John Wilkes Booth

i don't care about her weight. i'm gonna ask her what's her blood type

Trollheart

Yeah, from what little I know of drinking, you may not be drunk, and you may be able to drive, but your reaction time is down, your responses are slower and your attention is not focussed. It only takes one kid walking out from a parked car or one headlight in your face or whatever you drivers have to put up with on a daily basis to cause an accident. Or your "slightly inebriated" state might make you more angry/negative towards perhaps harmless incidents like cutting off or changing lanes, and you could react differently to how you would if sobre.

It's not up to you, JWB, or anyone, to decide how over-the-limit or sobre you are. The law is there for a reason and you can't, or shouldn't, choose to follow which ones you do. The law is absolute, it is not open to interpretation, at least in this important case.

What would you do if you did have an accident? Say "Oh I thought I was okay to drink and drive?" Yeah, the judge will love that. It's this "I'm okay" attitude that leads to so many accidents. You can't say you're okay: you're under the influence of a substance, and everyone knows that you can't make the same rational decisions you do when sobre when there's alcohol in your system. Same reason people say "Gimme my keys I can drive" while another, sobre person will shake their head and say "I'll call you a taxi."

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RoxyRollah

No I weigh a buck 65 thanks so much for asking.

Edit: AB- thanks so much for asking.

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Chula Vista

Never ever do it these days. Did it a lot in the past. Barely escaped death at 16 riding shotgun in a van with a blitzed driver. Everyone who saw the wreck said I should have been killed.

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Ninetales

people drive tired or emotionally distressed to similar effects (and is more dangerous than having a casual beer).

Trollheart

Agreed, but that's not necessarily an arranged thing. You can stay up too long or work too hard and be tired, sure, or drive away from a bad meeting with your ex or whatever, and in those cases it's true you should probably exercise common sense and not drive till you've recovered. But it doesn't hold a candle to driving while under the influence of alcohol, which IS an arranged thing. Nobody goes out and gets accidentally drunk. You know damn well what you're doing, and it's your fault then if you have an accident.

Also, saying this happens and that happens is not an excuse. You could say well people talk on their mobile phones while driving, but all that does is add another category to the things people should not do when driving. And for my money, drink driving is at the top of the list.

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Pet_Sounds

It's actually illegal to touch your phone while driving in Ontario. Bloody good idea, IMO. Talking isn't so bad, but when people start texting…

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John Wilkes Booth

i don't think the arranged vs not arranged distinction is really all that important. i can see your point to an extent, but all in all the fact that you didn't mean to get tired doesn't make it any less dangerous.

Frownland

What about hands free devices?

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Pet_Sounds

They're OK. I actually saw a cop talking on her cell phone while driving yesterday, believe it or not. It didn't look like a police radio.…

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