Taiwanese pop singer Shino Lin was involved in a DUI car crash and killed a woman motorcyclist on 7 June. Shino Lin was driving under the influence after a late-night party under heavy rain and her car crashed into a scooter at an intersection. The motorcyclist, who was a nurse on her way home from work, sustained serious head injuries and showed no signs of life upon arriving the hospital. Apparently Shino Lin’s alcohol reading at the time of the crash was as high as 1.1 milligrams per liter, way above the standard 0.25 mg/l. And of course, she escaped with no injuries what-so-ever. The singer has since publicly apologized to the victim’s family but the apology has not been accepted by them.
Quote from Taiwan Headlines:Her agent Chuang Chih-wei also apologized to the victim’s relatives and to the general public on behalf of Shino Lin on Wednesday afternoon.
Chuang said that Shino Lin knew that she had “made a mistake.”
“Shino was agitated and felt low,” said the agent, adding that she claimed that “visibility was very poor yesterday morning” because of the torrential rain and she was not sure what happened when the accident occurred.
The visibility was poor because she was DRIVING UNDER HEAVY INFLUENCE of alcohol, for crying out loud!! Bloody hell, this type of news always gets my blood boiling. No amount of apology is going to bring back the deceased to her family. What is done, is done. Under certain circumstances, apologies are just words, meaningless words. There is report saying that the singer is suffering from depression following the accident too. Yea, tell that to the victim’s 8-year-old son!
There are a few things that is absolutely terrible and unforgivable in my book and drink driving is on the top of the list. Sure everyone makes mistakes, but there are certain mistakes that should never be made, and never be forgiven. Every responsible human being should know that you should never drink and drive under any circumstances, not if you ‘think’ you’re not drunk, or even if you think your alcohol tolerance is high. It is bad enough that you show total disregard of your own life by doing so, but others shouldn’t pay for your sin. Unfortunately, the innocent victims are always the ones who ultimately pay for it.
No one can estimate what alcohol will do to one’s body. If you are unsure whether you’ve had one too many drinks, call a cab or let your sober mate take you home.
Drink driving is an act of total disregard of life.
If you drink and drive, you are a bloody idiot!
June 12th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Oh my… drinking kills ….
Drunked masters … i am sure you would want to be a victim too
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June 12th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I agree. No one should drink and drive. They should be punished to the MAX
A life sentence probably is good
June 12th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
drink & be merry!
June 12th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Drinking is fine as long as you are responsible enough to know you can’t drive under the influence of alcohol.
June 13th, 2007 at 2:24 am
jAmEs
Drinking doesn’t kill, drink driving does. Yea, seen that poster around, it does add to the shock factor.
yenjai
You are so right.
Wuching
drink, don’t drive and be merry!
giddy tiger
Agree, the key word here is responsible.