My uncle was killed on impact by a drunk driver just a few days before he would have gotten custody of me and my siblings out of fostercare. I have ZERO sympathy for those who drive drunk. I was in foster care separated from my sisters and brother for 12 years because of that man.
Hope you have peace in Your life now. The horrific pain you had to go through must have been unbearable. All of us who really care, would be happy to know if you were all reunited.
I was hit by a drunk driver when I was 13 yrs old riding my bike one summer. No one was around to help me. He tried to force me into the car but I couldn't walk due to 2 broken knees and various bones in my legs. He quickly took my bike and drove off. A police officer eventually drove by and saw me on the side of the road and took me to the hospital. Officers came into the hospital room once they located my mother and said that they had found the man but they didn't have any evidence that he had hit me even though he had my bicycle , and no charges filed. He went on to hit another child, 16, in 2020 and killed him. He committed suicide in jail before being held accountable...
Seems like he was a coward from beginning to end. Probably was for the best he couldn’t get you in the car as he could’ve came to a fork in the road and being the coward he was along with being intoxicated (I’m assuming) could’ve made another awful decision. He obviously didn’t care about his own life nor was hitting a 13 y/o enough to change him. Isn’t a stretch to imagine milk cartons in your families future. Tho he sounds so goofy that the worlds largest highway attraction fork could’ve been in the road and would’ve hit it as well. “Damnit, not 2 in the same day! Ok ok, I can deal, man. Just gotta find the bike.” You look in the backseat and there’s like 12 skateboards, few pairs of roller blades, a wheelchair and one of those hind leg rollers they put on dogs.
My spine was fractured due to a drunk driver who wanted to show off his Z-3 Beemer (it was the 90s). No mercy for drunk driving, especially now in the age of Uber & Lyft. It destroys lives.
A drunk T boned my aunt and her family that were just returning home from the hospital after giving birth to my cousin. In the car with my baby cousin was my aunt, her mother, brother and niece (uncle was in the Navy and couldn't return for the birth). During the accident, my aunt covers the baby and her left side gets mangled, we are talking a broken arm, a leg, pelvis and 3 broken ribs and most were broken in a few places. And her brother and his little girl were dead on arrival. Grandma only had one broken leg and a head trauma, the baby had some scratches from the glass. The drunken idiot was a truck driver that decided to have a few shots and go home, the police found him catwalking down the road, totally fine and convinced he did nothing wrong.
Experienced divorce lawyer here (Pennsylvania and New Jersey). Often, I’ll be in a courthouse trying a divorce or child custody case and meet one of my criminal defense buddies for lunch outside of the DUI courtroom. It never ceases to amaze me how crowded the courtroom / hallways are for DUI cases. The courtrooms and hallways are always packed. The court system makes millions of dollars on DUI fines, probation fees, counseling fees, judicial resources and computer fees, interlock fees, home monitoring fees, etc. etc. Then add the attorneys fees and hike in insurance rates for a DUI conviction. Drinking (even a small amount) and driving is simply not worth the risk. In addition, alcohol is poison for your liver. If you drink alcohol, take an Uber, Lyft, taxi, or better yet, stay home.
Somehow you are conflating drinking with DUI's and liver disease. I'm sure it's occurred to you that statistically very few people who have a beer get a DUI or liver disease. The defendant, if guilty, used poor judgment. End of story. No sermon from me needed. By the way, I don't drink but I also don't make broad sweeping judgments.
@tod3msn That litty bitty sentence about liver disease pinched such a nerve when all he's advocating is living a safer and healthier lifestyle. I have my non-alcohol related vices but I'm guessing alcohol is yours.
Here's my story, short version. I had 5 dui's in 20 yrs, we're talking 80s n 90s. Last one I got was 1999. I was looking at 3 yrs state pen. I chose sobriety and recovery, was offered DISP program which was a "try n see" if it works type deal i made with judge Baker of Oregon. I was in out patient treatment, 3 yrs, 3 xs a week, 3 hours a night. Plus 3xs AA per week. Couldn't drive for 5 years. I committed to my recovery, to living life and thank God (and what sense I had left) to my choice to live instead of death. Hi, my name is Lisa and I'm an alcoholic, ill be clean 24 years this coming April 10th 2024!🎉😊 Thanks Bruce and Michael for bringing this subject up. Just remember though, it's not the person making the bad judgment calls, it's the addiction. So sometimes bad things must happen to save your life and others too.❤
Former drug addict with 3 years clean. I'm glad you were given a second chance and took that chance to improve yourself and become a better person. Best Wishes
I always volunteer to be the designated driver. "You drink. I'll drive" Some pubs around Australia, if you declare you're the DD to the bar staff they give you a sticky wristband and you get free soft drinks while your friends get schtfaced and the bar staff will refuse to serve you alcohol in exchange. I like the program. I've never liked the adhesive. Totally worth it.
I never met one of my grandfathers. He was crossing to the hospital parking and was killed by a drunk driver. He was on his way to see me the day I was born. There’s a dark place in my heart for drunk drivers. Edit: He was carrying 💐 and a 🧸
I’m sorry for your loss. I am an alcoholic but I walk to the liquor store and drink at home. The few times my friends and I would go out to a bar or club, we split the Uber ride. Like Bruce said, since Uber and Lyft came out, there’s no excuse to drink drunk, not that it was acceptable at a time before we had these services.
Yes they have you on computer the cop runs it if you are a wiseass he will make you crawl to him . A million beer signs but getting caught is insane .Hope you don’t jump the wagon .
@@AlwaysPossible100 when you smoke someone or something you win outright, there is no contest. Smoking your opps is beating out your haters or proving them wrong. There’s not really much else to it other than that
My drinking got so bad that I banned myself from driving for 14 years, starting three days before I turned 18 when I got my reckless driving. I'll never forget looking in the mirror and having my epiphany. The asshole was me. My problems should be my problems and not anybody else's. It was a good epiphany to have at a good time.
Even though you made poor choices, I was a drug addict myself so not trying to point fingers. You made the choice to at least not put yourself in a situation where you could destroy others lives. That is very admirable and I wish you the best in the future.
