Drunk Girl, was this the right thing to do???

[Metal85]

OK so probably not exactly what you were thinking

Yesterday after leaving the Hospital(picked up an extra shift there) There was a young woman driving a Jeep erratically.
I chose to stay behind her as I anticipated a crash to be coming very shortly.
Very Narrowly she missed 2 Vehicles and could have easily flipped the SUV had she turned harder.
She got the 2 right side tires in the grass and dirt several times.

We pulled up to a light and There was a car in front of me so I couldn't get her attention, the light was only red for about 10 seconds after we stopped.
I tried to pull along side her to try to get her to pull over, although I thought this distraction may lead her into my vehicle or somewhere else.

Where I typically turn to go towards the highway, I decided to go the route that adds another 15 minutes to my already 45 minute commute.

I was finally pulling along side her when she got into a lane to turn into a gated Condo community.



Now I didn't turn around, but didn't know If I should have followed her all the way in.

I didn't call the cops as there is no way they'd be able to get our location.

I did not take her plate number or anything like that.


Should I have done anything different? What would you have done?

I basically wanted to be able to try to get her to pull over to let her know what was happening and stay with her until someone could pick her up, if I were able to talk her into it, but never got the opportunity.
I also wanted to make sure I would be able to immediately tend to people in a MVC as I truly thought that were going to happen, and I would be able to call for medics as I did what I could.

IDK I feel kind of guilty now for not trying to turn around and go in that condo place now.

 

[first blood]

Wow. Idk what the best thing to do is but for sure you did something which is always better than doing nothing and just driving away.
I suppose the law abiding citizen answer would have been to call the cops while you tailed her . My friend witnessed a bank robbery and did this. But we all kinda been there where this girl was.
..a little too much to drink and drive home. I have done it. I won't ever do it again.

Now I can tell you I was at work the other day and we had a drunk girl hit and run at a store then drive wrong way on a one way and then side swipe 2 cars and roll over...luck she didn't kill anyone.
When we got there she managed to already self extricate and was being a belligerent notch to the EMT that was trying to help her.

So if your person did hit and kill someone then I guess you didn't do enough. But she didn't hit anyone and hopefully she won't dwi again and you saved her from getting busted. Who knows maybe she was a single mom and the last thing she needed was to lose her license and pay 6k in fines and legal fees.

Who knows bro?

I think you did good tho.

Keep on thrashing!

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[Iron Game]

If someone did get hurt you were right there. Sometimes thats enough...



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[Masher59]

I usually call the plate in and follow till the cops are behind me. I don't think it's ratting on someone as much as it's trying to protect the innocent people out there.

 

[drtbear1967]

I would have to agree with Masher. The next time you may not be there and she may end up hurting herself or someone else.

 

[LeatherHead]

There have been times when I thought I was following a drunk person, come to find out they were just texting and on their phone, not watching the road. There's always that possibility. She may have just been on facebook or texting. I've seen that more than anything lately.

 

[Masher59]

As a firefighter I get called to lots of accident scenes and the drunk is usually ok with minor injuries and the people they harm are dead or head to intensive care. When you run to a vehicle and see a childs brains all over the back seat, knowing it should never have happened it changes you.

 

[TheHeidikins]

I definitely agree with Masher and drtbear. If she was driving drunk then she was a danger to herself and to everyone around her.

I disagree with first blood's comment that "we all kinda been there where this girl was," though. No. No we have not. When I was in fourth grade, my friend Molly was in the front passenger seat of a mutual friend's mother's car (said mother was driving). A drunk driver T-boned that car, and Molly died on impact. She was 8 years old, and her life was stolen by this person. My friend's mother was in the hospital for a very long time, and she was never the same again. Needless to say, she was also emotionally traumatized and struggled for years to work through her feelings of being in the driver's seat while a child died. I have never - and would never - drive under the influence, not only because of Molly -- but because putting myself and everyone around me at risk is 100% unacceptable behaviour. Most people I know feel the same way and haven't "kinda been there" either.

 

[Big Beef]

I would have done nothing. There is no telling what she was doing & by time the cop would have got there, she would probably be gone anyway or arrived where she was going. My grandpa used to have a radio scanner & I would hear the local dispatcher relaying calls like this to officers all the time! Besides, they have to witness of wrong doing, other wise it's just your word against hers & if she wasn't drunk & was just texting or something... she'll just deny it.

Maybe not quite that bad, but I see similar shit like that at least every other day. Some people just can't drive & they shouldn't be on the road. I see the elderly pulling out in front of others or not using turn signals more than anything else. I guess I have a grim outlook on the subject. There will probably be 100's of people out there that will die from accidents today & there is nothing we can do about it.

Oh & Masher59, that is horrible about the child. Anyone who does serious harm to a child in any kind of way should be put to death! I've seen plenty of dead people, but not a child. I can only imagine how hateful that would make a person..

 

[Metal85]

Leather I have literally seen it all too, been in healthcare almost half my life.

Revisiting this I think I really should have called the cops. she wasn't on her phone, I was really hoping to get her to pull over until a friend could drive her home, but that didn't work.
At the same time I think there is zero way that a cop could have made it to use in the 3 or so miles that I was behind her before she pulled off.

I hate this type of situation bc I feel like I did the wrong thing no matter what I do. If I got her arrested, followed her, or just drove home the way I usually would have it would sit on my mind either and all ways.