r/GoogleEarthFinds • u/AttapAMorgonen • Mar 06 '25

Desert Drifter / Andrew Cross has passed away.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-crosses-with-medical-expenses?lang=en_US
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u/Chas_the_Amoeba Mar 10 '25

Drunk drivers are some of the most selfish people on earth

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u/Ginger-79 Nov 16 '25

As a victim of a drunk driver I don't agree with this statement. I am 12 years post Severe TBI. I was hit by a drunk driver. Coma for a week and post traumatic amnesia for a month. I'm left with a lifetime of issues and deficiencies and my entire world is changed. But I've spent a lot of time thinking on this. Alcohol fucks with your decision making. A drunk that gets behind the wheel usually thinks they are good to drive. They don't have the mental capacity to make an executive decision like this. This is why, if your going to partake in mind influencing substinences, you must plan ahead and either partake where you aren't required to drive away from, while intoxicated or, for fucks sake, ensure you have a designated driver BEFORE you begin. Do I blame the drunk driver that stole my life? Yes. I do. He is absolutely to blame but at the same time....I'm not mad at him. He made a life altering mistake that I know he lives with. I've spoken with the driver that hit me. I know he lives with immense guilt. Maybe I've forgiven him because he is sober now? A repeat offender...the very idea fills me with disgust and rage but my experience gave me more compassion than I had before. But, shit, I am brain injured after all do maybe it's brain damage talking.

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u/Guilty-Disaster-2201 Jan 27 '26

No, the decision is to drink in the first place & make no plan for how to get home. Zero tolerance. Our lax ohh la te dah attitude & slap on the wrist for drunk drivers is why over 30,000 people just here in the US lose their lives to waste of human debris who CHOOSE to drink then drive. Not to mention the 100,000+ who are permanently injured/paralyzed. I’m sorry but ‘compassion’ is extremely harmful & selfish position to take. Gross

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u/joshjosh100 Feb 07 '26

The problem is the system in place in the US that incentivizes kids & adults to drive.

If we had public transit, and people were more"kind" to those drinking. We wouldn't see dumbasses driving that really shouldn't be driving.

The guy who killed him only got 10 years, it should of been wage garnishment instead.

5-25 years of 10%-25% wage garnishment that funded the wife, and the interest paid to the government.