Comments on: CHS students get taste of drinking and driving dangers

By: someone special

someone special — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:16:49 +0000

Patterson was just picking.. he’s a good kid

By: voiceofreason

voiceofreason — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:45:41 +0000

Thanks, kd. I’m an adult who knows a lot of those kids and I thought that estimate was high. I’m not where they are on the weekends though so I didn’t want to make a naive statement. Thanks for letting us know there are those who are staying smart about these things.

By: kd

kd — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:09:48 +0000

I am a proud senior at Columbia High School and I would like to note that I have never tasted even a drop of an alcoholic beverage. The comment “95 percent of the senior class drink” is false. I know plenty of seniors that do not drink.

By: justintime

justintime — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:08:12 +0000

You dont have to be drunk to go to jail. Impairment is the key. All of these kids are under 21 years old. It does not take enough alcohol to become “drunk” at .02….Mississippi is zero tolerance.

By: unknown

unknown — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:44:07 +0000

I think that “95% of columbia high school seniors drink” is a lie. there are more than 5 seniors that have never had a drink in their life. “everbody drinks” yes, they may have some drinks but not enough to get drunk.

By: Proud

Proud — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:37:06 +0000

I’m glad our law enforcement is trying to break through to these kids. They need to be told at this age, and not when it’s too late. There’s very few people that can say they haven’t lost someone to drunk driving. Kudos to all the guys dealing with DUI’s and sticking with it to prosecute those how act without thinking. Hopefully it will sink in one day and people will learn their lesson.

By: Falcon

Falcon — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:18:45 +0000

It’s great to see our law enforcement enteracting with our youth. Perhaps drinking and driving will become a thing of the pass someday. To many good lives and loved ones are lost to people who are driving drunk.

By: Notthatsmart

Notthatsmart — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:58:46 +0000

“everybody” drinks………

“95 percent” of the senior class drinks………..

These stats are disturbing. Rather than local law enforcement attempting to educate those who are “too smart” to be educated on the dangers of drinking and driving, perhaps David Hathorn or Larry Lott should have been on site with a hearse and stretcher. These two gentlemen could have offered the advice, “Drink and drive, and YOU have be getting a ride in this hearse on this very stretcher!”