Pennsylvania’s West Goshen police department has confirmed that Jackass star Ryan Dunn’s blood alcohol concentration far surpassed the legal limit when during his fatal collision early Monday morning. Dunn’s BAC measured .196 percent. The legal limit in Pennsylvania is .08 percent. No other substances turned up in Dunn’s blood, however.
Through a scene reconstruction, the police department also determined that Dunn was driving between 132 and 140 miles per hour when he lost control of his car and ran off the road. The county coroner’s office previously classified the accidental death to be caused by blunt trauma and the heat of the fire from the explosion caused when Dunn’s 2007 Porsche collided with trees.
Jackass 2 crew member Zachary Hartwell was also killed in the crash.
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That’s more than twice the legal limit. Ebert had it right all along.
Ebert may have been tactless and he may have jumped to conclusions, but yes, he is right. He had common sense on his side.
I agree. Regardless, still sad on so many levels though. Drinking, then driving at over 130 mph. Dude was just asking for an accident.
I concur!!!
Dunn could have easily have killed other people on the road, not just himself and his passenger. Imagine if a child had died as a result of Dunn’s actions? Ebert may have jumped the gun in guessing what went down, but the truth of his statement should not be denied.
I agree. I think he was a bit hasty and harsh in his tweet. I don’t think its ever prudent to jump to conclusions but this isn’t exactly a surprise.
Ebert was responding to Dunn’s own photo of him drinking hours before the crash. Ebert had plenty of cause to presume the crash was alcohol-related.
He should stick to being a critic on movies. Cause Im sure many people can say alot of HONEST, HARSH, True comments about his…. Doesnt mean they should be said.. People need to learn to shut their mouth and not everyone gives a crap about what they say. Come on Mr Ebert Come down from that high horse before you bust your face.
Daniel, why don’t idiots like you grow the f up?
Egbart, Your reply is priceless and now your opinions even less important. Go back to your cave. OH THE IRONY.
grow up daniel and he’s right you are a stupid idiot Bawahahahahha
I agree. No one with any sense and called themselves his friends should have let Ryan get in that car and drive.
Bingo!
because they feel like they never have to really grow up
don’t forget that he was cited over 30 different times before this happened.
Roger Ebert gave himself cancer from smoking and couldve given his family cancer too…. should we say he got what he deserved?
a = b so b = batchit crazy logic
I can’t wait till Roger Ebert dies.
Hey, what happen to your uglu, stupid looking cancer eaten face JACKASS!
@Lily: Roger Ebert has never smoked. He did overcome alcoholism when he was younger, however, so he actually knows what he’s talking about when he points out the dangers of drinking and driving.
Lily, sorry but your comparison to Ebert’s cancer and Dunn’s alcohol-related death is simply ignorant. It’s perfectly legal to smoke even though laws are eroding exactly where people can smoke it doesn’t change the fact that smoking is perfectly legal. Driving while you are ridiculously drunk is and always will be illegal. Ryan Dunn’s death is unfortunate and sad but let’s not mistake who was the jackass here. Ebert stated a cold hard truth. Dunn repeated toyed with death as displayed with how many times he was cited. Sooner or later statistics always catch up with you and that’s what happened with Dunn.
Shocker.
No kidding. Let’s see, he posted that picture 3 hours before the crash. Did everyone think he as just sitting at the bar watching TV for the next three hours?
That poor poor car. Dude got what he deserved.
“shocker” was exactly what I thought when I read this. At least he didn’t kill any other people on the road.
Friends don’t let film critics smoke their mouths away. Thumbs down. Just die and join Siskel, your not relevant, the 80′s are over.
Ryan Dunn made a choice to drive drunk and recklessly. Deal with the consequences. One less idiot on the road that may harm a loved one due to their stupidity. Jackass indeed!
Roger Ebert has no face.
He has a brain.
Either does Ryan Dunn, as of early Monday morning.
And I’m guessing neither does Ryan Dunn haha
What so complicated about not getting hammered and not driving 132mph at 2Am?
because they have the brains of two year olds, and can’t take criticism for being stupid.
isn’t there a island we can ship all the stupid daredevils to so they can off themselves without hurting any innocent people?
He joins thousands of other idiots that murder others or commit DWI suicide, or in this case murder/suicide. Hopefully this will add to DWI awareness and someones life may be saved by this unnecessary act of stupidity. Hope it was all worth it to “have a good time” after all that seems to be all that everyone cares about in today’s time, Life, Liberty, and most important “PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has nothing to do with physical pleasure, drugs, alcohol, or DWI. Glad no one else is dead, and couldn’t care less about Ryan Dunce.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness have everything to do with PERSONAL FREEDOM, which includes your “Opinion list”. Also, someone else did die, his passenger, the innocent victim. Say what you will about poor decision making, but the fact remains: We all make mistakes, some more than others. Learn, and live.
I thought they wouldn’t know till after one or two weeks.
