Tiger Woods gets a DUI

[spintheblackcircle]

Where's the "Tiger hit rock bottom" crowd now?

Alcohol or not, that was a ridiculous reaction.

So being too ****ed up to drive because of drugs is better than being too ****ed up to drive because of booze?

 

[vwg*]

So being too ****ed up to drive because of drugs is better than being too ****ed up to drive because of booze?

Haha this. Driving messed up on pills is just as dangerous as driving drunk. He was asleep behind the wheel for crying out loud.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

If you're not allowed to be a kid when you're a kid, then you're going to be a kid when you're an adult.

Tiger just waited longer than everyone else.

Yes, I'd have to agree. I've seen a couple documentaries and recently read Hank Hainey's book. Tiger really didn't have much of a childhood, and as much as Tiger's dad was a positive role model, it wasn't all good.

 

[Epsilon]

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

So being too ****ed up to drive because of drugs is better than being too ****ed up to drive because of booze?

Seriously?

Honestly looks like this crowd just has an agenda to make Tiger come out of this looking like a he's become some degenerate.

Obviously it is dumb to drive in any condition in which you can't drive properly or safely, but mixing up some pills before driving, or making a mistake taking them is a vastly different situation than making the decision to drive home after a night of drinking.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Where's the "Tiger hit rock bottom" crowd now?

Alcohol or not, that was a ridiculous reaction.

People like piling on.

It makes them feel tough.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

And also, there's no indication that he blatantly tried to drive while being out of it due to the pills. He claims it was an adverse reaction to the drugs. I suspect he had an unusual reaction to pain pills for his back that he doesn't usually have.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

If he took enough pills to fall asleep. a person blowing a .10 is a safer driver.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Haha this. Driving messed up on pills is just as dangerous as driving drunk. He was asleep behind the wheel for crying out loud.

The Tiger lovers just can't come to that reality.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Ouch

 

[Hadoop]

If he took enough pills to fall asleep. a person blowing a .10 is a safer driver.

Exactly. Considering Woods was asleep at the wheel as a result of his prescription meds this was some dangerous stuff. He's pretty lucky no one was hurt.

 

[SB164]

 

[Jumptheshark]

He passed the booze test. But admitted to taken meds. Same excuse he used last time. He caught a break last time. But he is rich and will walk

 

[vwg*]

This just proves those biased cops had an agenda against a famous, successful person who was just arriving early to have a picnic on the side of the highway. He's being absolutely railroaded. Justice will prevail.

More pictures from the early morning highway-side picnic:

 

[Hadoop]

On the one hand you really feel for him because it seems increasingly clear given the powerful painkillers he's popping (details are still emerging and at least one may be illegal in the US) that he is in a lot more pain than he lets on. Perhaps this whole "I'm feeling great" spiel is either fantasy or just BS (or the drugs talking). Perhaps golf is all he has and the chronic debilitating back pain, much like a concussion in hockey, is destroying him physically and mentally. Perhaps all the fame (he's still a sporting icon) and money (he's made $1.65 billion in his career and is the second richest athlete in history) are useless without health and family.

On the other hand. Drugged driving (whether the drugs are legal or not), which also falls under DUI, is now linked with more fatalities in the US than drunk driving. So yeah, equally irresponsible.

 

[Slush]

What an idiot he is for that decision. I'm glad he got caught.

 

[Northerner]

Watching the arrest video it seems like he was sleepwalking. He didn't have a drop of alcohol in him. Time heals all wounds and I suspect this will be no different. He probably was taking his prescription medication and literally started sleepwalking...right in to his vehicle. I think it's plausible given how incoherent he was in the vid (and from the looks of his attire he literally rolled out of bed).


According to this NYT article, a conviction on this sort of thing is "hard":

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25drugged.html

 

[SB164]

These embarrassing videos are sure coming out quickly, unlike videos depicting police brutality.

 

[vwg*]

These embarrassing videos are sure coming out quickly, unlike videos depicting police brutality.

All of the stuff relating to Tiger is subject to FOIA requests. With Tiger being a high profile athlete, they are going to grant those requests rather quickly due to many media outlets hounding them incessantly. As for police brutality videos, those are usually filmed by civilian bystanders which is a different thing entirely, but they are subject to FOIA as well (if filmed by the police).

 

[Dakota Sioux]

When told of Tiger Woods recent arrest, John Daly said, "I want to party with that guy."

 

[Shrimper]

Where's the "Tiger hit rock bottom" crowd now?

Alcohol or not, that was a ridiculous reaction.

It doesn't change the fact he needs to seek help. He is done as a golfer

 

[Dakota Sioux]

It doesn't change the fact he needs to seek help. He is done as a golfer

Yep his days of playing on the PGA Tour are history.

 

[Northerner]

It doesn't change the fact he needs to seek help. He is done as a golfer

Yep his days of playing on the PGA Tour are history.

Uhhh, how so (is he "done golfing")?

 

[Northerner]

Dustin Johnson had an "addiction" issue that was public a year or two ago and he is doing fine now. There are probably dozens of pro golfers that have done worse things than Tiger has (this latest incident at least) through the years and went on to success.


He'll be back on Tour within due time (some time this year I suspect) - now whether or not he will ever play good again, that is the question.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Dustin Johnson had an "addiction" issue that was public a year or two ago and he is doing fine now. There are probably dozens of pro golfers that have done worse things than Tiger has (this latest incident at least) through the years and went on to success.


He'll be back on Tour within due time (some time this year I suspect) - now whether or not he will ever play good again, that is the question.

I don't think we can say that DJ has overcome his addiction to falling down staircases on the eve of big tournaments.