When i was barely 16 i was in a car with a guy who had been drinking. This was mid 80s. The car was one of those old Monte Carlos, basically a tank, before they built cars to absorb the impact. I REMEMBER looking at the speedometer- he was going 120. We were talling him to slow down repeatedly. He lost control and we ended up upsidedown in a ditch. I was the only one hurt. I was in the hospital for a month. I had numerous surgeries on my legs and my kidneys (when we wrecked, i had to pee and was holding it). The driver was 18 years old. He went to jail thay day. And nothing else. I had to learn to walk again. I have scars on my legs and abdomen that remind me every day. My parents told me never to get in the car with a drinker. I was afraid bc I knew that guy was drunk. But he was my only ride home from the lake. I know, I know. If would walk home now. But I was a kid. My leg will never 100%. I dont even remember what my legs looked like before the accident. We were all kids back then. This guy in the video is a grown ass man, on his 3rd DUI??? ZERO sympathy.
@@abebuckingham8198 I hang around very good people I haven't seen this friend in over 11 years I stopped hanging out with him when I got sober 12 years ago. I cut out my party group friends long ago
He posted a long video on it yesterday i believe. He doesn't believe the parents should have been charged, but he ESPECIALLY doesn't think they should have been charged with manslaughter.
@@SamanthaSosaA yes I watched that, very interesting take. She was just charged with all counts about an hour ago, would like another video, because it’s such a fascinating and complex case
@@harryparsons2750 you’re right, convicted*. Would like to see Bruce talk about maybe the appellate level process after, because I’m sure the defense will appeal. She in no doubt was a sub-par (bad) parent, but to be convicted of involuntary manslaughter feels like they’re using her as “poster child” that parents need to control their children.
He's obviously an alcoholic. Only alcoholics have that many DWIs. He obviously needs help. That's sad. He used to be an MLB pitcher . Addiction doesn't discriminate . Hope he gets the help he needs
KC Chiefs Coach Andy Reid’s son, also was a coach and killed someone before the superbowl by drunk driving after the AFC Championship just the same as this case
He didn't kill anyone. However, he did severely injure a 5 year old girl. She survived but with brain damage that will affect her her entire life. Unbelievably sad and so easily avoidable as Bruce Rivers said.
Growing up I saw too many of my family members get drunk. I hated seeing it. I decided it was best that I never do that. 56 years old and I've never been drunk a day in my life. BUT, I've driven MANY times when I was way too tired. Fell asleep at the wheel a few times when I was younger. I got smart and now I pull over to take 10 minute "power naps" when needed. Be smart. Like Bruce said, "Think ahead".
I have a family member that I love very much but who has been an alcoholic for decades. She has had so many DUIs and lost her license many times to no effect. She does the same thing over and over again. I don't understand it or the decisions she makes. It is a miracle that she's never killed anyone during another of her escapades. The unwillingness to recognize the danger that she is putting herself and others in is outrageous. We all live in dread of the phone call that is almost sure to come one day...
When I was younger I had a roommate who on his 4th offense rolled his car over with 4 friends in it killing one of them and critically wounding the others and he received 4 years to serve for manslaughter, it's not worth it. The female that was killed was a new mother of a 1month old who lost its mother and he has to live with that.
What ticks me off no end is that I don't drink (nothing against it, does nothing for me) and drive at or below the speed limit. I've been pulled over because "that's what drunks do." Meanwhile, traffic is whizzing by 15 over.
Never drive below the speed limit. It’s a traffic hazard. Everyone else wants to drive at least the speed limit (or more). You can get ticketed for driving slow for a reason.
@loriswenson2276 well said. People who drive slow are endangering everyone else. I dont think its too much to ask to drive the speed limit. Thats what the engineers set up for safe traffic flow. They are intentionally made about 10 mph less than design to plan for people that will inevitably go above that and for passing cars, etc.
My great grandfather was hit by a drunk driver with his family in the car. Lost his middle kid and almost lost the oldest, too. He was so inspired later HE was the drunk driver killing a father of 2
Christmas Eve 1981, my 18 year old brother was on his way home from work and he was hit and killed by a drunk driver. It’s been 42 years and the pain never goes away. In today’s world there is absolutely no excuse to drive intoxicated!!
Ads from the content creators themselves are the only ads i sometimes bother to watch. For all other adds... i might better not suggest certain means on a law channel of all places.
3 DUIs here. Reasonably thinking, it is avoidable. What drives the insanity of addiction and alcoholism can be attributed to a long list of things. Just there is no reason in addiction. No control. Not in my story anyway. I was wishing so bad I could stop and I couldn't. Not by myself because I was stuck in the insanity. Extreme intervention that came in my life finally did it. So what I'm saying is even though you wonder if it's stupidity, crazy, arrogance, petulant, well yeah, it is, and while none of this removes accountability, if you're in it, you're not in control of it.
Thank you for saying what all the commenters don’t understand. No excuse for it, but reality is what you said. Jail and harsh felony penalties won’t change that person or give them a chance in hell at life but forced in patient and AA certainly has a better chance, worked for me 9 years ago *Feb 3rd 2015
You can buy beer at the gas station in Texas. They leave the paper on the straw when you buy a margarita at the drive-through so that it's a closed container. They don't give a damn about DUIs or the people destroyed by them.
Wow.... What a upstanding father figure. Your kids are doing so great. He looks drunk at the games as well... Great job. Thanks for another one Bruce.. Greatly appreciated!! Keep em coming!!
I despise drink and drug drivers who when caught blame the police for their actions and for the repercussions of what they got caught doing . They tend to have every excuse for why they should be allowed to do what they did. They also tend to be shocked when arrested by repeatedly asking if the cops are being serious
There really is NO excuse. I do my drinking at home because I'm cheap! If you have enough money to go out to a bar to drink, you have enough money for Lyft or Uber. I haven't been to a bar in two years, but the last time I went my friend was the driver and my margarita cost $15. $15 will get me about a 6 mile ride on Uber here in Los Angeles, and I assume most people drink at their local bar. I also assume Patricj Mahome Sr has more momeu that I do, so a $15 or even $30 Uber isn't going to break his bank.
I'm a retired paramedic who started before MADD was even a twinkle. I despise drunk driver because of my job. If I was still, working now... I'd despise drivers that text and drive as well. That work for you? Both types cause horrific accidents that are avoidable!!!
@@LilyReynolds-fm4szBecause broke people think that families shouldn’t share wealth. Like Jr is going to make probably almost a billion playing a sport and won’t share with everyone he loves. Come on. That’s the point of wealth.
