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Originally Posted by redforever
Cry me a river, I am fed up!!! I have had it with the suggestions that education is not working, let us try something else. The onus should be on the DRUNK DRIVERS, not the INNOCENT PUBLIC.
It is the innocent public who alll too often pays with their lives for the discretions of those who wish to drink but not take plans to get home after they drive.
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Then please explain to me what I should have done with my example of the time I drove when I shouldn't have.
- I had two plans. One involved Calgary Transit but I got incorrect info. Plan #2 was to call a taxi.
- I could not call anybody. Anybody I could have called was either also intoxicated or out of town.
I was left with two options. Fall alseep in a snowbank and die for certain in the -20 degree weather, sleep in the car and have many hours to risk getting a DUI, or take my chances on the road.
Fotze had a great idea- use the taxes on booze to pay for initiatives to get dunks off the road. I would even pay more for my beer if I knew it was going to pay for such things.
Nobody is saying it is a perfect solution, nor will it get all the drunks off the streets. But what I am saying is let's have some options available. Not every night of drinking is planned, and certainly not every drinker has the responsibility to plan such a night.
But we all know what our reaction is if somebody in this city now tries to call a cab during a busy period- we all laugh and say "good luck." We all also know that transit in this city doesn't run very late- in Winnipeg I would often take the bus home from the bar after closing time.
You are right- anybody driving should be 100% responsible all the time. But the fact of the matter is many drivers are not- and we as a society take measures to make sure the irresponsible people don't harm themselves or others. We install cable fences between the two directions on Deerfoot to save people from those who fall asleep behind the wheel. We built a boardwalk on the top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff so that people wouldn't fall off. There are "Don't jump over handrail" signs on bridges. There are some bridges with netting or chainlink fences to keep people from throwing stuff off bridges. The list goes on.
"Don't drink and drive" is a good message. However a better message would be "Don't drink and drive- and here are your realistic options:"