people, including our next door neighbors, from walking into a hard-to-see low-hanging line that I knew would be where it was based on the LAST time some drunk asshole killed a telephone pole. [It was the next pole further down the street last time.]

Main road blocked off for 10 hours. Dominion Virginia Power arrived within an hour. Happened at 11:30PM. Power came back on by 5AM. Meanwhile, we were trapped, with no power, no dial tone, no internet, and no way to drive our car out without going over downed lines. Whiskey and candle-warmth, followed by lots of cuddling under every blanket we had, on the foofsac, in the better insulated addition room.

Verizon took over a week to fix the phone part of the pole, and that was only after getting Fairfax County involved AS WELL as contacting a Verizon CEO who had an office in DC. They originally wanted to wait TWELVE DAYS just for visit #1. Never mind that it actually took those assholes SIX visits to get our internet and DSL working. Thankfully, we just got an Android phone, so, unlike with an iPhone, tethering was very simple. Running torrents for TV shows over cellular airwaves reminded me of how we got our TV shows in the 1970s before cable - over those same airwaves. Funny how things go full circle. The cell phone actually got 2.6Mbps too -- almost as fast as our DSL. But we hit the 10gig limit pretty quickly, and were reduced to dialup speed.

I was happy that my motherboard had 2ethernet ports. One was set to the cell phone tether IP settings, while the other was set to our house DSL settings. This meant that I didn't have to change all my IP settings every time Verizon, Covad, or Silcon wanted me to test something out. Major time saver. And the first time I've truly had a use for 2 ethernet ports.

I wanted to sue the guy for causing me to have to go through hours and hours of phone calls. Just a little suit - $200 or so. But Fairfax County Police were utterly unhelpful in providing a name -- despite the fact that arrest reports are public record! Way to go, guys. Basically, every single service we used failed us in one way or another. The police, Verizon, Covad, T-Mobile -- all failed me in one way or another.

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Brut Wine, 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

20100403 - GEDC1850 - drunk driver destroyed this telephone pole AGAIN! - cars directed to go up the wrong side of the road by Claire CJS

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Yup! Another drunk driver took out the same telephone pole that was last smashed by a drunk in January, causing us to have no internet for a week. Of the 3 poles that have been destroyed by the drunks on the weekends, this was the first time we didn't lose power when it happened. There also were not explosions, telephone poles on fire, or live power lines laying in the road. Nor was the road closed for 6 hours. All in all, this was a far cleaner break than usual.

However, there seemed to be about 3X as many Dominion Virginia Power trucks working on the replacement this time. They even had the new pole up next to the old pole for a day or two. I think this was to give Verizon a chance to move the phone box and NOT mess up my internet again. Awesome.

We also got to actually see the person who did it for the first time. We saw the drunk girl walk to go into the ambulance. She looked quite out of it -- pretty damn sure she was drunk.

They did turn our power off for a couple of hours the next day, which is when we took these pictures. They also directed traffic up the highschool turn lane -- lucky for them VDOT just extended the lane last year. Otherwise things would have gotten much more complicated.

drunk driving.

barriers, car accident, cars, cones, cranes, police, power lines, telephone pole, trucks, wires.

Dominion Virginia Power. broken. smashed.

Alexandria, Virginia.

April 3, 2010.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

20100403 - GEDC1847 - drunk driver destroyed this telephone pole AGAIN! - weird curvy panoramic by Claire CJS

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Yup! Another drunk driver took out the same telephone pole that was last smashed by a drunk in January, causing us to have no internet for a week. Of the 3 poles that have been destroyed by the drunks on the weekends, this was the first time we didn't lose power when it happened. There also were not explosions, telephone poles on fire, or live power lines laying in the road. Nor was the road closed for 6 hours. All in all, this was a far cleaner break than usual.

However, there seemed to be about 3X as many Dominion Virginia Power trucks working on the replacement this time. They even had the new pole up next to the old pole for a day or two. I think this was to give Verizon a chance to move the phone box and NOT mess up my internet again. Awesome.

We also got to actually see the person who did it for the first time. We saw the drunk girl walk to go into the ambulance. She looked quite out of it -- pretty damn sure she was drunk.

They did turn our power off for a couple of hours the next day, which is when we took these pictures. They also directed traffic up the highschool turn lane -- lucky for them VDOT just extended the lane last year. Otherwise things would have gotten much more complicated.

drunk driving.

barriers, barrrels, car, car accident, cones, cranes, police, power lines, telephone pole, trucks, van, wires.

Dominion Virginia Power. broken. panoramic. smashed.

Alexandria, Virginia.

April 3, 2010.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine by Mike Mozart

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MADD, Mother's Against Drunk Driving Virgin Alcohol Free Wine, 7/2014 Walgreens. Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.

Safety City at NC State Fair 2019 by NCDOTcommunications

GARNER – Thursday October 17 kicked off the largest annual event in North Carolina and with it bring the largest volume of traffic to one location. The North Carolina State Fair brought nearly one million people through its gates in 2018, and officials with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) are urging drivers to remain alert as increased traffic often translates into increased roadway incidents. “The more people you have converging on one event, could mean more potential for pedestrian-vehicle collisions, drunk driving incidents, crashes that result in injuries and fatalities unfortunately,” said GHSP Director Mark Ezzell. Not only will the fair bring in large crowds of travelers from across the county, state and southeast to the State Fairgrounds over its 11 days but adding to the crowds and traffic are several concert and sporting events over the same time at the nearby PNC Arena. “Each traveler needs to know that there will may be an impaired, unbelted, distracted or inexperienced driver traveling near them at some point and they must stay vigilant,” Ezzell continued. GHSP staff will be on-hand at the State Fair sponsoring the Safety City exhibit: a virtual highway safety community that seeks to decrease roadway injuries and fatalities by educating attendees on safe driving behaviors. Some of the ‘Safety City’ national, state and local agencies include: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Safe Kids NC Watch for Me NC BeRailSafe NC and NC Operation Lifesaver Choices For Chase Operation Lifesaver DHHS Forensic Tests For Alcohol Branch Alcohol Law Enforcement and Alcohol Beverage Control Bike Safe NC NC Moves And many more The exhibit is open during the duration of the fair, Oct. 17 through Oct. 27 and is located behind the Kerr Scott Building on the fairgrounds along Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh. If you can’t make it to Safety City, GHSP officials pass on these safety tips, simple things that can save your life or the life of someone around you: #1 Buckle up. Wearing your seatbelt decreases your chances of dying in a crash by almost half. #2 Drive sober. Use a ride sharing app, take public transportation (bus and or train to and from the fair), call a friend; speak up if someone is under the influence and planning to get behind the wheel! #3 Slow Down. Pay Attention. Distracted driving and speeding claim lives every day and are preventable behaviors. While traveling to and from the fair and other area events, show us that you are a safe driver! Snap a photo of yourself and your passengers safely secured and tag @NC_GHSP on Instagram, Twitter and @NCGHSP on Facebook. Use hashtags #SafetyCity and or #NCGHSP and we’ll “Like” your picture! GHSP funds efforts to reduce traffic crashes in North Carolina and promotes highway safety awareness through a variety of grants and safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, Booze It & Lose It, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC and Speed a Little. Lose a Lot.

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