What if standard equipment on automobiles was a breathalyzer? Too much to drink car won't start.
This does not imply that drinking is harmless, regardless of what idiots like pmp, yoda or taft will claim. Prohibition and/or the attempt to regulate behavior oftens lead to unintended consequences and only makes matters worse.
http://www.cato.org/blog/more-drinki...ewer-accidents
Does restricting access to alcohol reduce traffic accidents? Not necessarily, according to a recent study by economists from the University of Lancaster:
Recent legislation liberalised closing times with the object of reducing social problems thought associated with drinking to “beat the clock.” Indeed, we show that one consequence of this liberalization was a decrease in traffic accidents. This decrease is concentrated heavily among younger drivers. Moreover, we provide evidence that the effect was most pronounced in the hours of the week directly affected by the liberalization; late nights and early mornings on weekends.
The authors also suggest that the restrictive closing times caused more traffic congestion (everyone left the pubs at the same time), increasing the scope for accidents.
So more freedom seems to generate better outcomes, presumably because most people use increased freedom sensibly.
Last edited by Timshel; 04-22-2014 at 10:32 AM.
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What if standard equipment on automobiles was a breathalyzer? Too much to drink car won't start.
They've had this discussion here recently in San Francisco where all bars close at 2 but there has been debate whether they should stay open to 4. The obvious concern, which the above article addresses, is public safety and drunk drivers along with costs. I saw someone in the California state senate is trying to pass a bill that would allow those places that already stay open until 4am but don't serve alcohol past 2am to serve alcohol to 4am.
It would be interesting to see a direct comparison between cities like SF which close at 2am and Chicago and New York which close at 4. I'm all for the staying open later.
Wow...2 am and 4 am. The only time I am up that late/early is if I'm fighting a fire or getting out of bed to go fishing.
Edit: Added "early"
Ehhh, Self Driving Cars will be out soon... case solved.
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Not sure, probably wouldn't love it, but I'm sure if it were standard equipment I'd get used to it. I'm sure innovation could come up with a sleek and innocuous styling. Maybe auto insurance rates would drop as fewer drunks would be on the road. Maybe we could even reduce the number of cops needed to patrol the highways and incarcerate the drunks?
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I'm all for removing the legal curfew. That said, if the bars stay open 24 hours, then drunks are going to be wandering out into the morning commute, rather than simply into the dead of night. The idea that this will actually limit damages, DUIs, and deaths seems highly unlikely. The curfew is an unncessary government intrusion, though. It's bad enough that adults under the age of 21 are prohibited from being allowed to partake.
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Safety equipment already has its fascist ass planted in automobile designs. The lawful rationale for such designs is that costs associated with not having them justified their requirements. I only theorized about this dude, as it aligns with other similar safety equipment.
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