I have a theory I like to trot out called the "Serious/Unserious" which I'll share another time but ultimately it boils down to: You can always tell when someone is Serious about something. And culturally, we just aren't serious about Drunk Driving. The evidence, as you discuss, is how frequently people get busted, and, just kinda move on. And even the feeling deep down that you had that night, and maybe I've had a couple times in my life, where "maybe this choice isn't great, but it's not THAT bad." And this isn't universal across cultures, so we know it can be different. Really glad to see you here talking about it.
I think you nailed it. I'm not sure why, but Drunk Driving seems to fall into that category of something most people don't really care about until if affects them directly. As a culture, I think we have a lot of those issues. And I'm not looking down my nose at everyone else— I'm sure there are many examples of this that I'm guilty of myself. We could all do better at looking beyond our own limited experience, especially when it comes to things like Drunk Driving, which has obvious life-and-death consequences.
I have a theory I like to trot out called the "Serious/Unserious" which I'll share another time but ultimately it boils down to: You can always tell when someone is Serious about something. And culturally, we just aren't serious about Drunk Driving. The evidence, as you discuss, is how frequently people get busted, and, just kinda move on. And even the feeling deep down that you had that night, and maybe I've had a couple times in my life, where "maybe this choice isn't great, but it's not THAT bad." And this isn't universal across cultures, so we know it can be different. Really glad to see you here talking about it.
I think you nailed it. I'm not sure why, but Drunk Driving seems to fall into that category of something most people don't really care about until if affects them directly. As a culture, I think we have a lot of those issues. And I'm not looking down my nose at everyone else— I'm sure there are many examples of this that I'm guilty of myself. We could all do better at looking beyond our own limited experience, especially when it comes to things like Drunk Driving, which has obvious life-and-death consequences.