4-6 weeks for toxicology tests, but determining the BAC is different. If it took 4-6 weeks to determine if someone was driving drunk, it’d make DUI checkpoints a nightmare. First a breathalyzer, then the blood test. The toxicology report will determine EVERYTHING that was in his system. A simple blood test will show alcohol and other drugs.
If Roger post that tweet right after the BAC report, would that have been acceptable? or still too soon?
He was right and we all probably knew that. But you keep those comments to yourself because regardless of the situation there is someone grieving . I hope the Jackass gang makes a PSA on drunk driving
i think it would be better if they learned some maturity and just disappeared forever
I agree.. There are people upset, sad, n people joke n crytisize on here… Wow…
I feel so blessed to be here with all you perfect people. I am so lucky.
Thank you for saying that Liz. Ryan was a dear friend, and YES he made a stupid decision and it cost his life and one of his best friend’s and it has broken the hearts of everyone who loved Ryan. Most of us are baffled at the decision he made. I can say this that Ryan is the kind of person that would want people to learn from his horrible mistake. All of you other insensitive A holes, I bet 90% of you have gotten behind a wheel when you shouldn’t have and just got lucky. Keep the judgements to yourselves and recognize that a stupid decision doesn’t define the person.
@ Liz – I hope the Jackass gang makes a PSA on drunk driving….. Is The Single Most intelligent statement about this whole situation.
I actually thought Ebert’s comment, while harsh and abrupt, was actually the perfect PSA for these guys to use when they’re ready.
@Emma The 10% should just hope we are lucky the 90% don’t get us while they are out on the road? Honestly, how many people do you think drive with a blood alcohol level that high at 130+ mph? I think you are confusing what it means to be an A-hole. Mourn as you need to, but remember there are many who would not have let their friends (jackasses or otherwise) drive drunk, and there are also many who have lost loved ones to drunk drivers.
Ebert was with out a doubt, one hundred and ten percent accurate and correct. Kids, don’t drink and drive 132mph at 2AM. That’s just stupid. There is no excuse for that kind of reckless behaviour, and for the rest of you monkeyboys out there, why don’t you just grow up? 34 years old, and acting like a complete irresponsible little kid.
Oh you must be Mr perfect. Name calling and bashing is for children. Grow up and Get a clue. Your opinion matters to nobody. You talk about giving sympathy when theres no respect? Where is your respect for the guys family? You are narrow minded and hypocritical. Get a life.
You think you are above the law or something? Yeah, you are an idiot alright!
Daniel,
Your comments are just insane dude. Hope your just as apologetic when a drunk dude rams a car with your family in it. Dunn had multiple driving violations but since he was on MTV, he was a cool dude who just liked to have fun. I appreciate MTV so much for introducing the world to such braintrusts. Daniel, good luck in the real world, you’ll need it….please look both ways dude.
I can’t believe how many d-bags out there are saying “he made a mistake, let it go,” and other BS. Stupidity caused these two deaths… that doesn’t mean that comments pointing out the senseless idiocy that caused this horrific incident is in poor taste. Anybody with an effing brain in their head should know by the time they are an adult that drinking and getting behind the wheel of a car is not acceptable. Dunn made his living through reckless behavior, and, no so ironically, met his demise the same way, not so ironically. I feel for the surviving family and friends, but I don’t have much sympathy for the sh*tty decision that Dunn made.
Very well said, RyanB. I am in complete agreement.
All these people defending him would be singing a different tune if someone they loved had been killed by a drunk driver.
I agree
if he’d had just killed himself…then MAYBE, but fact is his irresponsibility took someone with him.
@ Candac TX
Dunn was entirely reckless, and yes his stupidity cost the life of someone else… but let’s not forget, his passenger chose to get in the car knowing the state he was in… which in my book makes him reckless also.
Seriously, how many people need to die from drunk driving before they do something?
Marijuana-it’s just as good as alcohol and you won’t murder yourself or anyone else.
legalize the herb
from the duh file hr posted his ignorant arse on twitter getting plastered at least no innocents died… good riddance
Maybe Someone should tweet and say, Friends dont let Critics smoke their face off. By the way kids, Smoking is bad for you. Just like drinking and driving.
Legalize the herb.. Like here in san diego. Marijuana is a natural herb, that humbles, relaxes.. I have never heard of someone crashin, or speedin high on weed… One love baby.. I can see some of u people need weed in ur life .
Wow you are REALLY bitter.
Also, Roger Ebert has publicly said that he has never smoke. His cancer came from radiation treatments he received as a child. So stop being a douche.
“Look, I hate smoking. It took my parents from me, my father with lung cancer, my mother with emphysema. They both liked Luckies. When my dad’s cancer was diagnosed, they played it safe and switched to Winstons. When my mother was breathing oxygen through a tube, she’d take out the tube, turn off the oxygen, and light up. I avoid smokers. It isn’t allowed in our house. When I see someone smoking, it feels like I’m watching them bleed themselves, one drip at a time.” -Roger Ebert
Hey Daniel,
Smoking seems to have ONLY hurt Mr. Ebert. Ryan Dunn not only killed himself but his passenger as well. Hmmm…you have to be the dumbass of the year not to have figured that out. Based on your comments here, you better be careful out in the real world. Stupidity knows NO Bounds. Best of luck dude.
