A few of my in laws live in a fairly quiet rural area - four members of same extended family live within a mile or so of each other. They all have kids and they think nothing of driving home (with kids in back of car) from each others houses - both parents may have had 3/4/5 drinks or more.
We stayed for a few nights over Christmas and they thought I was ridiculous for not drinking because i wanted to drive kids back to where we were staying each night. My mil kept saying 'but there are never Guards on this road' - she's right that there never are but thats not the issue! My dh agrees with me but says they'll never change. And i feel uncomfortable there as i keep refusing drinks. They literally roll their eyes at my tea drinking!
His family are mainly very nice - all hard working professionals. And (as far as I know) they wouldn't drink and drive on busier roads...but mainly because of a fear of being caught as opposed to it being dangerous.
Do others find this too? I grew up and live close to city. Dh grew up in this quiet rural area.
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Drink driving in rural areas
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Amber76 · 01/01/2017 00:35
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