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To: TimF who wrote (7697)8/9/2004 6:09:48 PM
From: Don Earl  Read Replies (2) of 20039
 
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<<< the act of driving drunk in and of itself kills no one>>>

Not true. It kills around 17,000 people a year in the US and accounts for 41% of all traffic fatalities. Legalizing drunken driving on the argument drunks often don't kill anyone when they drive, would be about like saying drive by shootings should be legalized as often the shooter doesn't hit anyone.

nhtsa.dot.gov

On the flip side, the truly scary part is the number of people killed by drivers who are lethally dangerous even when sober. For example; a person whose physical and cognitive powers have been so deteriorated by age, they couldn't pass a field sobriety test under any circumstances, will never the less be issued a driver's license if they aren't legally blind. Not to mention that most places, only knowing 3 out of 4 traffic regulations is all a person needs to know in order to pass a driving test, and that driving test will be the only one administered in that person's lifetime.

The absolutely ludicrous part is on any given day, you will never see a State Trooper handing out right of way violations in hot accident spots, they'll all be parked on deserted stretches of highway where there hasn't been an accident in the past decade.

The problem isn't having a law on the books to remove drunks from behind the wheel of vehicles. The problem is not having a system in place to properly qualify all persons issued licenses, along with periodic tests to insure those persons issued licenses remain qualified.
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