^ I don't get how your tale of stupidity is supposed to offset the OP's tale of stupidity. Does stupid + stupid = smart or something? Just because a lot of people are doing it and getting lucky by not yet killing themselves or other people, doesn't mean what they're doing is by any means a good idea.
My vehicle was hit by a drunk driver while I was on the highway, with my mother in the passenger seat no less. One minute we were driving along and in an instant our car was rolling because a pickup truck side swiped us. The driver? A fucking drunk who left a bar not even able to walk, got into his truck, and sped down the highway. Total bullshit.
If it were just about drunk people putting their own lives in danger I would have way less issue with them driving, but every drunk driver on the road is a danger to everyone else on top of it. It's not a victimless crime. The MADD campaigns have made the punishments too steep, but there do need to be punishments and interventions. It's drunks not knowing their limits that have caused the expansion of government power to intrude into people's lives and violate their privacy on the road with road blocks, searches, etc.
I'm not into victim blaming. I don't think anyone deserves to die over substances. I do think though that the adult passengers in the vehicle have the responsibility of knowing who is at the wheel, if they are ok to drive, etc. If someone is really hammered you should be taking their keys. They might hate you for it but oh well. I was an idiot when I was younger. I didn't want the inconvenience of waiting for buses to start running in the early morning so I just took the drunk ride instead.
You would want to know more about a person before handing them a loaded gun. Letting someone with a history of touting YOLO, getting pissed and driving is okay is a pretty good indication you should NOT ever be in a car with that person. I'm sorry but the passengers, whoever they were and whatever their stories are, were stupid to get into a car with that guy. He was an accident waiting to happen, as most drunk drivers are.
Nowadays, if I find out a friend is drunk at the wheel, I get out of the car and I never get into that car with them again. I have zero patience for stupid people.