http://www.serialscoop.com/2014/10/freddie-smith-crashes-car-in-ohio.html

Seriously injured his girlfriend, so if he was drunk, how the Eff does he NOT deserve to be fired? Ugh.

Now if he wasn't drunk and it just a bad accident that's a whole different thing

I can honestly say I have never done it. However, I also learned to drive later in life, when I understood that driving is the only way most people will ever be responsible for the death or serious injury of another. It's always scared the hell out of me. Even the idea of running over someone's beloved pet freaks me out. Cars are also the number one way most average citizens get in serious trouble with the law at all when you think about it. One wrong decision, even if it's a complete accident can land you in jail for years. I really wish public transportation were better in this country because I would love to drive a lot less then I do.

I'm like you, I didn't get my license until much later in life, it was just not a huge priority to me over high school, college and later on establishing my career. It took me a really long time to take the test, and numerous permits were expired until I eventually drove. I think this colors my perception as to responsibility when driving while under the influence. I would never do it and I am in my twenties. I could see some teens doing it, definitely -- but that has more to do with the fact that the likely reason they are drunk driving is because they are engaging in underage drinking in the first place. I could definitely understand why high schoolers and young colleges kids do it. They are doing things they regularly shouldn't be doing like underage drinking and most of them have just gotten the responsibility of driving that's where the mistake and sketchy judgement comes from. Most kids drink underage, most kids have license. Put those to together and they are going to cross. That's a fact. They don't really know better, and underage drinking is more or less a socially acceptable thing most people internalize and understand, even though it's illegal. I feel a lot of people have desensitized themselves to it, because everyone remembers at least a time or two when they were drinking at an age when they shouldn't have. Hence why there are groups like MADD founded to stop underage drinking and driving, I personally see them as being correlated.

Back to the comment at hand, I've never done it and I've never wanted to do it. I don't drink regularly though, even on social occasions. I just don't really have a need to, the only time I was a big drinker was when I was in college and since then I've tapered down a lot. I know in some European countries you have to choose to either drink or drive period. I don't drink and then drive, but I also understand that I rarely drink at all these days. There are just so very few people that I would want to drink with. Still I am a big proponent of public transportation, in which there is basically none for California. It's always been one of the reasons why I looked to work in cities which have really good public transportation -- D.C., NY, etc. I hate driving long distances that are longer than 30 or more minutes away.

But yeah he really shouldn't have been drinking and driving.

Edited October 9, 201411 yr by Skin

Seriously injured his girlfriend, so if he was drunk, how the Eff does he NOT deserve to be fired? Ugh.

Now if he wasn't drunk and it just a bad accident that's a whole different thing

They are already talking about recasting or temp casting on Twitter....

Seriously?

They are already talking about recasting or temp casting on Twitter....

Do you mean random fans?

Do you mean random fans?

Fans...media.....I like the guy but I don't see him keeping his job. I could be wrong. I don't think he should just get a slap in the wrist for being DWI if that comes to be true. He almost killed someone....his gf is just to blame as she had to have known he was drunk. I dont think he should get a pass just because he is a soap star. Many others who have done the same thing have gone to jail for it. I am sure he didnt mean no harm but still....

I still can't believe people are defending Freddie here. Drunk driving is a serious crime and the fact he didn't even think about his poor GF lowers him in my book. Corday needs to lower the hammer.

Blood alcohol tests are PENDING.

I still can't believe people are defending Freddie here. Drunk driving is a serious crime and the fact he didn't even think about his poor GF lowers him in my book. Corday needs to lower the hammer.

I agree but the GF had to have known he was wasted if that is what comes out.

Matt Fielding will change the results. I just hope the girlfriend doesn't come out of this like Kimberly.

Soapsuds, on 09 Oct 2014 - 8:04 PM, said:

I agree but the GF had to have known he was wasted if that is what comes out.

Sounds like the victim-blaming "She was asking for it" spiel that I see on rape cases.

Sounds like the victim-blaming "She was asking for it" spiel that I see on rape cases.

Oh please....really?? I know when someone is drunk..or has too much to drink...of course she might have been drinking too...so maybe she couldnt drive either.....bringing rape into this is just absurd on your part....dumb

It's unfortunate, and I hope the girlfriend is okay, but let's not condemn the man just yet.

I wonder how many people who condemn drunk drivers have ever driven home from a party, family gathering, after-work function, friend's house, etc. over the legal drinking limit. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Many people are guilty of it; they just haven't gotten caught.

I'm not excusing Freddy, if he's guilty. I'm just not a hypocrite.

Edited October 10, 201411 yr by Gray Bunny

It's something NONE of us should do, but the people condemning him are acting like he must have been doing Jager bombs right before he got behind the wheel. If you've ever had two beers or two glasses of wine and then driven home, you've probably been over the legal limit, too. Certainly doesn't make it okay -- but it's a little more complex.

If either or both were drunk, then they were beyond stupid not to call a cab

Edited October 10, 201411 yr by John