Has anyone ever

[Iamnotagoddess]

Reported anyone close to them for drink driving....

I reported my then dh. He lost his licence for 2 years and I filed for divorce. Me and dc were in the car at the time and he nearly killed us all.
No regrets.

Two family members have both crashed when drink-driving - one almost died and made the front of the local papers.

If I'd known either were drink-driving I would have reported them. I wouldn't think twice about it.

Drink-driving is like drink-shooting - sooner or later someone is going to get hurt. You could prevent that - so why wouldn't you? Better she loses her job than her life. Please, please, PLEASE report her.

I haven't been in a position where I needed to, but I like to believe I would do whatever was in my power to prevent them or others getting hurt, whether that be taking their keys or ringing police.

I grew up in a very rural part of Australia where taxis didn't exist and drink driving was very common and nomalised. When I was 5, my Dad was a passenger on the back of a Ute and the designated driver had been drinking. He rolled the Ute and my dad was flung into a tree. He survived (miracle, they thought he was dead when they found him) and was able to walk, but has had life long pain issues as a result. A number of men in our community died on their way home from the pub. In my opinion, it is just not worth the risk to self or others.

I don’t know why the OP got the cold shoulder within the first reply.
Like other people’s bad choices is their doing. How smug.

I’ve been in this awful situation and I’ve reported. I should have reported more. But only once.
It’s very difficult.

Someone I know reported their ex-husband (they were still married at the time) and the police turned up to the pub just as he was about to leave in the car. He was an alcoholic, she was sick of making excuses for his shit behaviour and in the end it was the only way he was able to sober up.

OP maybe you should answer this: if they ran over your child, sibling, parent etc would you report them in a heart beat?

why is it ok for them to run over someone else's child, sibling or parent?

I reported a friends partner once and the night I reported him he actually had an accident under the influence and it wasn't the first time he had been caught drink driving by the police.

I think that she would be in a worse situation if she had an accident and killed someone OP. You are protecting her and others by reporting her as hard as I can imagine it would be.

It'll be on your conscience if they lose their job but itd be far worse if you knew they were drink driving and killed someone, knowing you could have prevented that would be far worse

Yes I would, even if it was my husband. BIL is an alcoholica and he has ruined so many people's lives by his drinking, so it is too close to home for me not to.

I once reported a neighbour for drink driving. He was not just over the limit, but very drunk to the point of hardly being able to stand. He knocked the fence of his garden over a few times.

A week after I reported him he was on the news for money laundering.

I haven't, but I'm pretty sure I'd report someone if I thought they were going to be a danger to themselves and others.