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Originally Posted by carom
And you could make the argument that if people always followed the rules of the road and only drove when conditions are ideal we would have no acidents is just as practical. I'm just saying, we don't live in a black and white world.
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Not a good argument. Sometimes you need to drive in less than ideal conditions, in fact many peoples livelihood depends on it. There is no time that you
need to drink, and then get behind the wheel.
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Originally Posted by flameswin
Exactly. if no one ever went above the speed limit in any situation, then nobody would ever die in accidents where speed was a factor. Yet most people speed from time to time.
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If you are speeding, you can correct that very easily before something bad happens, step on the brake. If you are impaired and driving, the only correction is to stop driving.
As long as people think that a certain amount of alcohol is okay, there will always be drunk driving related accidents and deaths. Only when it becomes socially unacceptable to drive after consuming any amount of booze will the problem be greatly reduced.