I did it last night. I had two beers and a glass of wine over the course of five hours and I got in my car and drove home. I am pretty sure that I was under the .08 blood alcohol content limit, but I don't REALLY know. I didn't have a breathalyzer with me. But I think most of my friends would say, "Five hours?
Not even ten minutes ago, this story came across me on the 10:00 news: two teenage boys were walking down Cleveland St. in Groves when a drunk driver in a pickup hit one of them. The injured teen was airlifted to a hospital and is in critical condition; the driver has been issued a DWI charge.
Recently there was a car accident here. It involved three teenagers who were going home from a school even – called “Relay For Life” where they raise money to help fight cancer. Anyways, it was pretty late… A guy who had a few drinks was leaving a bar he had spent the last two hours in. Around 11pm, they two cars collided.
From The Tennessean-
"Bryson Maynard slammed his car into a utility pole after an evening of drinking and died from head injuries last year.
Now, the 20-year-old's family contends any establishment that sold Maynard alcohol that night should be held accountable.
