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Well.

I'm a moron.

So let me get that out before all the ensuing posts explaining that to me because I'm well aware of it...

So yeah. The Civic is totaled and I was arrested. New Year's Eve, leaving a friend's house after drinking for a few hours at about 2:30am, I fell asleep at the wheel in a residential area and collided with a parked van on the side of the road. Woke up in the middle of the car with my hand bleeding and a nasty headache. Had to climb out the passenger-side door.

I hit the van on the passenger side ripping the whole stru assembly out of the car and horribly mutilating the front wheel. Front frame and radiator is all kinds of twisted, engine is fine, windshield is cracked, headlight is destroyed. Fender is crushed, both doors barely open. My lower interior center console is pulled back (!?), both airbags deployed and my passenger side floorboard is out.

I got out of it with minor injuries. A nasty deep cut on my right hand between my index and middle fingers. Some more cuts and scrapes on the same hand and arm. I nasty bump and bruise on the left side of my head. Sore left should and front of neck where I guess my seatbelt got me. Both my knees cut up and bruised.

I got arrested, spent 13 hours in jail on DUI and I have court on February 10th. Who knows what will happen considering I was 13 days away from being off my 3 month probation I got at the end of September for underage possession of alcohol.

I'll get pics up here when I get them developed. We went and took them today.

To all of you reading this, be safe. i'm 20, I always thought 'it couldn't happen to me', and now look. I should be dead, but my life is pretty much over.

Happy New Year.

-Steve

 
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just glad that u are okay buddy!!!!

 
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Damn bro, I'm sorry to hear that ****.
Hope everything works out for you.

Your car was so hot too

 
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Life goes on man. I would just learn from this incident do what i can to make my life better. It's also part of being young and livin it up. Dont worry....Take the hit and move on.

 
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yeah steve. im glad u r ok...hopefully ill get to see u some in next week? Im coming back tomorrow, saturday. im having keg and hunch punch...if i pick u up would ur parents let u out if u can crash @ my crib?? and yeah dude life moves on...believe me ive been thru some **** too....u dont even know half. So hold ur head up and dont feel sorry for yourself thatll just deporess u...see ya

 
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That was a bad a$$ car though. Thank god that u r OK..

 
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Holy **** dude.... you're lucky you hit a parked car and nobody got seriously hurt of even killed.

Lesson learned though. Some people find out the hard way....
Anyways, glad you're ok and I hope everything works out for you...

 
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That's pretty bad, your lucky you didnt hit someone but at least it was a parked car. Good luck with your court date.......

 
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Life goes on. We have all done some really stupid things. The trick in life is to learn from them. I don't know you, but am glad you are OK, and most importantly that you did not hurt an innocent person. So you totalled your car. Cars can be replaced, life cannot. Gives you something to think about.
Reading this, I just amazes me how easely you could have prevented the whole thing. Ever heard of crashing at a friends house?
Yeah, I've been there. At least I was smart enough to know that I could not "handle it". Slept on more than one sofa in my life.

Be well, there's always another car. Good luck to you.

 
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Damn you are blessed playa...forgive yourself and ask the mayn upstairs for forgiveness. Hope that you get a merciful judge dawg.

 
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*added to Joey's prayers..*

omg dude..ive only met/hung out with u once thus far but maaaaaaaan that sucks. that car was siiiiiiiick fo' sho'...but like every1 else already stated, cars can be replaced and human lives cannot. u are blessed to be alive and that no1 else was hurt in the process. next time-- God-forbid there isnt a next time--stay the night in the safety of whereever u are. i feel for u man. God-bless and ttyl man.

hope ur next ride is pleasing too tho

~Joey

~R.I.P. to yet ANOTHER 7thGen

 
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Thank you to everybody for your thoughts. They're very much appreciated. Be safe and have a good year!

-Steve

 
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how much for your tailights. haha, i'm just playing. just be glad that you didn't hurt no one. You would have been looking at serious jail time if that happened.

 
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reason why i dont drink. im sorry to hear that your civic is gone but you need to stop drinking. my dad died last year cuz of drinkin maybe this will teach ur *** a lesson. im sorry to be mean but its people like you who do this ****. underage kids tryin to be cool drinkin at a party thinkin their the shyt now look at you. im sorry i dont feel sorry for you. you deserve it. shouldnt be drinkin in the first place since your 20. ok now let evrybody flame me now cuz i was mean and crap. im sorry but i hate people who drink cuz he killed my dad last year. drink respondibly at home and hide your keys.

 
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I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I dont think the DUI punishments are nearly as severe as they should be. Especially the ones with multiple offenses

 
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simeon i want u to say ur little bull **** to MY face mother ****er...im not sorry for u and ur dad at all u sorry sack of ****. See u jax next show u conceited **** ... u hate ppl who drink and every11 that drinks hate u ...btw this aint a physical threat

 
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what happened to your hand? broken?

you ok?

