miracle
friday night, jason and I went to a party. we left around 3am, and went back to our house. on the way there, we encountered a mis-marked turn, laden with an oil slick, going about 30mph. the next thing I knew, we were careening over the cliff edge, down a ravine about 150 ft. The car flipped over half-way, and we landed upside down in a little river. We were able to extricate ourselves and crawl back up the ravine, which was at about a 45 degree angle. very steep.
A volunteer firefighter awaited us at the top, by the road. she had already called the police, the ambulance, everything. they took me to the hospital and questioned jason. Later, I found out that they took him in handcuffs because he had asked about alternatives to the breathalyzer. At 19, any alcohol in his system would have warranted an automatic DUI, because Washington is a zero-tolerance state. Because he had two glasses of wine over three hours, he knew that he would still be cited for a DUI. but he didn't refuse the breathalyzer, per se. yet they saw it necessary to handcuff him and take him to the hospital in the back of a police car. I don't think that's legal.
After this whole thing, we are both okay, miraculously. Our seatbelts did their job, and I ended up with heavy contusions on my lower legs and a gnarly bruise across my whole abdomen. We're still picking glass out of our scalps, our hair, our nostrils, our eyebrows, our hands, arms legs and clothing. I swear that we have some sort of divine presence guiding us. Had the car swerved four feet to either the left or the right, we would have smashed into a very large tree and most certainly would have been far more seriously injured. It was so cold, too, that had we been trapped in the car, we could have been frostbitten or gotten hypothermia. I think that I am one of the luckiest girls in the world.
I'm confused about the process for Jason's DUI. he doesn't have an attorney yet, but his hearing is on monday. does anybody know how this works? I'm hoping that even though he probably went above a .02 for his blood test, he won't get a heavy punishment. Does he have to have an attorney by monday? No one was hurt, there was no collision, no damage to public property, he cooperated with officials and did everything they asked. bleh.
just take this as a sign - don't drive drunk and wear your seatbelt! bikes and walking legs make perfect alternatives when you're trying to navigate your way home from the bar.
A volunteer firefighter awaited us at the top, by the road. she had already called the police, the ambulance, everything. they took me to the hospital and questioned jason. Later, I found out that they took him in handcuffs because he had asked about alternatives to the breathalyzer. At 19, any alcohol in his system would have warranted an automatic DUI, because Washington is a zero-tolerance state. Because he had two glasses of wine over three hours, he knew that he would still be cited for a DUI. but he didn't refuse the breathalyzer, per se. yet they saw it necessary to handcuff him and take him to the hospital in the back of a police car. I don't think that's legal.
After this whole thing, we are both okay, miraculously. Our seatbelts did their job, and I ended up with heavy contusions on my lower legs and a gnarly bruise across my whole abdomen. We're still picking glass out of our scalps, our hair, our nostrils, our eyebrows, our hands, arms legs and clothing. I swear that we have some sort of divine presence guiding us. Had the car swerved four feet to either the left or the right, we would have smashed into a very large tree and most certainly would have been far more seriously injured. It was so cold, too, that had we been trapped in the car, we could have been frostbitten or gotten hypothermia. I think that I am one of the luckiest girls in the world.
I'm confused about the process for Jason's DUI. he doesn't have an attorney yet, but his hearing is on monday. does anybody know how this works? I'm hoping that even though he probably went above a .02 for his blood test, he won't get a heavy punishment. Does he have to have an attorney by monday? No one was hurt, there was no collision, no damage to public property, he cooperated with officials and did everything they asked. bleh.
just take this as a sign - don't drive drunk and wear your seatbelt! bikes and walking legs make perfect alternatives when you're trying to navigate your way home from the bar.