Maybe they can also have GPS, so we can track who visits an abortion clinic.
Or maybe we should just test for HCG along with alcohol and report HCG drops to the govt.
NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles
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#82Once again, the actions of a few are hurting everyone else. Why not target the few? There's a solid connection between DUI enforcement and reduction in deaths. We've all heard of crashes involving someone with multiple DUI arrests. These offenders need identifying, help, supervision, and maybe removing their driving privileges. https://www.safehome.org/resources/dui-statistics/
Alternatively, instead of using repression mechanisms, the government could take care in setting up proper public transport so that people don't feel the need to drive drunk.
Here in Germany, in almost all urban and urban-surrounding places you're not stuck to expensive taxis to get home after a bar night, you simply hop into a bus. In rural areas, the situation looks different, and correspondingly the DUI rates are higher there.
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#83The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.
I swear I saw this in a movie. Demolition Man? Judge Dredd?
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#84I'm surprised they regulated backup cameras before this.
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#85The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.
Printing tickets? You guys need to decide is the US is ahead of the world or decades behind. What's next, being pulled over for speeding?
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#86"43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years" True, but there were also 250 billion more miles traveled than 16 years ago and a population of roughly 40 million more people. So though the raw number is higher, the traffic fatalities per mile traveled and per capita is actually lower than it was back then.
We could try reducing miles driven. Add more pubic transit.
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#88Hmm. How will they check for alcohol? Would you still be able to drive home a car full of drunks while sober? Only with all windows open?
Its a solved problem, you can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_interlock_device
Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles
#89The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.
Printing tickets? You guys need to decide is the US is ahead of the world or decades behind. What's next, being pulled over for speeding?
Nahhh, we will withold medical care if there are unpayed tickets.
Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles
#90"43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years" True, but there were also 250 billion more miles traveled than 16 years ago and a population of roughly 40 million more people. So though the raw number is higher, the traffic fatalities per mile traveled and per capita is actually lower than it was back then.
'Safety' is going to be the thing that kills personal liberty in this country.
Big Sister is always much, much worse than Big Brother, and he's bad.