These types of cancers tend to affect men in their 60s who had histories of alcohol and tobacco. – Truth
Daniel you are really grasping now. You made a foolish statement. Let it go and move on instead of making yourself look even worse.
No one was critisizing him for thinking there was alcohol involved.. he was critisized for being tactless and cruel about it..their loved ones are being ounished enough. Also Mr. Ebert was asmoker for scores of years i dont see anyone tweeting that he got what he deserved when he got cancer…did they?
Lily,
Your comment was just dumb. Have you been in a coma? Social media is upon us and not just Ebert commented correctly on the cause of Dunns death. Ebert just had a celebrity name. Also, concerning the timing, again the internet is upon us and reaction is just very immediate. BTW, it seems Eberts smoking only harmed Mr. Ebert…he didn’t maim any one else. Oh, that’s right Dunn had a passenger with him. Lily, please take care driving or walking around…I hope a very drunk ‘celebrity’ doesn’t mow you down.
No one was critisizing Ebert for believing alcohol was involved , he was critisized for being tactless and insensitive to those left behind to mourn a loss. His timing was horrible. Also…Mr Ebert was a life long smoker… i dont recall anyone saying he got what he deserved when he got cancer..did they? He did that to himself and he couldve harmed his family with second had smoke too. Even he admitted it was bad timing. Friends dont let people tweet without thinking.
Actually, Ebert was not a smoker, so you’ll have to try again. It’s a good thing he tweeted what he did. It gave fools like you reasons to excuse the actions of your murderous hero. If Ebert didn’t make his comment, or if Dunn had killed more people, would you still be coming on these boards to call for his sainthood?
Really! Really Lily! If I let a friend tweet without thinking, I’m pretty sure they are not going to kill themselves and someone else as a result. Was there no friend with you to stop you from posting without thinking?
I can’t wait till Roger Ebert dies.
What happen to yiou ugly, stupid cancer eaten face JACKASS!
wonder where all the a-holes who attacked Ebert are now? this creep was drunk and going 130 miles per hour…we are lucky he didnt take someone else with him
The point wasn’t whether he was correct. The point was he was callous and insufferably condescending, tweeting what he did when the bodies were barely cold. Even people who do stupid things like drive drunk deserve a little compassion and likely have grieving loved ones.
So I guess Roger Ebert WAS right with his original tweet. I doubt he’ll get an apology for all the crap he’s been getting for his honesty though…
He won’t get an apology, and rightfully so, as he was an insensitive jackass with his timing. I mean the man had been dead for a couple hours and he’s out there calling the guy out, let the man’s family and friends mourn a little before calling someone out. It’s tactless, which I think is the issue.
Did you even read his tweet? He was calling the guy’s friends out for letting him drive in the state he was in.
Roger will get some flak over his tweet, but eventually Ryan’s friends and family will come around to the conclusion that his final act was one of stupidity. Truth hurts.
Who’s insensitive. The idiot is a jackass. He drank, he drove, he killed. How much of a jackass does he have to be. And then to top it off, there were several jackasses at the bar who let him drive and especially the jackass that claimed he wasn’t drunk. Jackasses them all.
Anyone that saw how much he drank SHOULD have stopped him.
True dat. Roger Ebert is an @$$hole. A FACELESS @$$hole at that!!!
Ebert had the same evidence we all had, Dunn had tweeted pics of himself drinking that night, there were a lot of people who were there and should have tried to stop him from driving. The look of the accident made it pretty obvious he had been driving while intoxed.
Insensitive is drinking and driving at reckless speeds. He is a murderer with blood on his hands. Anyone who disagrees has probably watched a couple of hundred thousand hours of TV too much. Celebs who drink and drive should A) be publicly humiliated and B) incarcerated to the full extent of the law. Killing people is not cool.
Regardless of the truth of Ebert’s statement, it was still a insensitive remark make. Also, there was no way in hell Ebert’s statement was not intended to cruel, spiteful, or anything less that you’d expect from Ebert’s “legendary, holier-than-thou” attitude (anyone who has any formal education in film study knows there’s nothing special about the critique Ebert’s arrogance is built off). The gall Ebert had call Dunn a “jackass, a pun he clearly intended, can not be mistaken for anything else but intentional cruelty. Adding insult to injury never helped anybody.
driving drunk and KILLING PEOPLE never helped anybody either. The fact you want to excuse that while screaming about somebody’s “tact” proves your priorities are way out of whack.
I like how today’s society feels the need to commentate on everything. I especially love how everyone is turning this tragic, and yes I mean tragic, matter into a morale debate of the utmost importance. It’s not even a debate; we all know drunk driving is wrong and is not condoned by anyone, but it doesn’t matter whether Dunn was intoxicated or not (though admittedly he was). None of any of these arguments actually. The truth is Ryan Dunn and Zachary Hartwell are dead, and that is a tragic loss no matter how you spin it. Both were great guys. RIP Ryan RIP Zach.