I’m thirty five years clean and sober and just the fact that whatever would make someone continue to drink and drive after two prior convictions and face mandatory jail time is something that I have inside of me and I’m capable of doing should I decide to ever start drinking again so I’ll just keep going along with not drinking one day at a time and if I don’t die I will stay sober forever ..
Congratulations on your sobriety.Its hard but much better for you.Put your mind to better things!!!! And pray you don't get Cirrhosis of the Liver,I know someone that used to drink and hasn't for 30 years at least and she found out a year ago she it.😢😢😢
I am pretty sure Mahomes has been dealing with these kind of distractions all his life. I really appreciate your public service announcement Bruce. I hope we don’t have to deal with this forever. Drink responsibly ‼️
Yes Yes Bruce.. Listen you got Nuff Love over here in London UK. Watch all the videos and Love them and love you and Michael.. keep it Flowing Brother.. Nice. Jonny.. London..
Why the f even drive? You can pay ppl to do that shit for you. Mahomes is the biggest thing in football but his family thinks they are the ones who has succeeded. Brother, wife, and dad can't just sit in the background and never have a financial worry again? Fools
This is my thought as well. Patty Mahomes needs to hire a babysit these hooligans because he can't trust anyone in his life not eff it up. Uber, lyft, etc all exist so there's NO REASON why a car could have picked him up smh
@@tomdallas3690cigarettes don’t alter someone’s mental well-being…I could write a novel on WHY we have cigarettes available. 💰 💰 💰 for the government heavily taxed. That’s the easiest answer
On a side note, Bruce. I JUST GOT MY STEP-ONE’S IN THE MAIL!!! I absolutely love them! I love the “front pocket”and they are super comfortable. Thin and light. I wouldn’t have know about them if it weren’t for your channel
Don't forget the Chiefs head coach Andy Reed, his son was employed by the Chief's and he got wasted after football practice at Arrowhead Stadium, few years back, where he crashed into a car stranded on the side of the highway, with a family inside and one of the young children was severely injured and hospitalized.
Yeah, just plan ahead and find a way to get there without driving. That way, even when you’re impaired and not making the best judgments, you’re unable to DUI even if you want to.
I had jail time from the first, I guess if everyone is just seeking revenge I understand…..I personally believe forcing them into an in patient rehab is the better choice. No revolving door get them help with their addiction and let’s save our tax dollars being thrown by the billions at the prison system and make the world a better place. What got me clean, jail time? Nope it was having it offered to me by the judge when he let me out of jail I begged for help he found me a free in patient I got clean and have stayed that way. Idk I’m getting a little bored of the aggressive revenge comments….yeah jail time hey all felonies hey throw em in jail for life…that does nothing productive and costs me in taxes. Just my opinion, I believe cell phones are becoming even more dangerous than the DUIs nowadays I’ve yet to meet someone that can put the damn device down for 10 minutes or more
@@kevinabraham9260 forced inpatient treatment rather than prison, then. And whether or not texting is more dangerous depends on the level of intoxication - but there’s no doubt it’s causing more and more accidents because there are so many people doing it, so will probably overtake drunk, driving as a cause of fatality and serious accidents soon if it hasn’t already. Unfortunately, it’s a lot harder to prove that somebody was looking at their cell phone than it is to prove that they were under the influence. I was looking at a case where a truck driver slammed into the back of an SUV that was being pulled over by police. Never noticed the red and blue, never noticed the SUV, killed four people. CZcams was playing on his cell phone at the time, but they couldn’t prove he was actually looking at it….
In this day and age planning is not even necessary. Ride share apps are at enyones finger tips at all times. Even having your car towed home and you going home on a luxury ride will cost around $500 which is really pennies on the dollar when fighting a DWI or even worse waking up in the hospital and finding out that someone died and it was your fault.
Father of a superstar or not a 3rd DUI always carries a jail sentence. With Lyft and Uber there is no excuse for driving under the influence. He needs serious substance abuse treatment.
They transfers DUI from state to state if you have a DUI IN KANSAS IT transfers to Missouri. You can’t drive once your caught . they have you forever. Big money he had it all but expired tags when your son is filthy rich . Years ago cops didn’t go this far . Technology and the economy.
Great message before the Super Bowl!! 🏈 🎉 I’m so disappointed in P.M.’s dad and brother!! Why can’t they try harder to not participate in total loser behavior?!😫 I bet P. M. is thinking, “it figures”. How sad.
* in _some_ states Bruce is in Minnesota, and in Minnesota DUI applies only two motorized vehicles. They could still ding you with something like public intoxication
Gosh. In 40+ years of driving I have been "pulled over" once, for excessive speed; it utterly boggles my brain that anyone can somehow justify to themselves driving while intoxicated, let along caught three times--- just how many times has this person driven intoxicated and not caught?
I know a 56 year old woman in Texas that recently earned her 3rd DWI, while out on bond she received permission to move to Oklahoma as long as she agreed to mandatory counseling and urine tests administered by Oklahoma once a week, the last time I talked to her she said the prosecutor dropped charges because of a technicality involving a blood sample
As a kid, we had a neighbor named Randy. Randy was an alcoholic. I don't know the entire story, but my mom says that the judge told him he needed to either stop drinking or stop driving, and he turned in his DL right in the courtroom. Man rode his bike everywhere.
No such thing as normal we all normal unless u got X-Men mutant powers , but what they do have is millions over the average person that's answer to all problems in this first world country 😅
This guy irritated me when he said he did not want to be in same suite at the Super Bowl as the Kelce family because they are too wild, then this happened. KARMA is the guy on the Chiefs.
I thought that was weird. I get wanting to have your own suite/party/group, but the way he said it, definitely came across as being annoyed/jealous at the attention the Kelce family, and Taylor, get. The Mahomes family seem like a bunch of people who think THEY are the talent, and THEY deserve attention and fame. Meanwhile, the Kelce family just looks like they are enjoying life and are happy to have this success.
@@hostronic That's true although the circumstances were also unprecedented in that case as well. I've seen a lot of negligent parents walk away scot-free after their child commits a horrible crime though. This changes things.
The sad thing about this, is that this particular individual does not even need an Uber because guaranteed he has the financial resources to hire a dedicated driver, even if its for just one outing.
