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Originally Posted by ken0042
Here's my issue- I am offering some practical solutions and you are offering name calling. Don't get me wrong, I agree that drunk driving is stupid. But I don't think telling people that "Don't drive drunk- it's stupid" is any kind of deterrent. However taking away as many excuses as possible will hopefully help prevent people from making those decisions. And maybe as more and more people find alternatives, they will get out of the habit of doing it. I knew people who would drive drunk all the time, because of a combination of never getting caught, and not having alternative methods of transport.
Just this past weekend a bunch of us went to Beer Fest, and there was some significant planning involved to make sure we all had safe ways of getting to and from the event. I'm just suggesting that it be made easier.
It won't stop all drunk drivers; I have no delusions there. However it will put a significant dent in the people who are not habitual drunk drivers.
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I was responding to your root cause comment. The root cause has nothing to do with number of services available and everything to do with the individual.
I've lived in numerous cities including Calgary. I have never ever had an issue taking a safe way home be it a cab, a designated driver, or a bus. All those things are available and easily so. If waiting for a cab or needing to put 5 minutes extra effort into planning is the reason some potential "non-habitual" drunk drivers go out and drunk drive it boils down to the exact same thing. It's a cop out to blame anything other than idiocy and disregard for yours and others lives.
Sure cabs might help mitigate the idiocy...I don't disagree with that. But it isn't the root cause. It's not even a corrective action. It's a containment action.
I even somewhat understand the person who goes out thinking he'll never drink and drive but does so in the end. I understand it (somewhat) precisely ONCE. It's stupid. The person will admit it was stupid. Doing a second time crosses the line to complete disregard. No matter the circumstances.