“I like how today’s society feels the need to commentate on everything”
LOL! Like you are now?????
You were doing better until you said they were great guys. Ryan Dunn killed Zachary Hartwell with his negligence and irresponsibility. That’s not “great.” And you wanted to turn Roger Ebert’s MANNERS into a subject for moral debate, but you think discussing VEHICULAR HOMICIDE is out of line? The truth is you can’t handle the truth.
It was insensitive? sure. But you know what? Ryan Dunn KILLED his passenger with his reckless behavior. Thousands of people die everyday from people like him who get behind the wheel of a car when they could just as easily call a cab. THAT is the height is insensitivity and selfishness. Ebert said a few harsh words- Ryan Dunn’s decision took a life.
Screw tact. That a@@ killed someone and could have killed a lot of others. Just because he’s dead, he doesn’t automatically get to invoke the “respect” clause. People should continue to call him an a@@ vehemently and as often as possible.
Setting Ryan Dunn up as a tragic figure who made a “mistake” isn’t going to help the next wave of dumbbunnies who are trying to decide whether to call a cab or if they should take away their friend’s keys.
Was his passenger forced into the car? I would sleep on a shrub before I let a drunk person drive me home.
Calling a spade a spade isn’t irresponsible or insensitive. Refusing to grow up and be a mature contributing member of society, and obeying the rules of the road, and avoiding the endangerment of innocent people lives. No, you don’t get sympathy when you don’t respect yourselves or others. Get a clue.
There is one thing that we are forgetting. The word Drunk is slightly vague, being that one person’s physical ability to consume alcohol and continue to function in a way that would put another random person into a COMA, must be brought into consideration. Concering his friends who “should” have stopped him. We have all seen the actions of these crazy dudes, and lets face it, WE yes WEEEE are partly to blame for this misfortune. Millions filed into movie theaters bought DVDs to watch them do things that were REGULARLY and POTNTIALLY Deadly. From what I saw they were all stubborn and arrogant, which incidentally are their rights as Americans. Choices. Opinions. and Unfortunate accidents befall the innocents just as it does those whom deserve to be humbled. Perhaps we should all read this as the metaphor that it should be injested as, Drunk with power, fame and a publicly reckless abandon he sealed his fate, and as sad as it is, his passenger was neck deep in the lifestyle. Allegedly.
Yes, drunk is subjective. But .196 is freaking WASTED. He should not have driven. And his passenger shouldn’t have ridden with him. And he shouldn’t have been driving 130 mph. Recipe for disaster. Thankfully, no one else was killed.
That’s the real reason why someone needed to speak up and say something about this problem right now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Right now when Ebert had everyone’s attention to how incredibly foolish and stupid it is to drink and drive. There is no excuse.
No matter what anyone thinks. Two lives were lost and nothing will bring them back. We all make mistakes, none of us are perfect. So stop judging. Everyone knows dont drink and drive. Remember that all you people that have enough trouble driving yet you continue to sit on your cell phone while driving, or doing your makeup. I live in L.A and people wil drive like maniacs, cut you off to turn into a gas station or store. A lot of the time they have children in the car or I have my grandkids in the car
A car is a piece of machinery it can also be a weapon. No matter if your drinking or not think about that everytime your speeding or think where you have to go is more important than someones life..
For all you people who think Ebert is such a jerk, it’s not like he called up all of this guy’s friends and families and personally told them his opinion. He didn’t call a press conference to tell the world. He tweeted it, to his followers. That’s all. I know that puts it out there in the cyber-world, but he probably didn’t expect this kind of attention.
Also, as a parent, if my child just died suddenly, in this manner, the opinion of some film critic I don’t even know would be the least of my concerns.
(and for you jerks waiting to say “Ebert couldn’t call them, he doesn’t have a mouth!”, Duh, that’s not my point)
Say what you want about Ebert, this Jackarse is a murderer. If he survived he would be charged with murdering his frined. No sympathy for Dunn who took a deadly weapon, under the influence and over 100 mph. What did he expect would be the outcome. Murderer!
Really whats wrong with you people? Who gave you the right to pass judgment on others? People make mistakes NO ONE is perfect. 2 families have lost loved ones and you low class people have the audacity to say he got what he deserved. Who are you to say what someone deserves? I can only hope one day when you lose someone you love someone one walks up to you and says yea that guy got what he deserved. And to those of you that think rogert ebert deserves an apology. Just because you critique movies doesnt give you any right to do so with someones life.
Well said.
Why do you think you are above the law? You’re nothing special.
Well said. What is wrong with you people? How can you even think or at least write that he deserved such a horrid death?.
don’t put yourself in stupid situations and this can easily be avoidable
Egbart, Where does this “above the law” come from? You need a lesson in comprehension.
he’s right daniel why don’t you grow up by now?
Nikki, Your response is generic and holds no water to anything I said. Maybe you are both the same person.
I hardly think Ryan Dunn’s family is reading message boards. I am sure they are very sad that he died, and truly embarassed that he was THIS drunk and driving THAT fast. I am sure they are thankful that no other, truly innocent, people were killed.