I bet the suspect LOVES driving drunk, because he thinks it is extremely fun. I have known a few people mentally ill enough to think drunk driving is great fun.
I knew a guy like this too, once. Not a friend of mine, but a guy who was around sometimes. It's psycho behavior, if you enjoy putting your life/everyone else's life on the line, just play Russian roulette.
I had a roommate who had about 6 DUI's and went to prison for a couple of years. He had a chance to sober up while he was in prison, but started drinking heavily again the same day he was realest from prison, and on probation. He died a few years later from alcohol induced congestive heart failure! (He drank himself to death.)
My uncle was killed on impact by a drunk driver just a few days before he would have gotten custody of me and my siblings out of fostercare. I have ZERO sympathy for those who drive drunk. I was in foster care separated from my sisters and brother for 12 years because of that man.
Damn man fuck that dude rip your uncle 🕊️
I’m so sorry you and your siblings had to go through that
💔😭 That's horrible! I hope you guys are all able to be together and have a bond now!
Sorry for the pain you suffered because of some selfish drunk
Hope you have peace in Your life now. The horrific pain you had to go through must have been unbearable. All of us who really care, would be happy to know if you were all reunited.
I was hit by a drunk driver when I was 13 yrs old riding my bike one summer. No one was around to help me. He tried to force me into the car but I couldn't walk due to 2 broken knees and various bones in my legs. He quickly took my bike and drove off. A police officer eventually drove by and saw me on the side of the road and took me to the hospital. Officers came into the hospital room once they located my mother and said that they had found the man but they didn't have any evidence that he had hit me even though he had my bicycle , and no charges filed. He went on to hit another child, 16, in 2020 and killed him. He committed suicide in jail before being held accountable...
Wow u really know how to make up a story
Seems like he was a coward from beginning to end. Probably was for the best he couldn’t get you in the car as he could’ve came to a fork in the road and being the coward he was along with being intoxicated (I’m assuming) could’ve made another awful decision. He obviously didn’t care about his own life nor was hitting a 13 y/o enough to change him. Isn’t a stretch to imagine milk cartons in your families future. Tho he sounds so goofy that the worlds largest highway attraction fork could’ve been in the road and would’ve hit it as well. “Damnit, not 2 in the same day! Ok ok, I can deal, man. Just gotta find the bike.” You look in the backseat and there’s like 12 skateboards, few pairs of roller blades, a wheelchair and one of those hind leg rollers they put on dogs.
That's horrible and the police were full of shit! That's an easily prosecutable case. So sorry you went through all of that.
Link to the article of the 2020 kid?
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My spine was fractured due to a drunk driver who wanted to show off his Z-3 Beemer (it was the 90s). No mercy for drunk driving, especially now in the age of Uber & Lyft. It destroys lives.
How is your spine holding up? are you back to normal or still feeling the effects?
:(
A drunk T boned my aunt and her family that were just returning home from the hospital after giving birth to my cousin. In the car with my baby cousin was my aunt, her mother, brother and niece (uncle was in the Navy and couldn't return for the birth).
During the accident, my aunt covers the baby and her left side gets mangled, we are talking a broken arm, a leg, pelvis and 3 broken ribs and most were broken in a few places. And her brother and his little girl were dead on arrival. Grandma only had one broken leg and a head trauma, the baby had some scratches from the glass.
The drunken idiot was a truck driver that decided to have a few shots and go home, the police found him catwalking down the road, totally fine and convinced he did nothing wrong.
Damn that sucks. Those things weren't even cool in the 90s
Back then. It was tough to get taxis. When I would call, it was always busy
Experienced divorce lawyer here (Pennsylvania and New Jersey). Often, I’ll be in a courthouse trying a divorce or child custody case and meet one of my criminal defense buddies for lunch outside of the DUI courtroom. It never ceases to amaze me how crowded the courtroom / hallways are for DUI cases. The courtrooms and hallways are always packed. The court system makes millions of dollars on DUI fines, probation fees, counseling fees, judicial resources and computer fees, interlock fees, home monitoring fees, etc. etc. Then add the attorneys fees and hike in insurance rates for a DUI conviction. Drinking (even a small amount) and driving is simply not worth the risk. In addition, alcohol is poison for your liver. If you drink alcohol, take an Uber, Lyft, taxi, or better yet, stay home.
Not surprised at all.
Somehow you are conflating drinking with DUI's and liver disease. I'm sure it's occurred to you that statistically very few people who have a beer get a DUI or liver disease. The defendant, if guilty, used poor judgment. End of story. No sermon from me needed. By the way, I don't drink but I also don't make broad sweeping judgments.
@tod3msn That litty bitty sentence about liver disease pinched such a nerve when all he's advocating is living a safer and healthier lifestyle. I have my non-alcohol related vices but I'm guessing alcohol is yours.
@@tod3msn he never said anything about a disease.
@@tod3msn also, we are in the context of DUI so we're not talking about "A beer". Hes clearly speaking to those who drink too much or "several" beers
Here's my story, short version. I had 5 dui's in 20 yrs, we're talking 80s n 90s. Last one I got was 1999. I was looking at 3 yrs state pen. I chose sobriety and recovery, was offered DISP program which was a "try n see" if it works type deal i made with judge Baker of Oregon. I was in out patient treatment, 3 yrs, 3 xs a week, 3 hours a night. Plus 3xs AA per week. Couldn't drive for 5 years. I committed to my recovery, to living life and thank God (and what sense I had left) to my choice to live instead of death. Hi, my name is Lisa and I'm an alcoholic, ill be clean 24 years this coming April 10th 2024!🎉😊
Thanks Bruce and Michael for bringing this subject up. Just remember though, it's not the person making the bad judgment calls, it's the addiction. So sometimes bad things must happen to save your life and others too.❤
Congratulations! 🎉 This stranger on the internet is rooting for you!
Well done
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Former drug addict with 3 years clean. I'm glad you were given a second chance and took that chance to improve yourself and become a better person. Best Wishes
@@ladymischief011 ahhh, thx so much. I appreciate that support!😉🌺💖
I always volunteer to be the designated driver.
"You drink. I'll drive"
Some pubs around Australia, if you declare you're the DD to the bar staff they give you a sticky wristband and you get free soft drinks while your friends get schtfaced and the bar staff will refuse to serve you alcohol in exchange.
I like the program.
