[maratd]

> Americans I have met have a shockingly casual attitude to drink driving.

Were these Americans cops? Their opinion is the only one that counts. Getting caught with a DUI = jail, mandatory suspended license for 3 - 12 months, thousands of dollars in fines. And unlike in other countries, slipping the cop some money will = more jail and probably a beating. That's for natives. A foreigner? LMAO!

[simonjw]

Haha something tells me other countries which have very negative attitudes to drink driving are not the type of places that you go around bribing police :-)

And I'm not sure what you are suggesting with the comment about getting a beating from cops, and it being much worse for foreigners? Are you defending the US as a tourist destination or attacking it? :-)