Do you really think that someone who is clearly that reckless deserves our tears?
do yourself a favor and get some mental help
I never said he deserved tears….
Nikki, that is like the pot calling the kettle black? Keep bashing, it makes you seem like a stellar person.
clearly talking to yourself is a sign of imminent mental collapse and try to seek professional attention soon bucko
Clearly Dirk you came from a depleted gene pool and as a result have very little intellect left.
Ignore him Nikki, he is just a troll.
You dont fool anyone posting with different names. It does bring laughter though. Get Internet For Dummies.
you’re still here? bah
Daniel, I soo agree….. Who is to judge.. I know many people who drink n drive, n never will I state, they got what they deserved… Rude ass comments.. Two men lost their life!!! It was a mistake,a bad one, but no one is perfect..
ummm, really. so drinking to the point of being legally intoxicated, getting behinfd the wheel of a machine & driving 130mph is simply a “mistake”? NO. Leaving your keys on the table and walking out…mistake. Accidently stepping on someone’s shoes on your way to a seat at the movies…mistake. Driving a MACHINE 130mph after drinking to the pt of being DOUBLE the legal limit…NOT a mistake. Sad that two ppl are dead that did not need to die? Absolutely. A mistake. Sorry, no. Family @ friends get to live iwth the fact that two ppl are dead b/c of incredibly, AWFUL judgment. YOu live in a world where you call situation like this “mistakes”…i’ll continue to live in my world where we take responsibility for our actions…and know better than to get behind the wheel when we have been drinking. With your logic…ppl can just keep doing it b/c hey, “no one is perfect.”
STOP IT!
Maybe you should look up the definition of a mistake. Taking responsibility for it? I think 2 lives lost is enough. People will drink and drive just as they always have. My “no one is perfect” logic as you call it has nothing to do with it. You picked 4 words from my comment to pick apart and use out of context and yet you miss the whole point of it. Like I said before no one is perfect EVERYONE makes mistakes big or small.. YOU are no one to pass judgment. You were not in that car and you don’t know what happened. You know what you’ve read on your computer. Keep your judging to yourself.
What is wrong with you. This is not a mistake. This is murder. It wasn’t his first time. Yes, we can pass judgement. If he had survived we may even have been on his jury. Who are YOU to pass judgement on the other posters
Ebert got exactly what he was after. He had become irrelevant and knew this would stir up everyone on both sides of this… Yes he was insensitive with his commentary before BAC was determined, was he right, DUH with Dunn’s post anyone who did not think that was the reason for the accident, was living under a rock. We have all made mistakes in our lives, let’s not make the same one Dunn and Hartwell did.
Doesn’t mean he was drunk. He’s probably been drinking every day for 20 or so years. His tolerance was probably through the roof. Doesn’t mean he was drunk just because of the BAC.
Are YOU drunk right now with that argument?
No. I just know that if you build up a tolerance, alcohol doesn’t affect you the same way.
For instance, take a man who has been drinking for 20 years and give him a 6 pack.
Then take a 18 year old girl who has never drank a beer in her life and give her the same 6 pack.
The results will not be the same.
The man will not even be tipsy while the girl will be smashed.
@Wendy: You are delusional if you think with a BAC of .196 he wasn’t drunk. .196 is a REALLY HIGH BAC CONTENT!!
Dunn was totally shnockered, driving over 130 MPH in a Porsche. This is borderline suicide, if you ask me
Wendy, would you get in a car with someone who had a BAC of .196? Would you let your kids get in that car with him? I didn’t think so.
I have been drinking beer for 30 years.. I’ve been at that BAC level.
He was most definitely feeling it..
Not hating just saying.. Sad in any event.
I get what you’re saying Wendy, and you’re right about the tolerance thing. .196 is pretty high for someone who doesn’t drink very often, but a person that’s drank heavily for years, .196 is pretty far away from “drunk”. On the other hand, slamming into a tree at a buck-forty DOES point in that direction.
Well that thing that keeps this from being suicidal is that he was so out of it, that it could not be considered a conscious act what he did, he had lost all control of his will, as well as his ability to react, or steer a car going 130 mph
Maybe not drunk if your trying to cross the street, but P@#$ed drunk if your driving at 130mph
There’s a reason the limit is set where it is – because drinking more than twice that amount means the average person is not capable of operating heavy machinery, and that is what a car is, heavy machinery. I think the fact Mr. Dunn crashed his car into a tree does, in fact, indicate that he was far from capable of driving safely.
Umm… can whoever is near Wendy please confiscate her keys?
LOL! Why is everyone acting like they knew him?
Because they are nothing but a bunch of anarchists who don’t give a darn about anyone, even themselves.
so true!
Smoke a fat blunt of blueberry hoggsbreath. . Legalize the herb across america! N make it illegal to drink alcohol..
is ignorance bliss Wendy?
Wendy is hammered right now.