I've never liked the adhesive.
Totally worth it.
PERFECT Yelp review for said program!
I never met one of my grandfathers.
He was crossing to the hospital parking and was killed by a drunk driver.
He was on his way to see me the day I was born.
There’s a dark place in my heart for drunk drivers.
Edit: He was carrying 💐 and a 🧸
So sad, I am so sorry.
I'm sorry for your loss.
As a retired paramedic I have a special hate for drunk drivers myself.
Some things I'll never unsee.
That’s almost a Batman origin story.
Oh GOD I am so sorry for your loss!!!! That is heartbreaking.But know he's watching over you in HEAVEN
RIP Grandpa❤😢
I’m sorry for your loss. I am an alcoholic but I walk to the liquor store and drink at home. The few times my friends and I would go out to a bar or club, we split the Uber ride. Like Bruce said, since Uber and Lyft came out, there’s no excuse to drink drunk, not that it was acceptable at a time before we had these services.
Had my first DUI 2 years ago and that was enough for me. Stopped drinking and no intention to ever get back into it.
Yes they have you on computer the cop runs it if you are a wiseass he will make you crawl to him . A million beer signs but getting caught is insane .Hope you don’t jump the wagon .
I got one new years I said the same thing
Almost 51 years of driving here and never had one DUI. I drink little to none.
Drunk drivers always pay a huge price in added costs and loss of freedom.
"He's smokin' on his opps." - Bruce Rivers is cool as hell.😎😂
his opps? what's that?
@@davidburke2697Optimistic Pals and Peers
@@joeboe1194😂 you’re wrong for that. Opps = opposition. The other team basically, or so called haters in a more general sense
Obviously you haven’t seen Bruce’s other videos
@@AlwaysPossible100 when you smoke someone or something you win outright, there is no contest. Smoking your opps is beating out your haters or proving them wrong. There’s not really much else to it other than that
My drinking got so bad that I banned myself from driving for 14 years, starting three days before I turned 18 when I got my reckless driving.
I'll never forget looking in the mirror and having my epiphany.
The asshole was me.
My problems should be my problems and not anybody else's.
It was a good epiphany to have at a good time.
Proud of you. 🙏
@@dawnbeaird5183 - It sure didn't impress the ladies.
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Even though you made poor choices, I was a drug addict myself so not trying to point fingers. You made the choice to at least not put yourself in a situation where you could destroy others lives. That is very admirable and I wish you the best in the future.
Boohoo 😢😢😢 stop being a little girl and get in the car
I hope you found your strength to grow and develop, it sure sounds like it. Good for you, saved lives including your own. Respect. ❤
Patrick is about to get the same amount of SuperBowls as his dad has DUI’s
Excellent point lol. I can't just count out the 49ers though. That offense is explosive as well
Underrated comment.
@@Th3Watch3ronly in the 2nd half. KC offense is the same way.
go niners
Not if we can stop it
When i was barely 16 i was in a car with a guy who had been drinking. This was mid 80s. The car was one of those old Monte Carlos, basically a tank, before they built cars to absorb the impact. I REMEMBER looking at the speedometer- he was going 120. We were talling him to slow down repeatedly. He lost control and we ended up upsidedown in a ditch. I was the only one hurt. I was in the hospital for a month. I had numerous surgeries on my legs and my kidneys (when we wrecked, i had to pee and was holding it). The driver was 18 years old. He went to jail thay day. And nothing else. I had to learn to walk again. I have scars on my legs and abdomen that remind me every day. My parents told me never to get in the car with a drinker. I was afraid bc I knew that guy was drunk. But he was my only ride home from the lake. I know, I know. If would walk home now. But I was a kid. My leg will never 100%. I dont even remember what my legs looked like before the accident. We were all kids back then. This guy in the video is a grown ass man, on his 3rd DUI??? ZERO sympathy.
Wow, You are lucky to be alive after that accident. You learned a valuable lesson and it truly changed your life forever. I’m glad you survived.
I have a friend serving a life sentence in texas for DWI but he had 8 of theam The judge got tired and threw the book at him
I would’ve found the info of that particular Jud, and handled it
@@jajajajaitschris1950 So you'd blackmail the judge?
@@jajajajaitschris1950lmao, says the dude with SpongeBob as his pic 🤦🏻♀️😂
You need to start hanging out with better people.
@@abebuckingham8198 I hang around very good people I haven't seen this friend in over 11 years I stopped hanging out with him when I got sober 12 years ago. I cut out my party group friends long ago
Would love to hear your final verdict on the crumbley case, Mr. Rivers!
He posted a long video on it yesterday i believe. He doesn't believe the parents should have been charged, but he ESPECIALLY doesn't think they should have been charged with manslaughter.
@@SamanthaSosaA yes I watched that, very interesting take. She was just charged with all counts about an hour ago, would like another video, because it’s such a fascinating and complex case
@@hoodie1223.not charged but convicted
Which is a travesty and the start of a very slippery slope
@@harryparsons2750 you’re right, convicted*. Would like to see Bruce talk about maybe the appellate level process after, because I’m sure the defense will appeal. She in no doubt was a sub-par (bad) parent, but to be convicted of involuntary manslaughter feels like they’re using her as “poster child” that parents need to control their children.
The way he smiles in his booking photo 😂. He knows he's getting a slap on the wrist
He rich and he didn't kill nobody but we'll see
He was drunk, you muppet
that is all they ever get. until a fatality is involved. which is why I find their apologies in court so phony and hypocritical
@@rockfresh5359 that's true. I do have a family member that went to prison for his 3rd drunk driving. I just highly doubt he's doing any time.
@@rockfresh5359And that matters how? 3 DWIs he needs PRISON.He could have been drunk driving and ran into your family.
I love Bruce Rivers. Probably the only lawyer that can make me laugh, and won't end up in that pit with the friars in Dante's Inferno.
I feel the same. I think I have a crush on him! LOL
No excuses for DUI. You don't care about your life or anyone else's.
He's obviously an alcoholic. Only alcoholics have that many DWIs. He obviously needs help. That's sad. He used to be an MLB pitcher . Addiction doesn't discriminate . Hope he gets the help he needs
He is unfit to be a part of society in that state. Remove him from it.
What a stupid comment from an internet addict. Youre literally wasting your life
@reneewilliams5777 what a cringe and stupid comment
Kick his ass seabass!