 
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Hand's okay. Just a really deep cut, and some other minor scratches and bruises. Everything's fine.

Simeon...I'm sorry your dad died from a drunk driver, but *I* didn't kill him. Get off my ***. I've met you once and that's all I need to see you again. The way you carry yourself on this site is the same as you carry yourself in person. Everything Brian said.

I don't drink to be "cool." I drink because I enjoyed it. I obviously didn't enjoy that night very much and I made a stupid mistake. You're a hypocrite. Why do you mod your car? The way you talk it up it seems like you only do it so other people will think you're 'tight.' Get over yourself. Do you street race? I bet you do. Guess what, punk? Street racing kills people, too.

Get off your high horse.

-Steve

 
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HoOoOrah

 
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Damn man, I'm so glad that your ok. So, what are you going to do with the civic? Like everyone else said, material isn't ****, at least your ok. Hope you make it out ok man.

-Joey

 
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I'm sorry, but I hate people that do this. If, since it was New Year's and all, you knew you were going to be drinking, then why did you drive to your destination? You could have taken a bus or a cab or even had someone that wasn't drinking drive you. Or if you absolutely had to drive yourself there, why didn't you put your keys in a safe place before you started drinking where you couldn't find them while you were drunk? People like you need to take responsibility for these actions, this is EXACTLY why young drivers get a bad rap and pay high insurance. I'm not trying to pick on you in particular, but people that behave like this. Other people make plans in advance, why couldn't you? You are VERY lucky that you didn't kill or injure someone in the process. It's really quite simple, if you're going to be drinking, then don't drive! It isn't that hard, you just don't drive your car beforehand! Since you were at a friends house drinking, why didn't you stay overnight and sleep off the liquor? I know I'm repeating my sentiments now, but honestly, I have absoultely no respect for people that do this. Sure, you feel bad for it now, but that's only because something happened. I honestly doubt you would have cared if you drove home drunk and had nothing happen... Sure, that isn't a big deal when nothing happens, but it doesn't mean it isn't wrong...

P.S. I'm glad you're ok, and that you didn't hurt or kill anyone else, but you aren't a little child that has to be told right from wrong, you should know what you should have done...

 
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sorry about your situation. Should have known better though. Hopefully everything works out.

 
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alcohol.... 20 years old driving

Not lookin to great for you man... You should have learned from the first time (underage possession of alcohol). Well, guess what? 20 isnt legal

I know you didnt expect anything to happen... But, Did you ever think of the possiblities?

I will never have a glass of alcohol in the rest of my life

 
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sucks about your car... and im going w/ 1sik here..... i dont feel bad for you... you shouldnt be drinking and driving at all.. reguardless of age...

what if there was someone walking across the street or u were going faster or... theres so many things... i know you havent learned your lesson... your just another kid w/ a nice car takin **** for granted... sure youll get reimbursed cuz of ins and stuff but i hope they take your lisence away from your *** for like 5 years...

my friend did the same thing... BUT INSTEAD OF HURTING HIMSELF.... he ended up running over his best friend... he didnt die but he was in the hospital for about 4 months... lucky hes able to walk...

where i live - every friday and saturday night cabs and taxis and city buses are free. they dont charge you to get rides home and **** if u think your too f'd up to drive or if someone else thinks you are..

and that brings me to another thing... what kind of friends do you have that would LET YOU LEAVE a party all f'd up like that... i sure as hell wouldnt... half the time im dd anyways... but u should take a long look at your friends, your life, and your future buddy... youre only 20...

 
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Man, I feel for you. I'm sorry that your are having to go through this. Glad your OK, and hope everything works out.

For all of you who feel the need to get on here and trash what he did with all the "What if's"
What if there were people, what if you were going faster.....

What if he made it home fine.....then you would have nothing to bitch about.

Good luck man.

 
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you drink, you drive, you loose

glad you're ok

 
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by looking at your pics, you got 04 tails, are they damaged??? if not I'll buy them from u

 
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I'm waiting on the insurance appraisel on whether or not they're going to total the car out. I'm pretty sure they are, and if they do, I will put the taillights up for sale. I was gonna sell the rear bumper, as well, since it wasn't damaged in the accident, but the tow truck was careless with dropping it and about ripped it in half.

Three of my wheels are all right, I dunno if anyone would want three wheels, but...

Thanks, JJF and Joey.

-Steve

 
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okay, let's not all try to be saints now. i'm sure you guys critcizing have driven one time or another with a alcohol inside you whether it be a little or a lot. It doesn't matter, it's all the same.