Also, if it's late and everyone is running off little sleep, don't sleep in a car. Keep conversation going and help each other say awake and help the driver stay focused.
Some of my friends carpooled to a club one night in two vehicles. The vehicle I was in dropped two people off at home, and then made it's way home with the driver and myself talking all the way back.
The other car had 4 people in it for most of the drive. (We were an hour from home, 6 people lived in same town, 2 people lived about 10 min from club). All three passengers feel asleep. The drive fell asleep at the wheel. A head on collision left all four people, as well as three people in another car hospitalized. Driver and her front passenger broke there legs very badly. One passenger broke her ankle. Our smallest friend [Who was an adult, in the backseat, with his seatbelt on correctly] suffered severe internal damage to his chest and doctors didn't believe he would survive when they got to him.
No one died. And eventually everyone I knew recovered fairly well. I know everyone in the other car survived, but I don't know anything about the extent of their injuries.
Everyone was completely sober, just tired. The only people who got drunk, rode in the other car and were dropped off 10 min into the ride. My friend had no idea she was too tired to drive until she woke up in an accident.
People be careful. Avoid driving tired, and if you have to, have others help you stay away and focused.
The highest level of trust is getting into a legally binding agreement with another person which they can break at any time and (usually) take half of your stuff
I don't know, I think that's only true if you have things you value that are also monetarily valuable. Usually things like family heirlooms and keepsakes go to the person who brought them into the marriage.
The real loss usually comes from splitting up the things you acquire together. And I think that may elude to a higher level of trust than a legal document. I would say building a life based on the mutual understanding that it requires two parties with someone who can walk away from it and leave you struggling to build something workable from the wreckage is a higher form of trust than signing a legal document.
On the other hand, prenuptial agreements can actually protect you some from things going sour with your life partner. You will still definitely lose for the split, but you'll have the legal right to keep whatever the two of you agreed upon when you started.
Some of my friends carpooled to a club one night in two vehicles. The vehicle I was in dropped two people off at home, and then made it's way home with the driver and myself talking all the way back.
The other car had 4 people in it for most of the drive. (We were an hour from home, 6 people lived in same town, 2 people lived about 10 min from club). All three passengers feel asleep. The drive fell asleep at the wheel. A head on collision left all four people, as well as three people in another car hospitalized. Driver and her front passenger broke there legs very badly. One passenger broke her ankle. Our smallest friend [Who was an adult, in the backseat, with his seatbelt on correctly] suffered severe internal damage to his chest and doctors didn't believe he would survive when they got to him.
Everyone was completely sober, just tired. The only people who got drunk, rode in the other car and were dropped off 10 min into the ride. My friend had no idea she was too tired to drive until she woke up in an accident.
People be careful. Avoid driving tired, and if you have to, have others help you stay away and focused.
The real loss usually comes from splitting up the things you acquire together. And I think that may elude to a higher level of trust than a legal document. I would say building a life based on the mutual understanding that it requires two parties with someone who can walk away from it and leave you struggling to build something workable from the wreckage is a higher form of trust than signing a legal document.
On the other hand, prenuptial agreements can actually protect you some from things going sour with your life partner. You will still definitely lose for the split, but you'll have the legal right to keep whatever the two of you agreed upon when you started.