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Originally Posted by jayocal
Although drinking and driving is an obvious problem and is unacceptable, I believe horrible sober drivers are much more of a problem that needs even more attention.
I drive for a living and log at least 200 km a day in the city. The hundreds of thousands of poor drivers pose more of a threat than the handful of drunk drivers. By a large margin.
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I would disagree that they are
much more of a problem, but I see what you're saying. I think accidents involving alcohol are going to have a higher likelihood of death than accidents involving base moron behaviour.
The best numbers I can find suggest 30% of road fatalities are alcohol related, which I can only assume is the biggest chunk of the pie when you factor in other behaviours such as speeding, using a phone, no shoulder checking, poor merging etc.