Mmm interesting subject,
Alcohol for one, is the most responsibility diminishing drug on the planet. Drink driving is completely outrageous, there is no way you are even near competent enough to be in proper control, same for heroin or benzo's and other prescription downers. I have been caught for drink driving 2 times, and haven't been caught a few more times. The real problem is that under normal circumstances, I am a very sane and rational person. If I consume enough alcohol, I am a total fucking idiot with no idea of the consequences of my actions. Now I know I'm not alone in this fucked out transformation, everybody is the same IF they have enough to drink. I think on that we would all agree. Isn't it crazy that alcohol is legal but it is one of the worst drugs for retaining any sort of responsibility, and after you hit 18, it's really open slather, you can drink as much as you want. I think there is something seriously wrong with that, and the society that condones it. Alcohol is legal, so therefore it is condoned, there is no regulation of how much people can drink, unless your in a pub or nightclub, and then they just throw you out when they think you've had enough. Pot, in my experience has always made me drive better. I am not in a hurry, I happen to be an impatient driver, but i don't care when i am stoned, i always drive the speed limit, and I'm paranoid, so i make sure i do everything possible to avoid detection.
As for driving on mdma it can actually be very dangerous. I have had a few scary experiences, and I wasn't driving while peaking, this was after the initial peak, but I was still out of it. What i have found is, if you have been smoking pot as well, it can sort of send you into a dreamworld, and I start dreaming with my eyes open. In reality, they are rolled into the back of my head. When this happens, you really are on auto pilot, there, but not there. If you're in a club or at home, this is fine, but if you happen to have one of those dreams while driving...... look out. It has happened to me a couple of times, and is very similar to falling asleep at the wheel, very, very dangerous. If I haven't had too much of a big night, or people are there to keep you alert, it's fine, but if you don't have those things to fall back on, you can be in real trouble. The one time i remember most, I was lucky because they had audible lines marked on the side of the road, and as i started driving over them, they snappend me out of it.
The other thing that has happened is that I am driving down a road and all of a sudden I have no idea where I am, i don't recognise the road I'm on, and I have no idea where it goes. That can be really dangerous too, especially if you are coming up to a bend and you suddenly don't even know where the road goes. I would say that everytime this has happened it has been a combo of pot and E. If I do have to drive on E, I am really careful to stay alert, and to make sure I don't drift off into laa laa land.
Why would anyone bother taking the risk? Well where I live, public transport is minimal, there are only buses, no trains, the clubs are a good 20 to 30 km's away, and i don't make a million dollars a week. By the time I buy my pills, maybe some pot, entry to the club, and whatever associated expenses, I don't have enough money left to spend $30-35 on a taxi to get home, plus if I did, then I would have to get back there in the morning to pick the car up. Who wants to go through that when you feel like shit.
I hear ya, ya all say, don't take the car; well then it looks like being 70 odd dollars just for taxi's. If I made over a $1000 a week, I wouldn't give a shit about blowing $70 on taxi's just for a good night out, sadly this isn't the case. Anyway, I know that you always leave yourself open to criticism by admitting your less than admirable actions, but my purpose for posting was really to say it can be quite dangerous to drive on E, regardless of what some people think, and if you are going to take risks, make sure you minimise the exposure you leave yourself and others open to.
If I really was worried about driving, and seriously thought I would be a danger to myself or others, i think I would just wait in the car, maybe try to sleep for a little while, or hang around till I was a little straighter, or the sun came up. But then I didn't think I was a danger when i went into laa laa land while driving either. Truth be told, how can you know??? Be safe peoples.