Wendy, You are 100 percent correct. Each case is different just as each individual person is different. Have any of you “knowledged” people ever heard of drug trials? How do we know that Ryan didnt make it a point to create a tolerance of Epic or even Guinness record proportions? Wendy never said it was ok to Drink, Drive and Kill, whether or not it is an accident. The FACT remains that she is correct in that .196 may be tipsy for one Adult Male, with years of EXCESSIVE partying under his belt, and .196 could literally kill another person of the same stature.
Perhaps you people should put your debating/Flapping skills to some good use and contact your local Representative and tell them how crappy of a job they are doing running this country. Democrap and Neo-Conservative alike. Like it or not Wendy is correct, and you allsound like mental midgets that graduated with honors from one of our FINE educational establishments in this Country. Dunn was a Moron and so are the rest of his Jackass buddies teaching our already undereducated kids that BEING a Jackass is cool. ITS NOT !!!!
You’re funny.
Oh, give it up, Wendy.
How about running your car into a tree at 140 mph? Killing another person? Blowing up? Would that convince you?
nah not enough evidence
WHat? you’re a moron
Yes, some people can consume quite a bit of alcohol and be just fine and sometimes you can build up a tolerance. But with that much alcohol in your system, you’re going to be impaired in some way. I’m somewhat of a pro at drinking and I know I have those day where it seems I can drink and drink and not get ‘hammered’ and there are some days that I have only a couple and need to take a nap. But either way I know not to go 100+ in a car. Drunk or not, going that fast in a car is about as close to stupid as you can get. Doing it drunk, even more so. I get that people loved the guy and want to protect him in anyway, but this was just stupid and senseless. Don’t drink and drive. And don’t go so damned fast! you’ll get to the party, just be patient.
And in the case, some people can’t. It’s not a game. It’s life, and when you lose it’s for keeps.
What is insensitive about the statement, “Friends don’t let friends drive when they’ve been drinking”? When Joe blow does it, he’s a monster, but when your favorite stars do it, their troubled.
Really? Even those who have high tolerance suffer diminished coordination well below 0.08 let alone 0.196. Matter of fact tolerance is more of a measure of how much you can drink vs. how much your BAC goes up. Hey maybe he should have taken a cold shower or drank some coffee before he drove. You can live in lala land all you want but if you think you can drink that much and not be drunk you will wind up like him someday. Evidence he was drunk A driving over 130 mph B car went off the road.
IF…. there’s any1 reading this blog, and u agree with this wendy character on her point of view….you’re pretty stupid! Of course ryan dunn was a loved star on the show, made millions, was super hillarious, and was gr8 for the entertainment business… we will miss u rdunn… but just cuz he was all that doesn’t justify any1 tryin to stand up for him. Its very sad, yes, but don’t sit there and say that drinking and driving in excess of 130mph’s is ok! Doesnt how long uve been drinking and how much… its a death wish. Don’t care if you’re Obama or a bumb on the street. You deserve to die cuz you’re askin for it
I agree with you Wendy..BAC of .196 is probably about 4 beers..All the guys on here MUST be light weights!!!
And you’re BAC is like that cuz u prob wgh 400lbs!! Both u and wendy
There’s a lot more “blood” in your body than the average joe
@Jane Doe. I hope I am never on the road with you when you have been drinking if you think .196 is only 4 beers. Even if he weighs 240, and had 12 drinks in 1 hour, his BAC would not be that high. Please consult this chart before you kill yourself or someone else(or just go to jail).
drunkdrivingdefense.com
So in other words…you think its okay to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking. Because that is what your comment basically amounts to. I thinks it pretty much been proven with this accident that “light weight” or not- alcohol effects your reflexes and judgement.
I can’t tell who’s being sarcastic and who’s an idiot.
Erik, you dont strike me as a person of much common sense. Wendy never condoned the actions of MR. Dunn. She ‘simply’,(that may be where she lost you), stated the medical and physiological aspects of a CAREER DRUNK who’s BAC was .196. If you drink one beer and immediately are given a BAC test it will show .08 which is the legal limit in many states, doubtful he was even feeling anything remotely approaching buzzed at that point. Now lets say him and his boys were slamming shots and beers simultaneously for 2 or 3 hours. His BAC would have spiked precipitously and he would and did exhibit the signs of being drunk, tipsy, slammed, hammered, whatever. I can guarantee that they partied for HOURS before he left. Not one person in this thread can say that he was Drunk to the point that he himself thought he would DIE, self proclaimed “Jackass” or not, if you cant walk, you should’nt drive, and if his so called friends thought we was to drunk to drive a PORSCHE for Gods sake, I would certainly hope they would stop him. So was he drunk? or was he buzzed driving? Either way He smashed into sometrees at 140 and killed his friend. Truly Tragic, yet inexcusable. So next time you decide to point you little finger at someone, try reading the entire post and then read it again. Try to understand what she is saying, because you sound really dumb…..and not just because you cant spell or articulate. Peace.
Very well said. Read it over till you comprehend it.
Jane, you are INSANE if you think .196 is 4 beers. Do us all a favor and never drink and drive.