KC Chiefs Coach Andy Reid’s son, also was a coach and killed someone before the superbowl by drunk driving after the AFC Championship just the same as this case
He didn't kill anyone. However, he did severely injure a 5 year old girl. She survived but with brain damage that will affect her her entire life. Unbelievably sad and so easily avoidable as Bruce Rivers said.
Growing up I saw too many of my family members get drunk. I hated seeing it. I decided it was best that I never do that. 56 years old and I've never been drunk a day in my life. BUT, I've driven MANY times when I was way too tired. Fell asleep at the wheel a few times when I was younger. I got smart and now I pull over to take 10 minute "power naps" when needed. Be smart. Like Bruce said, "Think ahead".
3rd DUI in TX is a mandatory 2 years in state prison. Make good decisions y'all
They fall off your record after 10 years?
@@danielfiore8865 not in Texas, in Texas it stays on for life I believe
Don't know why they're waiting for three ... all DUIs should be a felony.
@@danielfiore8865Not in Texas they don't
Mandatory for broke mo fo’s. Not gonna happen.
You are the fatherly advice that we all need/heed. You have/will save many. Respect
I have a family member that I love very much but who has been an alcoholic for decades. She has had so many DUIs and lost her license many times to no effect. She does the same thing over and over again. I don't understand it or the decisions she makes. It is a miracle that she's never killed anyone during another of her escapades. The unwillingness to recognize the danger that she is putting herself and others in is outrageous. We all live in dread of the phone call that is almost sure to come one day...
😮Same - but brother. At 65 he *finally* got clean and sober.
When I was younger I had a roommate who on his 4th offense rolled his car over with 4 friends in it killing one of them and critically wounding the others and he received 4 years to serve for manslaughter, it's not worth it. The female that was killed was a new mother of a 1month old who lost its mother and he has to live with that.
What ticks me off no end is that I don't drink (nothing against it, does nothing for me) and drive at or below the speed limit. I've been pulled over because "that's what drunks do." Meanwhile, traffic is whizzing by 15 over.
Then maybe u should flow with traffic...
Never drive below the speed limit. It’s a traffic hazard. Everyone else wants to drive at least the speed limit (or more). You can get ticketed for driving slow for a reason.
@loriswenson2276 well said. People who drive slow are endangering everyone else. I dont think its too much to ask to drive the speed limit. Thats what the engineers set up for safe traffic flow. They are intentionally made about 10 mph less than design to plan for people that will inevitably go above that and for passing cars, etc.
My great grandfather was hit by a drunk driver with his family in the car. Lost his middle kid and almost lost the oldest, too. He was so inspired later HE was the drunk driver killing a father of 2
Bruce def the kind of attorney to have a crystal jug of whiskey in his office while evaluating your DUI case. And I say this fondly.
Christmas Eve 1981, my 18 year old brother was on his way home from work and he was hit and killed by a drunk driver. It’s been 42 years and the pain never goes away.
In today’s world there is absolutely no excuse to drive intoxicated!!
This is why Uber, Lyft, and cabs exist. Commonsense should have told him he's not good at drunk driving. Smh
There is no Uber or Lyft in Tyler. Plenty of Taxis or friends to call.
Watching Bruce breakdown different cases has became my favorite evening entertainment.
You two are just *spitting the reacts lately. I am like a little kid around Christmastime. Much love from Portland, Oregon
My man, Bruce!
Props for the creativity with ads. I actually watch them sometimes instead of fast forwarding 😅
Ummmm you're kind of sad and clearly don't have high expectations
@@FNigslol you clearly have me figured out. 🫡
Ads from the content creators themselves are the only ads i sometimes bother to watch. For all other adds... i might better not suggest certain means on a law channel of all places.
@@FNigslolummm... You're clearly rude and trying to be some kind of keyboard warrior
I’m surprised Granny didn’t get a DUI for this video 😂 Thanks for taking a positive stand against drinking and driving.
That's because Granny sold her go-cart recently. lolol
3 DUIs here. Reasonably thinking, it is avoidable. What drives the insanity of addiction and alcoholism can be attributed to a long list of things. Just there is no reason in addiction. No control. Not in my story anyway. I was wishing so bad I could stop and I couldn't. Not by myself because I was stuck in the insanity. Extreme intervention that came in my life finally did it. So what I'm saying is even though you wonder if it's stupidity, crazy, arrogance, petulant, well yeah, it is, and while none of this removes accountability, if you're in it, you're not in control of it.
Thank you for saying what all the commenters don’t understand. No excuse for it, but reality is what you said. Jail and harsh felony penalties won’t change that person or give them a chance in hell at life but forced in patient and AA certainly has a better chance, worked for me 9 years ago *Feb 3rd 2015
Sending love from Canada 🇨🇦 Love your content!!
I am so glad Texas takes DUIs seriously too many states let people get 8+ till they get any sort of actual consequences other than fines
Which state? I will argue that.
Sarcasm?
Because I've been watching some Texas court channels and I'm guessing you're not.
You can buy beer at the gas station in Texas. They leave the paper on the straw when you buy a margarita at the drive-through so that it's a closed container. They don't give a damn about DUIs or the people destroyed by them.
Wisconsin anyone?
@@ScubaFanatic60haha you said Wisconsin so must ask….. does the name NOAH ring any bells for you
Thanks, Bruce & Michael 👍
Wow.... What a upstanding father figure. Your kids are doing so great. He looks drunk at the games as well... Great job.
Thanks for another one Bruce.. Greatly appreciated!! Keep em coming!!
He called it a blunt and said it was a special blend. Intoxicated yep from alcohol eeeeeehhh probably not.
@@theartsypixie2771 meh 😑 crazy smh
Right?!!! What an embarrassment to have family members like that while you're basically at work. smh
It just proves that kids can rise up from some rough conditions growing up. Imagine having PM3 the for a dad.
Bruce, your videos keep me entertained on my long drives up to Boston for work everyday. Thank you!
Og Mahomes need to drink at home like all the other old timers .
That my old timers alcoholic philosophy Haven't owned a car in ten years. Cheers
@@stevenwoodward5923 u got the game figured out !
😂
There's absolutely no reason you should be getting a DUI in this day and age with Uber, Lyft and taxis. Dummies. He's going to prison!
His son could hire him a driver. Simple.
