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Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicided a person under circumstances still unexplained. Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
The idea that lowering the speed limit to 55MPH will lower highway fatalities is bunk. The German Autobahn has no speed limit and they have far less fatalities than we do.
So are drivers who text or talk on the phone, or fiddle with their touch screens while driving. Road maintenance and not having proper signage for roads under construction can also be killers. The list is long, and endless. Lowering the blood alcohol from .08 to .05 is at the bottom of it, and only contributes to further harassment responsible citizens.Crazy shit. So basically you can't even have a single drink and get behind a wheel. Which means nobody will be able to go out to any bar or event that serves alcohol.
More of the nanny state at work.
Nanny state? HAHAHA. Drunk drivers are killers and maimers. Stopping people from harming others is what governments are for, you nitwit.
Same here, most of the accidents I have known to cause death or serious injury, have been because of teenager reckless driving, bad road signage, not paying attention while driving, racing, inexperienced driving, etc.I have never been hit by a drunk driver but I have been hit by a woman putting on make up, a kid looking for a CD, a guy drinking coffee and a guy who fell asleep at the wheel.
So are drivers who text or talk on the phone, or fiddle with their touch screens while driving. Road maintenance and not having proper signage for roads under construction can also be killers. The list is long, and endless. Lowering the blood alcohol from .08 to .05 is at the bottom of it, and only contributes to further harassment responsible citizens.
Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicided a person under circumstances still unexplained. Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
The idea that lowering the speed limit to 55MPH will lower highway fatalities is bunk. The German Autobahn has no speed limit and they have far less fatalities than we do.
Nonsense. That only proves that Germans are far better drivers than Americans. Why? The Germans have a 4.5 per 100,000 vehicular death rate to our 12.5. Their alcohol DUI rate is .08, like the USA. List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The idea that lowering the speed limit to 55MPH will lower highway fatalities is bunk. The German Autobahn has no speed limit and they have far less fatalities than we do.
The issue was settled in 1974 when america went to the 55 and highway deaths dropped 16% while miles driven only fell 2%.
THINK
It's going to be a fucking mess. I hope it never passes. There will be a lot of false arrests, harassment, and protests until the law gets repealed, and eventually it will undermine what was originally a good cause "preventing drunk driving".So are drivers who text or talk on the phone, or fiddle with their touch screens while driving. Road maintenance and not having proper signage for roads under construction can also be killers. The list is long, and endless. Lowering the blood alcohol from .08 to .05 is at the bottom of it, and only contributes to further harassment responsible citizens.
The government will only succeed in creating more criminals out of otherwise decent people.
I have never been hit by a drunk driver but I have been hit by a woman putting on make up, a kid looking for a CD, a guy drinking coffee and a guy who fell asleep at the wheel.
Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicided a person under circumstances still unexplained. Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
The idea that lowering the speed limit to 55MPH will lower highway fatalities is bunk. The German Autobahn has no speed limit and they have far less fatalities than we do.
Nonsense. That only proves that Germans are far better drivers than Americans. Why? The Germans have a 4.5 per 100,000 vehicular death rate to our 12.5. Their alcohol DUI rate is .08, like the USA. List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Which only supports what I said. Thanks.
Crazy shit. So basically you can't even have a single drink and get behind a wheel. Which means nobody will be able to go out to any bar or event that serves alcohol.The auto industry will fight this since they love car crashes. Car crashes mean car sales. Obozo will fight it since his beloved daddy was a serial drunk driver who once killed a man.
US officials recommend lowering drunken driving threshold to .05 blood alcohol to save lives - The Washington Post
WASHINGTON States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half from .08 blood alcohol level to .05_matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday. Thats about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds, two for a 160-pound man.
More than 100 countries have adopted the .05 alcohol content standard or lower, according to a report by the staff of the National Transportation Safety Board. In Europe, the share of traffic deaths attributable to drunken driving was reduced by more than half within 10 years after the standard was dropped, the report said.
NTSB officials said it wasnt their intention to prevent drivers from having a glass of wine with dinner, but they acknowledged that under a threshold as low as .05 the safest thing for people who have only one or two drinks is not to drive at all.
A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 4 ounces of wine, or 1 ounce of 80-proof alcohol in most studies
Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicide a person under circumstances still unexplained.
Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
I have never been hit by a drunk driver but I have been hit by a woman putting on make up, a kid looking for a CD, a guy drinking coffee and a guy who fell asleep at the wheel.
This would undoubtedly prevent thousands of highway killings every year. Same with lowering the speed limit to 55 and banning cell phones in cars. But the idiot public says "Hell with it. It's more important to combat terrorism" even though bee stings kill more americans than terrorism.
I have never been hit by a drunk driver but I have been hit by a woman putting on make up, a kid looking for a CD, a guy drinking coffee and a guy who fell asleep at the wheel.
I have had vehicles rear-ended by...
...a guy who dropped his cigarette in his lap.
...a woman who had a coughing fit. (She was on her way to her doctor & sick as a dog...I kind of felt bad for her.)
...a trucker whose foot slipped off the clutch.
...a woman changing CD's.
...a total moron. She told the cop, "I didn't see those little taillights." My reply was, "Really? Welkl, what about the BIG FUCKING TOW TRUCK?!?!"
Hmm. Having been rear-ended five times, either the drivers in this area REALLY ARE that bad, or someone put a big-ass magnet under my bumper.
Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicide a person under circumstances still unexplained.
Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicide a person under circumstances still unexplained.
Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
Are you channeling the OP? News flash: 55MPH was tried. It failed (dismally) and is in the Dumpster where it belongs. You want to putt along at 55, go for it. I'll be the one sailing past you at 70. (Or more...I love states with 70MPH speed limits!)
Not the admin's fault, or Obama's daddy, or Laura Bush who vehicular homicide a person under circumstances still unexplained.
Why do we have so many driving deaths? Because the pubic does not insist on 55mph and no cell phone use in cars. Those two measures would probably cut the mortality rate in auto crashes by 50 to 60% in the first year
Are you channeling the OP? News flash: 55MPH was tried. It failed (dismally) and is in the Dumpster where it belongs. You want to putt along at 55, go for it. I'll be the one sailing past you at 70. (Or more...I love states with 70MPH speed limits!)
I do my very best to not go over 55. I really prefer 50 as my top speed. I eventually pass the ones going 70, as they run out of gas.
Driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas I can get there on one tank of gas going 55. At 70, I have to fill up before I hit the desert. I've done both so I know.