Wendy is right. I think if he was feeling drunk he would have acted more cautiously. He thought he was good, put the pedal to the metal and lost control. End of story.
Wendy, do you realize that at those speeds, even the SLIGHTEST delay in your reaction time is enough to cause an accident? Even if he had one beer, the slightest lapse in concentration or judgement can be fatal.
Whoa, this shows indisputable evidence of addict thinking.
Tolerance≠lack of impairment.
You are enormously, and very dangerously misinformed. There is a HUGE difference between being accustomed to your impairment, and not being impaired at all. You could maintain that BAC for a hundred years, and still exhibit grossly impaired judgement, reflexes and reaction times. Just because the room isn’t spinning and you aren’t enjoying a buzz doesn’t mean you aren’t impaired.
Please refrain from spreading the myth that it’s safe to drive if you can “handle your liquor.” Dunn was drunk. He was stupid. We are all lucky more people weren’t hurt by his thoughtless, selfish actions.
well said!
agreed
Boom! Roasted
I still have not read one post that which supported hisability to drive while drunk or buzzed or after consuming Tylenol P.M. We have and will continue to inform people that SOME people out there CAN handle their alcohol, and still yet others may not. There is no excuse or reason for Ryan to have sat in the Drivers seat of that 150,000 dollar high performace vehicle, start it, and drive away, not fte the amount of alcohol it took for his BAC to be .196 AFTER the accident. So Please, seriously please stop assuming that we are sticking up for a person STUPID enough to drive 140 while drunk, and having a passenger. So, Neder, do not put words in others mouths, and dont assume to know who or what we are, “Whoa, this shows indisputable evidence of addict thinking.”:Voig Nederlander
Wed 06/22/11 3:36 PM” You infinite wisdom has truly broken through the overcast and shed a blinding truth upon us all. Thank you.
Objective Assualt please cite all scientific studies you have done on judgement ability and coordination for people sober and at legally drunk levels. I am asking because every single study done showed decreases in each at 0.08. Do not argue scientific facts unless you can provide scientific data to support your arguement. There is no such thing as being more tolerant then others at the same BAC. You may hide it better but your coordination and decision making ability are the same as a lightweight at the same BAC. You may have to drink more then the lightweight to get there, but once you are there the effects on your abilities are the same, so says science, so says the data results. If you disagree provide scientific data to support your side, otherwise shut up.
i agree wendy. at .196 i feel like he could have drove home fine. The fact that he drove like an idiot at 140mph was the problem. I drive through school zones blindfolded while my BAC is .196. Still no accidents. WHy you ask, b/c i drive the speed limit!
You drink & then drive blindfolded??!!!??
oh my god. Another jackass.
that was insensitive to use the word jackass
@DD the word jackass existed long before the show did dear.
So what is your point? He still drove 130 mph in a 55 mph zone. Are you saying just because you have high tolerance, drink as much as you want and then go behind the wheels and drive? Wake up!
Wendy, I think you are naive! Even if not drunk ANY alcohol in your system WILL impair your judgement, especially when driving. Please get some common sense.
Smoke weed people.. Puff puff
I agree with Wendy. Plus can anyone have a little remorse for his family and friends. Just to talk S*%t on someone that just died is horrible and all of you who are are going to rot in hell. Rest In Peace Ryan Dunn. You were a good man and made everyone laugh!
Remorse? He not only killed himself but took the life of his friend. How about some remorse for Zachary Hartwell’s friends and family? It was stupid and irresponsible to be drinking and driving, let alone driving 140 mph. The man was an adult who should have known better and whether or not he made you laugh doesn’t change the fact that he died doing something completely assinine and took someone with him. Yes, I feel for his family and friends, but don’t act like this was some senseless accident. It wasn’t. It was a deliberate choice and it’s only through luck that there weren’t more victims.
Are you an alcoholic Brian?
If his friends and family are cruising the internet looking for comments at this time, they have serious problems.
Yes Shauna Remorse I didn’t think it was missed spelled. Unfortunely someone else did die because of it but no one was holding a gun to his head telling him get into the car, there was three people in that group. Zach could of gone with the other guy. Zach was an adult and he made that choice to ride with his friend Ryan knowning damn well where they just came from. It was not a deliberate choice to run his car off and kill himself, who in there right mind would say that. AA (alcoholic anonymous) sounds like you are an alcoholic trying to fight the addiction. I am not a alcoholic but definitely enjoy driving fast. So I would of been right there with Ryan Dunn in that firey crash.
yes, Brian, it was a deliberate choice to get drunk and drive 140 mph with his friend with him. And yes, Zach could have gotten into another car. Again deliberate choice. No, I am not an alcoholic, and I’m glad for you that you weren’t right there in that fiery crash or it would be your own family who would be mourning right along with Zach and Ryan’s families. Again, it’s only luck that more people weren’t killed.
Ryan Dunn gets no peace! XD He killed someone!
Drunk or not, driving with a BAC of .196 is illegal in all 50 states and I guarantee that even if he wasn’t “drunk”, he was certainly “impaired” and had no business being behind the wheel of a deadly weapon.
