Just 2 beers....

Yesterday was pretty uneventful, until the bars closed. A girl driving her boyfriend in a Cavalier thought they were on a highway on-ramp. Turns out they weren't, but they didn't figure that out until they hit the dead end @ 70 mph. Went into a city park via a metal gate that had been chained and padlocked shut. Luckily, neither one was hurt very bad. It was around 2:30 am, (last call in the bars). Of course, when we asked either one of them if they'd had anything to drink, we got the typical "just 2 beers" answer. You could smell the alcohol before sticking your head in the car...
Then I asked her if she had her seat belt on. "Yes, I always do" she said. I pointed out that usually the steering wheel doesn't get bent and there usually isn't a "face print" in the windshield when they have their seat belt on... "Well I thought I'd put it on..."
I know accidents are traumatic events for people, and the more traumatic they are, the less people think straight. Firefighters/medics aren't cops, we only ask questions like that to determine medical care. The police can't give a ticket because we write in our report that the patient admits to drinking or not wearing a seatbelt.

OK, enough with that rant. Now I'm on vacation until a week from tomorrow and will be out of town, so no posts for a little while.

Thanks for reading!!