car crash method ?

[moonflow3r]

hi yall. im planning on getting drunk tonight and driving in the highway. maybe 120mph. theres a lot of construction work in the road. so hopefully i coudl end up crashing against some heavy machinery. no belt. id need to figure out how to deactivate the airbags. this is my only chance. any advice?

 

[ForeverCaHa]

Assuming you're serious and not just trying to be edgy and cool, I highly doubt anyone here will encourage you to CTB using a method which could potentially harm or kill innocent bystanders. Myself included.

 

[Dawns]

this is not a good idea at all! getting drunk will likely keep you from dying in the crash and you will potentially injure multiple people. and if you don't pass or become permanently injured you'll end up in prison for killing innocent people. please rethink this as it's not realistic

 

[moonflow3r]

why would the alcohol keep me alive?

this is not a good idea at all! getting drunk will likely keep you from dying in the crash and you will potentially injure multiple people. and if you don't pass or become permanently injured you'll end up in prison for killing innocent people. please rethink this as it's not realistic

 

[iw2begone]

don't hurt anyone else with it if you can avoid it, the highway thing sounds like you'd get someone else killed

 

[Forveleth]

Usually I just say "that will not work" and provide some reasons why. But drunk driving routinely kills other people and this is a well known fact. Your plan to purposefully engage in this for your own benefit is a particular kind of callousness I can not abide. Let us throw some numbers out there:

• Percentage of drunk driving fatalities that were the driver: 58%. Percentage of drunk driving fatalities that were someone not in the car with the driver: 28%. Almost half as many people get killed by the drunk driver. Or, on average, one out of every two times the driver dies, they also kill someone else.
• Driving under the influence of alcohol has caused 25% of all child fatalities in vehicular crashes.
• A 2019 study found that the total economic cost of drunk driving accidents was $58 billion. That includes property damage, medical costs, and productivity loss due to injury.
• Dawns is correct, you are less likely to be severely injured if you are drunk. The running theory is that your body is more relaxed and so you "go with the flow" in a crash rather than try to stiffly brace yourself. Thus, you are more "squishy" and just kind of bounce around rather than hit things hard.

Sources:

Drunk Driving Statistics 2026

In 2022, 32% of all fatal crashes involved alcohol, up from 31% in 2021. Drunk driving deaths occur mostly at night, with men and young adults most affected.

www.safehome.org

Alcohol Provides Protective Effect, Reduces Mortality Substantially After Injury | UIC today

today.uic.edu

 

[finnago]

why would the alcohol keep me alive?

"Drunk drivers are more likely to survive a crash because their muscles are more relaxed, leading to their body not tensing up as much during a collision. This can prevent more severe injuries that sober people experience after a car accident. Alcohol also impairs a person's reflexes."