Stories about drink-driving
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about drink-driving from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- The drunk driver who drove home the police carStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: After the office Christmas party a Sydney man, well over the limit, risks driving home and is stopped at a roadblock. Just as he's about to blow into the breathalyser, a car…
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this one guy in Sydney some years ago some of you know this story in Sydney s The Last Story I promise I'll shut up after this it was Christmas office was having a Christmas party he decided to stay behind for the Christmas party I had a few drinks should not drive home he decided ah what's the chances of being stopped you know the odds are in my favor so he got in his car and he drove home unfortunately his lock was out he got stopped in this big roadblock in Sydney they were targeting one road everyone going along that road got stopped so he knew he was done probably lose his Kai's license and big fine because he was really over the limit so he had to Wai in turn when it's his turn in Sydney apparently then he had to get out of the car before they give him the breathalyzer tube so he got out of the car it was his turn he was about to take the breathalyzer tube you know in his mouth the sound of a car crash one of the cars had come a bit too fast and the roadblock it was a traffic obstacle and at rear ended another car and the policeman heard that and said to this man it's more important that I attend to this car accident than to check your blood alcohol your alcohol he took the breathalyzer away and said get back into your car and drive home he literally become within you know half a second of getting caught if he'd have blowed into that tube it would been way over the limit he thought how lucky could you be apparently this was a true story next morning he woke up with a big hangover because he'd been drinking he woke up because somebody was ringing his doorbell wouldn't stop so he got some pajamas on staggered to the door it was two New South Wales policemen at the door now of course whenever you see a policeman at the door people usually get a bit afraid but then you know he thought even though he a bit groggy I've done nothing wrong yeah I was drinking last night but they can't do anything because I'm not driving now so he was confident so he said what do you want and he said can we look inside your garage sir I said why why do they want to look inside my garage only my car there okay sure and he opened his garage door and that's when he almost had a heart attack because in his garage there was a police car not his car when they said get in your car and drive home he was so drunk he got in the wrong car
- The only child killed on Albany HighwayStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: One of the hardest funerals Ajahn Brahm ever gave: a young woman from mainland China, an only child, graduates in Perth and brings over her parents, who have sacrificed…
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One of the worst funerals I ever tal I gave here was uh this poor uh it was she was a Chinese girl, you know, from mainland China. I'll never forget this. It was really difficult for me cuz I felt really sort of devastated too. I'm sympathetic. I've got empathy for people. Chinese girl studying over here, managed to graduate and invited her parents. It's another one child policy. She was the only child. Invited her parents to migrate to Perth. And they'd only just come and maybe about a week. They couldn't speak any English, just no Chinese. And she was walking down the street in Kelcott on the Albany Highway. A drunk driver lost control of the car and smashed into her and killed her. And that was the parents hope in life. They sacrificed everything. I mean literally everything to get their child a good education and to send her to Australia to pay all her bills and fees. Now she was successful and one or two weeks after coming here. The child had died through no fault fault of her own. A drunk driver speeding lost control. It was just so sad. And every time I think about it, please, you know, don't speed, don't get drunk.