Deep Air

**Alastair** · November 17th, 2005, 08:35 PM

I was doing some reading today of the old TechDiver list and came across the following post. It's somewhat old but I thought it was a good email.

From: "Scott and/or Julie Gudmundsen"
Subject: Re: deep air death at 40 fathom grotto
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:06:47 -0700

Okay, this isn't about drinking and driving, BUT...

I have no idea how many hundreds of people that I've arrested for D.U.I. who've said, "But I wasn't hurting anybody!", or "I would've gotten home okay!". Sure, they probably/statistically would have. They have in the past probably dozens or even a hundred times. But impairment does begin with the first drink, markedly with the third or fourth. The problem is judgment and primarily reaction time. After two to four drinks, you simply can't react quickly when that bonehead pulls in front of you at the ntersection, or burns the red light. Because of your slow reaction time you're suddenly involved in an accident that you perhaps were not instigating, or were not at fault, but simply could have avoided if you had been sober. Bingo, you're screwed because you were the one who was drinking.

And of course it takes no rocket scientist to know that the drinker himself is absolutely the worst judge of whether he is "Good to go" or not.

Deep air is just the same. You'll get away with it probably dozens or even a hundred times. But perhaps you didn't get enough sleep that night, or through no fault of your own, you blow an 0-ring, or have any number of little problems that could crop up, then on top of that you get hung up or entangled. The little problem that you could take care of even under the influence, turns into a life-or-death struggle because you couldn't react quickly or appropriately when the second problem appeared. Now your really screwed. Instead of just getting in an accident, you die cause you're
underwater.

Why stack the odds against yourself when it's not necessary? Deep air is STUPID. Drinking and driving is STUPID. Get over it. Nobody has to do stupid things forever... unless they can't learn because of a disability, or unless they are just STUPID. : )

Doesn't take a brick to fall on my head.

Scott Gudmundsen

November 17th, 2005, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Alastair(Offline) DIRX Supporter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 693	Deep Air I was doing some reading today of the old TechDiver list and came across the following post. It's somewhat old but I thought it was a good email. From: "Scott and/or Julie Gudmundsen" Subject: Re: deep air death at 40 fathom grotto Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:06:47 -0700 Okay, this isn't about drinking and driving, BUT... I have no idea how many hundreds of people that I've arrested for D.U.I. who've said, "But I wasn't hurting anybody!", or "I would've gotten home okay!". Sure, they probably/statistically would have. They have in the past probably dozens or even a hundred times. But impairment does begin with the first drink, markedly with the third or fourth. The problem is judgment and primarily reaction time. After two to four drinks, you simply can't react quickly when that bonehead pulls in front of you at the ntersection, or burns the red light. Because of your slow reaction time you're suddenly involved in an accident that you perhaps were not instigating, or were not at fault, but simply could have avoided if you had been sober. Bingo, you're screwed because you were the one who was drinking. And of course it takes no rocket scientist to know that the drinker himself is absolutely the worst judge of whether he is "Good to go" or not. Deep air is just the same. You'll get away with it probably dozens or even a hundred times. But perhaps you didn't get enough sleep that night, or through no fault of your own, you blow an 0-ring, or have any number of little problems that could crop up, then on top of that you get hung up or entangled. The little problem that you could take care of even under the influence, turns into a life-or-death struggle because you couldn't react quickly or appropriately when the second problem appeared. Now your really screwed. Instead of just getting in an accident, you die cause you're underwater. Why stack the odds against yourself when it's not necessary? Deep air is STUPID. Drinking and driving is STUPID. Get over it. Nobody has to do stupid things forever... unless they can't learn because of a disability, or unless they are just STUPID. : ) Doesn't take a brick to fall on my head. Scott Gudmundsen