AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — Investigators say a Southern California woman killed in a rollover freeway crash had stopped in a bar for drinks before hurrying out to get ready for a court-ordered DUI class.
The California Highway Patrol says Lidia Kopach, who was convicted of drunken driving a year ago, consumed two vodka drinks and split two pitchers of beer at a Monrovia bar before the deadly crash at 2 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 210 in Azusa.
The Pasadena Star-News says Kopach told 24-year-old Daniel Martinez, who was slightly injured in the crash, that she needed to get home and for some sleep because she had to attend a court-ordered DUI education class on Thursday.
Martinez told CHP investigators he repeatedly asked Kopach to slow down before the crash.
Here are my questions.
1) How long before the bartenders at the bar are sued by this woman's family for lettin gher drink two vodkas and two pitchers of beer (even if she "split" them, that's still a lot of beer. [For the record, I don't think they should be sued. It's the responsibility of the patron to know when to stop.]
2) Why wasn't Martinez driving the car, instead of the woman who'd drunk so much? Or had he had the same amount of liquor as she.
3) Why dont' people ever learn from their own mistakes? Most drunk drivers are recidivists. Indeed, some have killed people, get off very lightly, and then continue to drink and drive. Some drive even though their licenses have been revoked.
(If you're license has been revoked, and you're still driving, I would think that you would drive extremely carefully. No speeding, obey all traffic signs, etc. That way, you don't get pulled over, you don't get found out, you don't get into trouble!)
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