Well, damn, make drinkin alcohol illegal… Legalize the herb….
Okay, we get it san diego sparkles, we get it. Way to run it into the ground.
I agree. I used to be a hardcore alcoholic. It gets to a point where you drink to feel normal. Back when i drank no one could even tell i had drank anything at all after a 18 pack.
Just because you thought no one could tell that you’d been drinking heavily does not mean you weren’t too impaired to drive safely.
Yeah, Mike? They could tell.
Alcoholics are delusional if they think people can’t tell. Just because people don’t say anything, doesn’t mean they can’t smell the stench of you coming a mile away.
lol.. Smoke weed people.. N relax..
wow!!! ignorance is bliss, huh Wendy?
That is the dumbest thing I’ve read all day. He was LEGALLY drunk- which means if he hadn’t gotten into an accident he could very well be in jail. And the whole idea of “tolerance” is a fallacy. If it had been your loved one in the passenger seat of that car I doubt you would be making such lame excuses.
The tolerance to alcohol argument doesn’t mean all that much. There was alcohol in his system and I’m sure it impaired him enough to not be able to handle a car at 130 mph.
Yet, Daniel’s statement is full of judgement. You seem to think we as a society, should just let everything go. Just because you have no morals and accept drunk driving is just a mistake, doesnt make it right. Obviously, your need to rebut every comment proves that you do care what people think, otherwise you would not try to change people’s mind. If you didn’t care you would ignore their comments, not continue to argue your point.
Roger was vilified for speaking about the obvious. If some ordinary person had been driving drunk and killed this guy; then his rabid fans would have been calling for the driver’s execution, had the driver lived.
This is a surprise?
Wendy, get a f***in’ clue! Of course he was drunk and he had no business being out on the road..
classy
“no other substances turned up in his blood, however.” Well lets make sure he gets a purple heart.
No one said Ebert was wrong, people, myself included, just said his comment was insensitive and in poor taste. He could have easily just said drinking and driving is bad, he never actually had to make reference to Dunn’s death.
He could’ve tweeted just what you wrote and it would’ve still been directed at Dunn.
The guy was driving at a ridiculous speed and was drunk. Let’s be thankful that no one innocent was harmed here.
Right.
Except for the passenger.
@tina
Who told him to get in the car?
Tina- what makes his passenger innocent? Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. Hello? He got in that car.
The passenger should have been well aware of his fitness to drive seeing he had been hanging with him all night. No one was innocent but no one deserves what happened to them or how they are being treated now. It makes me sad to think that you can read about him celebrity or not and not feel sad that two beautiful lives were lost. Less hate, more love.
Thousands of people said Ebert was wrong on twitter and his FB page. They insisted Dunn was not drunk and hundreds insisted he hadn’t even been drinking. They said media reports were lying, they said the six drinks would not be enough to get him drunk, etc. Go read some of them.
Lets all make believe that drinking and driving is OK, speeding at 130MPH is OK too, and when some famous idiot kills some innocent bystander/s tough luck, cause they’re nobody, they never had a TV show….
Lol.. No we got lame shows like stupid kardashians, n jersey whore… Oops lol.. I did say that.. Lmmfao.. Oh no, wait… Teen mom show on mtv… Wow.. Lame…..
Um, duh. The only thing to be thankful for is that no one innocent was taken out.
Geez EW, you sure are wasting alot of time and space on this no-load piece of crapola.
132-140 mph??? Drunk or not, doesn’t matter, he was incredibly reckless and stupid.
You got that right.
He was an a**hole. No apologies.
Well…he was holding up drinks in the pics. What were people expecting here?
what a waste – so sad – if there is a bright side, no innocent bystanders were killed as could so easily have happened. Roger Ebert may have been a bit quick with his tweet in terms of doing so without all the facts being known/public, but unfortunately he was all too right and despite the horrible sadness of this loss, it should be acknowledged by everyone that this could easily have been prevented.
so the person sitting in his passenger seat doesn’t qualify as an innocent bystander?
The person sitting next to him was undoubtedly drunk too, or he would’ve been driving. So you have two guys who got loaded, knowing one of them would have to take the wheel. Neither of them is innocent.
I would say yes and no to that-Zack ran the risk of getting in the car with him after drinking,but Ryan doing 130 is what makes him an innocent bystander in my mind.
point taken joeblow67 – I confess I was more alluding to folks not in the car that could have been maimed/killed – that anyone died is awful and such a waste – it’s just that it so easily could have fallen into the all too common story where folks are minding their own business and are taken out by someone too drunk to realize they shouldn’t be behind the wheel.
Idiots who drink and drive should just stay home and shoot themselves in the head. That way they only take their own lives with their stupidity.
+1 Like it!
Ben, you make a very good point.
Cops: Ryan Dunn Was VERY DRUNK During Crash
TMZ.com – 16 minutes ago
“Jackass” star Ryan Dunn was extremely intoxicated at the time of his fatal crash Monday morning … with a blood alcohol level of more than TWICE the legal limit … this according to cops. West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll told the Daily Local …