The last thing I intend to do with this letter is condone drinking and driving, that includes those who choose to drink and drive on any given day or night throughout the year.
We have all been thoroughly educated on the drastic potential outcome that will result in DUI — we have our faces rubbed in it, time and time again and quite rightly so. Unfortunately, the message here only strikes home if we have become victims or are inadvertently affected somehow through a personal loss.
As sad as it is, hundreds of innocent people will unexpectedly become a statistic of a drunk driver, sooner or later. All the roadside CounterAttacks will not be sufficient enough to save our innocent souls.
As sinister as it sounds, one of us will succumb to a lame-brain drunk driver. For as long as there are people who drink and drive, there will be those of us whose lives will be cut short, only to be remembered by those oh-so-familiar roadside memorials, of which there are far too many.
All the stringent laws in this world will not eradicate this ongoing problem. Sadly, there are those who have that unspeakable burden of guilt from unintentionally taking a life.
Nothing will ever stop the horrors and madness of this predicament. For as long as man takes the drink, the drink will take the man. The end result will always be inevitable.
To all the families, past and present, there are so many of us that share a common grief.
Andy Homan
Penticton