Three beers and three shots would make anyone I know incapable of driving. They might think they could drive, but they would be wrong. Even "only" three beers on an empty stomach is too much.

And no, a 6-year old girl could not have 3 beers over the course of a few hours and be fine. ARGH. This drives me nuts. I'm close to an alcoholic, and he invariably does three things: 1) lies about how much he had to drink 2) thinks he can handle far more alcohol than he can and 3) never thinks he's even the slightest bit tipsy. He did recently get black-out drunk and drive, and I'm just thankful he didn't hurt anyone. If he died in a car crash caused by his own drinking, I would not expect people to pretend he hadn't done anything wrong. In fact, I'd be the first person to say, "this is why you don't drink and drive." I'd probably put it in the fucking eulogy.

Want to be nice to people who are close to someone who drinks and drives? Fight for harsher drunk driving laws and better education about how many drinks is too many. It's a LOT fewer than people think. Stepping lightly around someone who killed himself and a passenger because he drank and then sped does not help.