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re: NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:38 pm to SPEEDY
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:38 pm to SPEEDY
More worried about cell phone drivers than drinkers at this point.
Notice how everything they wanna do involves NERFing your world?
Gosh I bet they'd never abuse that system.
Notice how everything they wanna do involves NERFing your world?
Gosh I bet they'd never abuse that system.
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:42 pm to AUriptide
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I'm for it, if it works.
I'm not.
I think it's an absurd increase in cost for minimal gain. It's completely impractical.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:42 pm to The Torch
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your insurance savings would pay for the contraption on your car
I'll bet you a million dollars that savings NEVER EVER gets passed on.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:43 pm to TheFlyingTiger
Things like these are going to keep going up in value.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:43 pm to TheFlyingTiger
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More worried about cell phone drivers
Controversial opinion: Given the massive number of people looking at their phones while driving we are!’t actually doing as bad with accidents as one might expect
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:44 pm to TheFlyingTiger
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More worried about cell phone drivers than drinkers at this point.
You're more likely to get in an accident with a distracted driver, but more likely to get killed by the drunk driver. One's more frequent, the other is more severe.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:44 pm to weagle99
This entire thread is basically people saying "Well when I want to drive after drinking, I should."
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:44 pm to SPEEDY
There is an argument that cell phone usage while driving kills many people too. Is big brother going to lock cell phones?
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:45 pm to OvertheDwayneBowe
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This entire thread is basically people saying "Well when I want to drive after drinking, I should."
It's more like the government should mind its own business. What's next, can they put governors on cars to prevent speeding?
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:46 pm to Jones
quote:I'm 100% against this, but if your wife starts having a heart attack and you can't get to your car so you just let her die because you haven't figured out there's some other way to maybe get her to a hospital, you may have bigger issues.
You're at home having dinner with your family, a glass of wine, and your wife starts to have a heart attack. You can't drive your car. Congrats your wife is dead because you're a sheep
I'd also argue whether you're drunk or not, your car has this device or not, you should be calling 911 if your wife is having a heart attack as opposed to driving her, but that's a different argument entirely.
This post was edited on 9/20/22 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:46 pm to SlowFlowPro
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This would actually piss off local LEOs so much
This is ironic coming from an attorney. Attorney's would be pissed off the most.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:46 pm to Ed Osteen
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The model used for this shite when it comes up every few years is a steering wheel that can detect the BAC through touch
Does the technology exist now? If it does why aren’t law enforcement using it? Is it not as reliable as breathalyzers? Then it shouldn’t be used.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:46 pm to SPEEDY
As much as I like them, these new touch screen infotainment systems can be as more of a distraction than anything else manufacturers can put in a vehicle.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:47 pm to OvertheDwayneBowe
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This entire thread is basically people saying "Well when I want to drive after drinking, I should."
It's a comical overreach for something pretty goddamn low on the problem totem pole.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:47 pm to TigerFred
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There is an argument that cell phone usage while driving kills many people too. Is big brother going to lock cell phones?
Drunk driving kills about 3X more people a year. Also, people think distracted driving is getting worse, but fatalities have been pretty flat over the past decade at about ~3000 a year.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:53 pm to AUriptide
quote:Why stop there?
I'm for it, if it works.
Let's start requiring defendants to prove their innocence.
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:54 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:Proposed law is dumb, but what would you do if that same emergency happened after you had 10-12 beers and was pretty good and drunk?
And what happens if there's an emergency at my house and I've had one beer? Oh well?
The law is bad enough, but the few folks stating there would just be absolutely nothing you could do if you were drinking at home and there was an emergency...you don't have to go that illogical extreme, the law is bad enough as is without the exaggeration needed.
This post was edited on 9/20/22 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:56 pm to billjamin
quote:Just curious how we get the # on that for those distracted on a cell phone?
Drunk driving kills about 3X more people a year.
If they die or simply won't admit to it, how can we ever get an accurate # out of that?
I'd guess it's more of an estimate then.
This post was edited on 9/20/22 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:56 pm to LSUJML
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“We need to make sure that we’re doing all we can to save lives.
No Jennifer, no we don't. There's no limit to the term "all we can do." Wanna do "all we can do to save lives?" Change all speed limits to 10MPH and require 5-point harnesses and helmets for all vehicle passengers.
Like it or not we accept risk in the name of convenience every day.
Americans (in 2017) took 411 BILLION trips. That is an extraordinary inconvenience. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Posted on 9/20/22 at 2:57 pm to SPEEDY
The biggest opponents to this would be local law enforcement agencies. They need that DUI money.
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