Good video. Thanks for postin'. Cheers from H-Town! :)
I despise drink and drug drivers who when caught blame the police for their actions and for the repercussions of what they got caught doing . They tend to have every excuse for why they should be allowed to do what they did. They also tend to be shocked when arrested by repeatedly asking if the cops are being serious
Do you hate 99% of drivers that all text and drive and the statistics across the board are same if not a little worse
There really is NO excuse.
I do my drinking at home because I'm cheap! If you have enough money to go out to a bar to drink, you have enough money for Lyft or Uber. I haven't been to a bar in two years, but the last time I went my friend was the driver and my margarita cost $15. $15 will get me about a 6 mile ride on Uber here in Los Angeles, and I assume most people drink at their local bar. I also assume Patricj Mahome Sr has more momeu that I do, so a $15 or even $30 Uber isn't going to break his bank.
I'm a retired paramedic who started before MADD was even a twinkle. I despise drunk driver because of my job. If I was still, working now... I'd despise drivers that text and drive as well.
That work for you?
Both types cause horrific accidents that are avoidable!!!
@blacklightlifestyle9763 Does it matter? You shouldn't be doing either of those things.
Or when they ask why the cops aren't out catching real criminals. Hmmm, isn't killing people because you were driving while drunk a criminal act?
Seems he feels invincible just because of who his son is!
"I'm talking to you in your Cheetos stained underwear on your mom's couch" 😂
Scrolled till I found your comment 😅😂👏😁
I’m dressed and in my own place but I do feel like the true man I want to be was called out.
Bruce and Michael ❤ you guys from Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Great message Bruce keep up the good work 👍
WE ALL LOVE YOU BRUCE AND MICHAEL
His son is the family atm machine 😂
Google the dad network
Pat has net worth of $10 million from his career as a Major League Baseball player. So , why do you see him and think he’s a mooch? 🤔
@@LilyReynolds-fm4szBecause broke people think that families shouldn’t share wealth. Like Jr is going to make probably almost a billion playing a sport and won’t share with everyone he loves. Come on. That’s the point of wealth.
Get crunk with it, get loose with it
Like Short said: let Bruce Bruce hit it
My father had 9 dui's his last one was 2000. Clean since. Love you dad. He was only convinced on 7 of them because he had a good lawyer.
He would only plead guilty if the judge would charge him as a first time offender.
Sage advice, Bruce. We appreciate you. 🧡☺️
I’m thirty five years clean and sober and just the fact that whatever would make someone continue to drink and drive after two prior convictions and face mandatory jail time is something that I have inside of me and I’m capable of doing should I decide to ever start drinking again so I’ll just keep going along with not drinking one day at a time and if I don’t die I will stay sober forever ..
Congratulations on your sobriety.Its hard but much better for you.Put your mind to better things!!!! And pray you don't get Cirrhosis of the Liver,I know someone that used to drink and hasn't for 30 years at least and she found out a year ago she it.😢😢😢
I am pretty sure Mahomes has been dealing with these kind of distractions all his life. I really appreciate your public service announcement Bruce. I hope we don’t have to deal with this forever. Drink responsibly ‼️
Yes Yes Bruce.. Listen you got Nuff Love over here in London UK. Watch all the videos and Love them and love you and Michael.. keep it Flowing Brother.. Nice. Jonny.. London..
bruce, you're doing a good thing and thank you for posting this.
He has that privilege tho....he won't spend anywhere near the time that a normal civilian would have. Brother and now his dad....cringe
Democrats say that it belongs to white people though?
Why the f even drive? You can pay ppl to do that shit for you. Mahomes is the biggest thing in football but his family thinks they are the ones who has succeeded. Brother, wife, and dad can't just sit in the background and never have a financial worry again? Fools
This is my thought as well. Patty Mahomes needs to hire a babysit these hooligans because he can't trust anyone in his life not eff it up. Uber, lyft, etc all exist so there's NO REASON why a car could have picked him up smh
Why do societies allow cigarettes? That is way dumber than anything else on earth.
@@tomdallas3690cigarettes don’t alter someone’s mental well-being…I could write a novel on WHY we have cigarettes available. 💰 💰 💰 for the government heavily taxed. That’s the easiest answer
Thanks for the advice, uncle Bruce.
Thank you Bruce and Michael.
Great video.
I’m pretty sure you can still get a DUI on a bicycle in some states.
lol but your most likely not gone get stopped when your on a bike . Not many violations you can break on a bike.
They hardly follow stop signs and ride slowly in the road when a sidewalk is 6ft over @Dayxh8
Yup . If you’re reckless in a wheelchair and under the influence, DUI
Yes, _some_ - not where Bruce is
On a side note, Bruce. I JUST GOT MY STEP-ONE’S IN THE MAIL!!! I absolutely love them! I love the “front pocket”and they are super comfortable. Thin and light. I wouldn’t have know about them if it weren’t for your channel
Don't forget the Chiefs head coach Andy Reed, his son was employed by the Chief's and he got wasted after football practice at Arrowhead Stadium, few years back, where he crashed into a car stranded on the side of the highway, with a family inside and one of the young children was severely injured and hospitalized.
Yeah, just plan ahead and find a way to get there without driving. That way, even when you’re impaired and not making the best judgments, you’re unable to DUI even if you want to.
This person could have a limo!
Love this amazing show
Great PSA Bruce. More people including me need to hear this. Because no one ever thinks the problem is them.
Love your videos! Thank you!
Zero tolerance for DUI drivers, 2nd dui should have prison time. It is attempted murder to everyone he passes
Same with cellphones now.
I had jail time from the first, I guess if everyone is just seeking revenge I understand…..I personally believe forcing them into an in patient rehab is the better choice. No revolving door get them help with their addiction and let’s save our tax dollars being thrown by the billions at the prison system and make the world a better place. What got me clean, jail time? Nope it was having it offered to me by the judge when he let me out of jail I begged for help he found me a free in patient I got clean and have stayed that way. Idk I’m getting a little bored of the aggressive revenge comments….yeah jail time hey all felonies hey throw em in jail for life…that does nothing productive and costs me in taxes. Just my opinion, I believe cell phones are becoming even more dangerous than the DUIs nowadays I’ve yet to meet someone that can put the damn device down for 10 minutes or more
@@kevinabraham9260 forced inpatient treatment rather than prison, then.
