response 1 of 23:

Aug 15 04:24 UTC 1994

        I've been in cars with drivers who I've been nervous about, but
I'd assume if all the occupants were preparing for a crash like that, and
if he was driving badly enough for other drivers to actually call the
police, it'd be a much worse situation than I've ever been in.  Since the
passengers all thought he was really tired, I'll answer it from the
perspective of what I would do with a driver who I thought was too tired
to drive.
        If I'm riding with somebody who seems too tired to drive safely,
especially if they've admitted they were too tired to drive, I generally
ask if they want me to drive instead, assuming I'm feeling awake enough. 
I do this for my dad on occasion, but he's generally pretty good at
telling when he's tired and asking other people to drive for him.  Other
than that, the time I've been in that situation when we were far enough
from home that it might have made sense to change drivers and I was with
somebody other than my parents, the offer was rather regretfully turned
down because it was a company car and I wouldn't have been insured on it,
but the driver still seemed grateful for the offer.  I know there have
been situations where I wished I could turn the driving over to somebody
else when I've been quite tired, but usually if I get to the point of
being tired and unsafe I don't have another licensed driver with me.
        The case of a drunk driver is a bit different, because they don't
hafve the reasoning capibilities that a sober driver would have, even when
the sober driver is really tired.  If I suspected the driver was drunk, I
would probably be a lot more insistant about them not driving, or at least
about me not being in the car.

response 3 of 23:

Aug 22 22:50 UTC 1994

But Brenda...what if the car/van is going at a high rate of speed
down the highway?

response 5 of 23:

Aug 23 01:42 UTC 1994

Gotcha....I never thought about the park option.
Clever girl...

response 7 of 23:

Aug 23 22:25 UTC 1994

but don't you think the driver would notice if you carefully downshifted to
third, second, etc?

response 9 of 23:

Aug 25 20:30 UTC 1994

(it'd be near impossible to downshift from the passenger side,
seeing as you'd have to depress the clutch...)

[Steve doesn't know that. He's never driven a stick. ;>]

response 11 of 23:

Aug 27 05:48 UTC 1994

It is possible to downshift an automatic.  I assumed we were discussing
automatics, considering that you can't put a stick in park.

response 13 of 23:

Aug 29 01:17 UTC 1994

It sure would be tougher for kids to handle that situation with an
adult that it would be for me to handle it.  Once, I just put my
hand out for the keys, saying that since I hadn't had any drinks, I
would drive.  That got around the "are you drunk or do you just have
a buzz" question.

response 15 of 23:

Dec 23 17:22 UTC 1994

Maybe kids should carry CELLULAR PHONES!?!?!?!

Anyway, I would, if the situation was so bad that I didn't think 
whoever was driving could make it home, do whatever neccesary to
get out of the car.

response 17 of 23:

Jan 2 17:09 UTC 1995

What kind of response is that. Mr. Sensitive Ponytail Man? We were, I thought,
talking about kids on school busses. When I road the bus to school I wasn't
usually on my way home to get ready for a date, let alone could I figure out
how to use a cellular phone. I just don't- oh... sorry my beeper just went
off, I have to go fax some shit to somebody. See ya!!

response 19 of 23:

May 6 05:34 UTC 1995

if yuo like adventure stay along for the ride if not ask the driver to pull
over so you can use the bathroom and call for a different ride

response 21 of 23:

Dec 28 00:44 UTC 1995

Ask the driver to yield to me as driver or ask to be let out

response 23 of 23:

Nov 9 08:05 UTC 1997

Swig some vodka and offer to drive.