You hit on one of my biggest peeves that makes no sense-the ridiculously stupid and clearly avoidable DWI related deaths and injuries. We absolutely know drinking impairs abilities like driving. We also know automobiles are big heavy objects that can easily kill if handled irresponsibly by someone who is impaired. Obviously the two things I mentioned should not be mixed.. but our govt came up with another solution to try to keep everyone happy (esp those giving them a little extra for their consideration)-thresholds, that allow you to drink and still get behind the wheel-which my common sense has always told me is a recipe for disaster. I have seen folks get giddy and stupid after one or two drinks-they might pass a breathalyzer, but you clearly realize they shouldn't get behind the wheel. Why not have law that says you CANNOT drink and drive period. What purpose does it serve to allow this.. is society better off allowing folks to get behind the wheel after partaking??? If this is allowed for population control it is working very well.. and the figures you provided illustrates this point quite nicely too.
" Drunk driving kills more than 12,000 people annually, and some of the biggest users of alcohol are kids who aren’t even legally allowed to drink the stuff. The Centers for Disease Control reports 4,000 underage drinkers are killed by the stuff each year."
Those are huge numbers to accept, just so fools can 'drink (a little) and drive'. There should be zero tolerance.. and if you get caught driving after drinking (which we now have the means to fairly easily determine) your weapon.. I mean car.. will be confiscated, auctioned off, and the proceeds go into a 'victims fund' for folks who have been 'victimized' (by these folks who shouldn't have been allowed to drive). It also shouldn't matter who the car belongs to-if someone let you use it, and you screw up.. it's gone.. and the obvious moral is: don't loan your car to someone who may decide to stop for a quick 'cool one'). This would definitely make people rethink their choice (or need) to get behind the wheel, when they shouldn't. The alcohol industry has rewarded our politicians richly to see to it that nothing like this will be considered....
You hit on one of my biggest peeves that makes no sense-the ridiculously stupid and clearly avoidable DWI related deaths and injuries. We absolutely know drinking impairs abilities like driving. We also know automobiles are big heavy objects that can easily kill if handled irresponsibly by someone who is impaired. Obviously the two things I mentioned should not be mixed.. but our govt came up with another solution to try to keep everyone happy (esp those giving them a little extra for their consideration)-thresholds, that allow you to drink and still get behind the wheel-which my common sense has always told me is a recipe for disaster. I have seen folks get giddy and stupid after one or two drinks-they might pass a breathalyzer, but you clearly realize they shouldn't get behind the wheel. Why not have law that says you CANNOT drink and drive period. What purpose does it serve to allow this.. is society better off allowing folks to get behind the wheel after partaking??? If this is allowed for population control it is working very well.. and the figures you provided illustrates this point quite nicely too.
" Drunk driving kills more than 12,000 people annually, and some of the biggest users of alcohol are kids who aren’t even legally allowed to drink the stuff. The Centers for Disease Control reports 4,000 underage drinkers are killed by the stuff each year."
Those are huge numbers to accept, just so fools can 'drink (a little) and drive'. There should be zero tolerance.. and if you get caught driving after drinking (which we now have the means to fairly easily determine) your weapon.. I mean car.. will be confiscated, auctioned off, and the proceeds go into a 'victims fund' for folks who have been 'victimized' (by these folks who shouldn't have been allowed to drive). It also shouldn't matter who the car belongs to-if someone let you use it, and you screw up.. it's gone.. and the obvious moral is: don't loan your car to someone who may decide to stop for a quick 'cool one'). This would definitely make people rethink their choice (or need) to get behind the wheel, when they shouldn't. The alcohol industry has rewarded our politicians richly to see to it that nothing like this will be considered....
Well written and researched.
Miss the humor, but needed to be said!
Yes! No more drug ads!