Social Dilemma-Is the Designated Drive Responsible For Car Damage?

Today's TRY social dilemma came from Dan and it's about helping out a friend.....or is it? Here's Dan's email: Hi Jaime. I'm ticked off at a friend of mine, but I don't want this problem to blow up and ruin our friendship. Here's what happened. I went on a quick road trip with him and some friends last week and I was the designated driver after dinner, driving my buddy's car. Well, I managed to back my friend’s car into a trailer and messed up his bumper. Turns out it’s going to cost $800 to fix it. He's telling me I have to cover that cost. I say I was doing him a favor by being the DD. What do you think? Am I responsible to pay for it, even if he has insurance? Do I have to pay for his deductible? He says yes to all of the above, but I think it should be his issue because he had too many drinks to drive. Hope you can help me out with this. Thanks Jaime ~ Dan Hmm, it is a tough one I think. I don't think Dan is responsible for paying for the full damage. I don't even think he's responsible for paying for the deductible. I do think he should offer up some money though to help out his buddy since he was driving. But that's just my take. What would you tell Dan? Let me know on the TRY Facebook page.