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re: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Posted on 8/25/15 at 6:56 am to Ed Osteen
Posted on 8/25/15 at 6:56 am to Ed Osteen
The way I interpreted the OP is why not focus a little more on preventing people from getting robbed, stabbed and shot in New Orleans and at gas stations in Baton Rouge rather than trying to bust every swinging dick who had an old fashioned at dinner and decided to drive home.
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Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:08 am to Icansee4miles
For the overwhelming majority of us, the odds of being killed or injured by a drunk driver is exponentially higher than being murdered.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:13 am to Icansee4miles
They should have a slogan about check points , not getting pulled over.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:14 am to Sandy_Ash
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They should have a slogan about check points , not getting pulled over.
like be sober?
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:16 am to Icansee4miles
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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
What exactly is the problem? Seems like a good thing, to me.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:19 am to SSpaniel
Credit to the guy downvoting everything but not contributing anything to the discussion
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:19 am to SSpaniel
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What exactly is the problem? Seems like a good thing, to me.
It doesn't rhyme. It's like the guy who thought up, "Click it or ticket," needed some extra cash and really started scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:21 am to EveryonesACoach
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A lot of "drunk driving" stats are very misleading. They are kept that way by the likes of MADD and police departments that make a killing on DWI checkpoints. "You just blew $10,000", right?
They are
If I'm driving at .08 when someone runs a red light and I hit them that's going down as an alcohol related accident
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:25 am to Icansee4miles
DWIs are huge money generators for local governments. Same with inspection stickers.
It's about ROI and has little to do with safety.
It's about ROI and has little to do with safety.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:26 am to Icansee4miles
Ever drive through Pennsylvania?
When you are driving the roads there, it's a constant barrage of signs with slogans like that on them.
It really seems like there is a sign every 75'.
When you are driving the roads there, it's a constant barrage of signs with slogans like that on them.
It really seems like there is a sign every 75'.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:26 am to Ed Osteen
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Credit to the guy downvoting everything but not contributing anything to the discussion
Yea, I'd love for any of the people down voting my posts to actually comment on why. I'm sure most of it comes down to frick that lnchbox guy.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:28 am to Icansee4miles
"Dive Sober of Get Pulled Over" is a national campaign that is paid for by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. All the ads you see and the publicity is due to NHTSA grant funding. NHTSA also provides grant funding for additional DUI/DWI officers in local municipalities.
In a couple of years or less, they will change the slogan of the national campaign to something else equally generic, like "If you Drink you go to the Clink" or some such shite.
In a couple of years or less, they will change the slogan of the national campaign to something else equally generic, like "If you Drink you go to the Clink" or some such shite.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:36 am to Icansee4miles
"Alcohol related" is a misnomer. If you drink a beer and then get rear ended at a read light, the accident is considered "alcohol related". A more accurate stat would be accidents caused by impaired people. (If you are drunk at a red light and get rear ended, again, not your fault....but will sure be reported that alcohol was a factor).
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:38 am to Bdog9090
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"Dive Sober of Get Pulled Over" is a national campaign that is paid for by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Sounds like they were drunk when they thought of it.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:39 am to Icansee4miles
What would you do if you had old women riding your arse constantly bitching, yelling, and threatening you if you didn't do exactly what they wanted?
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:44 am to Hammertime
I still chuckle at the D.A.M.M. shirts (Drunks Against Mad Mothers)
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:46 am to Icansee4miles
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Serious question-how many fatalities do the stats show due to drunk drivers, versus fatalities due to acute lead poisoning, stabbing, beatings, etc?
Every dollar spent on this type of program is worth it IMO.
I would assume La is at least as bad as SC, and here are some stats.
Between 2008-12, we had 17,503 fatal or severe injury collisions. Over 1/4 involved alcohol. That's pretty freaking significant IMO.
Way more than were killed or injured by gun violence in SC, but doesn't get near the headlines.
ETA: why would anyone downvote this? Don't like stats?
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 7:49 am
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:48 am to Eighteen
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DWIs are huge money generators for local governments. Same with inspection stickers.
It's about ROI and has little to do with safety.
This is 100% incorrect.
All funding for DUI awareness is coming from Federal or State level, who don't profit anything off of DUI's.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 7:48 am
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:49 am to Icansee4miles
I'd rather the state make an effort to teach people how to drive on I-10. Seems like every day, there is an accident on the basin bridge or on I-10 between lafayette and Crowley that stops east/westbound traffic.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 7:53 am to Icansee4miles
First off, a lot of these campaigns are the result of federal grants. So the LSP gets to spend money on all kinds of new toys to use on the campaign with the tab picked up by the taxpayers.
Secondly, DWI industry is a huge moneymaker. Courts get money from fines, attorneys get money, the system gets money.
Thats what its really all about: $$$.
Secondly, DWI industry is a huge moneymaker. Courts get money from fines, attorneys get money, the system gets money.
Thats what its really all about: $$$.
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