Well lets face it this friend of Nick's was reckless. 3 times over the limit and driving is no mistake.
Especially if he was aware that there have been a lot of people recently 'trapped' in the area
I can understand how his wife would be furious with him initially for this kind of irresponsible behaviour - I do think though that this should have been dealt with at home. It shouldn't take mediators ( Mr & Mrs Nick ) to intervene in what is a domestic. Does that mean every time they have a disagreement now he will come running back to
Mrs Nick sorry Nick.