Comments on: Fascists against drunk driving

By: amake

amake — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:43:48 +0000

JP > Frankly, that’s bullshit. Simply disagreeing with anti-x whatever doesn’t make one pro-x. I don’t drive drunk, but I’m against the overboard “order at any cost” tactics I described in my post.

People die of choking all the time. Should everyone be forced to be certified in the Heimlich maneuver before being allowed to eat?

The “imagine it was your child” argument is also bullshit. It’s an appeal to irrational emotions that completely ignores the wider effects these restrictions would have on society as a whole.

If anything, it’s you “with us or against us” people who are the problem. Do you really have your head so far up your ass that you can’t accept that someone might have a differing opinion?

By: JP

JP — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:30:08 +0000

If you are AGAINST it, then YOU are part of the problem.
Meaning that YOU are one of those idiots that sometimes drives drunk.

You talk about the relatively low instance in statistics here, but imagine if it were your child or relative that was killed by a drunk driver.

You mention “bunch of knee-jerking soccer moms”… It’s not just this group. People pushing for this are those who have lost relatives to people like yourself that think they have 100% ability in their driving skills whilst drunk.

To me, you are the problem.

By: John

John — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:00:07 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I’m not fine with 700 people having needlessly died last year; and if what it takes is a minor inconvenience when starting your car….well then.

By: Charles Farrell

Charles Farrell — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:41:02 +0000

I totally understand and but what’s really retarded is that according to newspapers in Japan, the number of drivers refusing to take alcohol breath tests are increasing due to a loophole in the law.

The Road Traffic Law was amended in 2002 to stiffen the penalties for drunken driving. However, under the revisions , those who are found to be driving while being heavily drunk face up to three years in prison or a fine of 500,000 yen and those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol can be punished with up to one-year imprisonment or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

However, a provision that stipulate drivers who refuse to undergo breath tests will be punished with not more than a fine of 50,000 yen remained unchanged.

So putting a breath test or a PIN on a car won’t solve the problem. Not having stupid laws like this will help though.

By: drUnkie Paul

drUnkie Paul — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:03:09 +0000

After watching the news two days ago and listening to the old man, through tears, describe how the van full of drunken idiots knocked his wife off a bridge, killing her, I say I’m all for any-means-necessary methods of getting drunks off the road.

But I’m against the way the news goes after people for interviews right after personal tragedies.

And, obviously, I’m pro-comma and support run-on sentences and hyphens whole-heartedly.

By: Momoko

Momoko — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:21:37 +0000

I would love for any driver but me to drive a car like that…better go sell our Nissan stocks…

By: Dik

Dik — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:41:22 +0000

the problem i have with driving drunk is that i usually spill my drink a little bit on my pants, does Nissan have a plan to fix that?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:21:16 +0000

That is nothing.

Try driving next to a drunk man, talking on a cellphone

ON A MOTORBIKE.

I’ve seen weaving motorbikes on the road, and been able to smell the alcohol on them. Talk about dangerous.