I'll Follow You Home

The last post got me thinking about the whole prevention of drinking and driving. I don't think cops/parents understand the process of preventing your friends from drinking and driving. You can't just say to your friend "Hey Billy, I think you have had too many to drink, why don't you give me your keys."  Anybody who has ever done this knows the response is never "yeah your right, here they are."  It usually goes like this...

Matt: "hey man you shouldn't drive"

Billy: "immm fine man"

Matt "no your really not"

Billy (matt now has his arm around billys shoulder) "seriously im fine, I appreciate you looking out for me but im fine"

Matt "seriously im not letting you drive"

Billy  (spraying spit in Matt's face as he talks) " you know what....fuck you man, who are you to tell people they can't drive, your drunk too!"

Matt "i know its just that i dont....."

Billy "okay give me a sobriety test right now! ill pass it easy!"

this shit goes on for like an hour until it ends with me Matt just being like "go ahead and drive I don't care anymore"

The other thing about drinking and driving that I see all the time and will never understand is "I will follow you home." What the fuck is that going to do. Here I am watching you swerve all over the road and the only thing I can do is flash my highbeams. All that really does is temporarily blind your drunk friend. Serioulsy though, someone explain to me the benefits of following somone home. Take this little incident:

I rest my case!