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Originally Posted by White Out 403
So then I would ask this; ignoring the slippery slope why should we allow the police to force people to take a breathalyzer when the data shows drunk driving has come down at the same rates of countries who have taken this step? Why trade away freedom when it may not actually help?
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I can’t tell you why we should allow it, but I can tell you why I’m comfortable with it. There have been multiple academic studies dedicated to this very thing, all showing that (in other countries) the introduction of this law was responsible for a directly related, significant, and measurable decline in drunk driving and the related crashes and deaths associated with it. That’s not to say Canada did accomplish similar results, but it does suggest that this law is effective and should lead to another significant drop like the one we’ve seen in other countries immediately following.
The studies show it does help. And they aren’t based on just looking at a graph. Based on that, I’m comfortable with it.