【Golden Dog Welcomes Spring】Forcing others to drink is a bad habit; one must take responsibility for accidents that occur after drinking!

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Those who encourage drunk driving or fail to prevent it after a meal and lead to death due to drunk driving are held accountable. Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 18 (Reporter Xiong Lin) – Those who know that someone is driving but still encourage them to drink, and fail to stop drunk driving behavior afterward, resulting in the death of the driver in an accident, have been found by courts to be liable as well. Judges from the Miyun District People’s Court in Beijing advise that during holiday gatherings, excessive drinking or forcing others to drink not only endangers one’s own safety, but those who encourage such behavior may also be held accountable. Mr. Li invited Xiao Liu and three other friends for a meal; *at that time, despite knowing that Xiao Liu was driving, Mr. Li still persuaded him to drink. After the meal, after driving the other three home, Xiao Liu was involved in a collision with a heavy truck on his way back, resulting in his death on the spot. Upon assessment, Xiao Liu was found to be driving under the influence. The transportation authorities determined that the truck driver bore primary responsibility for the accident, while Xiao Liu bore secondary responsibility. After reviewing the case, the court found that Mr. Li, knowing that Xiao Liu was driving, still persuaded him to drink alcohol and allowed him to drive them home without taking any effective measures to stop him. The other three individuals, knowing that Xiao Liu had been drinking, failed to fulfill their duty to warn and dissuade him, allowing him to drive away. As a result, the court ruled that these four people were liable for 40% of the civil liability. Wang Ning, deputy head of the Third Civil Tribunal of the Miyun District People’s Court in Beijing, said that according to relevant legal provisions, if persuading someone to drink alcohol results in that person losing consciousness, the person who persuaded them has the obligation to ensure the safety of that person and should escort them home safely. Those who persist in persuading someone to drink despite the consequences, thereby causing harm to that person’s health, or fail to fulfill their duty to accompany them, shall bear corresponding civil liability. The judge stated that the extent of responsibility owed by those who persuade others to drink should be determined based on the degree of their persuasion and fulfillment of their obligations. Since the person being persuaded to drink is usually an adult with a certain degree of self-control, they should also bear corresponding responsibility for any resulting harm.