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It isn't as big a deal as people make it out to be and the legal limit is laughably low. Why have draconian punishments in this one specific case? Especially when we know that draconian punishments don't work. Energy is better spent trying to improve local infrastructure through improved zoning and improved public transportation.
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We need to fix the cops. By eliminating them.
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Oct 9, 2014 07:51
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Beep boop. I am a robot. People should only drink alone in their own homes. Beep boop.
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Oct 9, 2014 10:29
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I do the same thing. The way I avoid driving drunk is to invite my friends over to my place or a bar within walking distance of where I live so they can drive drunk. I'm a good friend and I am positively contributing to solving drunk driving.
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Oct 9, 2014 15:50
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I've really liked MARTA from the handful of times I've visited Atlanta. Granted, I'm usually just going from ATL to the CDC or downtown/convention center but it worked great for me. Seemed a little empty/underutilized but it was very well maintained.
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Oct 10, 2014 17:17
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PT6A posted:For some reason, in Canada, this is extremely rare even in cities with decent transit systems. The LRT in Calgary runs almost along the airport boundary, but they didn't build a stop at the airport itself. Montreal has a great Metro, but, hey, no airport stop. My suspicion in both cases is that the taxi lobby threw an almighty bitch at any plans to connect the airport by train, and city councils are completely beholden to the wishes of taxi companies for Reasons. It's because Canadian airports are almost universally super far away from the city proper. Like, really really far away. YVR is the only Canadian airport I've ever been to that is even somewhat close to the city proper.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:52
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When I got my underage drinking ticket, I found out I was in the top 12% of drinkers. I drink a lot more now, so I'm probably way up there. Just doing my part to keep the economy strong.
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Oct 11, 2014 19:43
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How many times should someone be able to text and drive before we take away their license? I'm thinking just once and if you see someone driving and not using a phone (hands free also significantly impaired) you should be obligated to report it to the police.
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Oct 12, 2014 00:35
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And yet one of those activities carries a life-destroying stigma and massive fines with zero tolerance whereas the other is more, eh, it happens. It isn't that drunk driving is good (obviously) but the punishments for drunk driving vs. tired driving or texting while driving are so absurdly out-of-whack it should give you pause. When I was younger, I probably drove while over 0.08, but I've never texted while driving and when I've been tired after a super long shift, I've called people to pick me up. Hell, I've even pulled over during some seriously bad weather. Why? Because the latter three impacted my driving more than the former. But only one of those activities will get you sent to jail. Zero tolerance policies, in general, are stupid. Zero tolerance policies that target certain bad behaviors while totally ignoring other bad behaviors that are just-as-bad-if-not-worse are remarkably dumb. Throw in a little biased policing with a strong moral message so people feel self-righteous.  Yeah, those numbers totally look in keeping with the racial make-up of America, right?
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Oct 13, 2014 20:46
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deratomicdog posted:What is that chart measuring? DUIs per percent population? Percentages of Drivers Aged 21 or Older Who Reported a Past Year Arrest for DUI, by Race/Ethnicity: 2002 and 2003. Sorry, I thought the legend was included in the image (phoneposting is dumbposting).
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Oct 13, 2014 23:01
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The statistics I've seen are absolute. So, for the moment, we can use abstract numbers. In X percentage of total accidents, the driver was drunk and in X percentage of accidents the driver was texting. The notion of factoring in total time, if anything, makes texting while driving even worse. Someone texting while driving is only distracted for a few seconds. Someone driving drunk is impaired the entire time. If the same total amounts of accidents are caused by texting and drunk driving, then texting while driving ought be punished much, much more severely.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:38
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The only good zero tolerance policy is my zero tolerance policy.
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Oct 19, 2014 22:29
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