And whether or not texting is more dangerous depends on the level of intoxication - but there’s no doubt it’s causing more and more accidents because there are so many people doing it, so will probably overtake drunk, driving as a cause of fatality and serious accidents soon if it hasn’t already. Unfortunately, it’s a lot harder to prove that somebody was looking at their cell phone than it is to prove that they were under the influence. I was looking at a case where a truck driver slammed into the back of an SUV that was being pulled over by police. Never noticed the red and blue, never noticed the SUV, killed four people. CZcams was playing on his cell phone at the time, but they couldn’t prove he was actually looking at it….
In this day and age planning is not even necessary. Ride share apps are at enyones finger tips at all times. Even having your car towed home and you going home on a luxury ride will cost around $500 which is really pennies on the dollar when fighting a DWI or even worse waking up in the hospital and finding out that someone died and it was your fault.
Everyone stay safe today, tomorrow, this week, this weekend (Super Bowl Sunday) and every day after 🙏🏼♥️
14:35 Not just Ireland, we also watch from England, love ya videos and your easy explanations of US law which is a bit different from over here .
Father of a superstar or not a 3rd DUI always carries a jail sentence. With Lyft and Uber there is no excuse for driving under the influence. He needs serious substance abuse treatment.
They transfers DUI from state to state if you have a DUI IN KANSAS IT transfers to Missouri. You can’t drive once your caught .
they have you forever. Big money he had it all but expired tags when your son is filthy rich . Years ago cops didn’t go this far .
Technology and the economy.
Any chance of Michael and Bruce doing a short vid on Bruce’s watches? Always on point!
Love your videos Bruce, watching here in Derry, Ireland.
Great message before the Super Bowl!! 🏈 🎉
I’m so disappointed in P.M.’s dad and brother!!
Why can’t they try harder to not participate in total loser behavior?!😫
I bet P. M. is thinking, “it figures”.
How sad.
You can get a DUI on a bicycle, Mr. Expert!!!!
* in _some_ states
Bruce is in Minnesota, and in Minnesota DUI applies only two motorized vehicles.
They could still ding you with something like public intoxication
Gosh. In 40+ years of driving I have been "pulled over" once, for excessive speed; it utterly boggles my brain that anyone can somehow justify to themselves driving while intoxicated, let along caught three times--- just how many times has this person driven intoxicated and not caught?
Love to Bruce! So enjoy your videos!
family seems to be all bad lmfao
You know he doesn't care cause his son has money. It's never gonna stop for him tbh.
I know a 56 year old woman in Texas that recently earned her 3rd DWI, while out on bond she received permission to move to Oklahoma as long as she agreed to mandatory counseling and urine tests administered by Oklahoma once a week, the last time I talked to her she said the prosecutor dropped charges because of a technicality involving a blood sample
Bruce is the best! Literally the best advice ever too.
Pat Mahomes sr just paying homage to Toby Keith 🎶“mmm mmm I LOVE THIS BAR” 🎶
…
Too soon.😅
Toby Keith maaaane
I prefer to stay home, but, I’m an introvert… ✌️
As a kid, we had a neighbor named Randy. Randy was an alcoholic. I don't know the entire story, but my mom says that the judge told him he needed to either stop drinking or stop driving, and he turned in his DL right in the courtroom. Man rode his bike everywhere.
Great show, good advise
A normal person would be getting prison time, but he’s Patrick, Mahomes Senior, he’ll be out with a slap on the wrist
Maybe not
Nope. He spent 40 days in jail for a prior DWI conviction.
I bet he's looking around 6 Months
No such thing as normal we all normal unless u got X-Men mutant powers , but what they do have is millions over the average person that's answer to all problems in this first world country 😅
Plus an Autograph of his son
Maybe EVEN SB Tickets
This guy irritated me when he said he did not want to be in same suite at the Super Bowl as the Kelce family because they are too wild, then this happened. KARMA is the guy on the Chiefs.
Lol the kelce family are controlled wild the kelce brothers know how to act while wild or not
@@chikushodiz91Of course they do. Lol
What are you even talking about. He spends plenty of time with them and Taylor..
I thought that was weird. I get wanting to have your own suite/party/group, but the way he said it, definitely came across as being annoyed/jealous at the attention the Kelce family, and Taylor, get. The Mahomes family seem like a bunch of people who think THEY are the talent, and THEY deserve attention and fame. Meanwhile, the Kelce family just looks like they are enjoying life and are happy to have this success.
Wait for KARMA hits you😂 for being nosey
Good message Bruce. Dont drink and Drive.
Fantastic video, as usual.
Will there be an update on the oblock trial? been a while since i heard anything about it
Guilty guilty guilty
Better talk about that Oxford mom being GUILTY!!!
Jesus
This is what his comment section is going to devolve into now…
@@joshuaDstarks I have only seen one precedent setting case in my lifetime and it's the Crumbley verdict. It's going to be talked about forever.
@@abebuckingham8198The Take Care of Maya Trial was also precedent setting. Hoping the verdict holds up on appeal.
@@hostronic That's true although the circumstances were also unprecedented in that case as well. I've seen a lot of negligent parents walk away scot-free after their child commits a horrible crime though. This changes things.
The sad thing about this, is that this particular individual does not even need an Uber because guaranteed he has the financial resources to hire a dedicated driver, even if its for just one outing.
Good point
I love that you stand so strongly against drunk driving, Bruce!
I feel bad for Pat Mahomes Jr. I can’t imagine how stressful this must be for him.
I'm sure he's fine lol he knows his dad better than anyone else .
I bet the suspect LOVES driving drunk, because he thinks it is extremely fun. I have known a few people mentally ill enough to think drunk driving is great fun.
I knew a guy like this too, once. Not a friend of mine, but a guy who was around sometimes. It's psycho behavior, if you enjoy putting your life/everyone else's life on the line, just play Russian roulette.
He’s literally rich enough to build his own racetrack on his own land and drunk drive as much as he wants.
I had a roommate who had about 6 DUI's and went to prison for a couple of years. He had a chance to sober up while he was in prison, but started drinking heavily again the same day he was realest from prison, and on probation. He died a few years later from alcohol induced congestive heart failure! (He drank himself to death.)
Wow you got my attention and I don't drive and drink! Keep being you, your great. Thank you. A fan in NYC
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