Posted On: February 14, 2008, 7:07 am CST

Posted By: JGD

We can't really say that the girl was at fault for getting in the car w/a drunk driver. The driver apparently owned up to his fault & pleaded guilty--amazing enough in itself--so probably he was appointed/volunteered to be "designated driver" before the others started drinking. As we all know, you can appear sober enough to drive (especially to someone who may have had a few herself) & not be. The passenger probably thought they'd been responsible & named a desig driver & trusted that the driver had kept to not drinking. That being said--the pole??? Gives a whole new slant to all those "I was driving along and a pole jumped out at me" claims. Maybe we should stop holding those drivers at fault, as apparently our poles have the ability to reason & know where to place themselves! And the seatbelt? Did anyone check into whether she would likely be alive at all if she hadn't worn it? There was no sensational story--for a change, the driver admitted guilt & is apparently paying the cost--so the attorneys and/or whoever started this thing had to look elsewhere to cause a commotion and get enough sympathy for the girl going to get her major money--very, very sad.