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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 352366" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p>I agree with Rockwell's theory and I can't agree that all accidents are 100% avoidable, even ones where drunk driving are involved. </p><p> There was a case here of a young woman that was "legally" driving drunk, she hit a pedestrian that stepped off the curb in front of her car, killing him. Witnesses said there would have been no way this girl could have avoided the walker, regardless of her blood alcohol content. As it turns out the pedestrian was even drunker than the driver and contributed more to his death than did the driver. She was not speeding, weaving or otherwise driving erratically according to the witnesses. Yet, she is going to prison for causing a death while DUI. </p><p></p><p>The stats that are used to tell us of the dangers of drinking and driving are manipulated (a common trait of stats). If an accident happens and there is a six pack of Budlite in the back floor board, the police report says that "alcohol may have been a factor", this is added to the stats as an "alcohol related" accident, even if the driver had not been drinking at all. Using Alister's stat that in 2006, 32 percent of fatalities was caused by drunk drivers. This indicates that 68% were caused by sober people. Using stats alone one could conclude that if more people drove drunk, less people would be killed.</p><p> Back to Rockwell's column. We have had laws against murder for many centuries. Do we really need a law making it illegal to murder someone of a different ethnicity, calling it a racial hate crime? How long has it been a crime to drive reckless and cause a death? Is there really a need for another law that includes DUI caused deaths? Seems to me we already had that covered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 352366, member: 13254"] I agree with Rockwell's theory and I can't agree that all accidents are 100% avoidable, even ones where drunk driving are involved. There was a case here of a young woman that was "legally" driving drunk, she hit a pedestrian that stepped off the curb in front of her car, killing him. Witnesses said there would have been no way this girl could have avoided the walker, regardless of her blood alcohol content. As it turns out the pedestrian was even drunker than the driver and contributed more to his death than did the driver. She was not speeding, weaving or otherwise driving erratically according to the witnesses. Yet, she is going to prison for causing a death while DUI. The stats that are used to tell us of the dangers of drinking and driving are manipulated (a common trait of stats). If an accident happens and there is a six pack of Budlite in the back floor board, the police report says that "alcohol may have been a factor", this is added to the stats as an "alcohol related" accident, even if the driver had not been drinking at all. Using Alister's stat that in 2006, 32 percent of fatalities was caused by drunk drivers. This indicates that 68% were caused by sober people. Using stats alone one could conclude that if more people drove drunk, less people would be killed. Back to Rockwell's column. We have had laws against murder for many centuries. Do we really need a law making it illegal to murder someone of a different ethnicity, calling it a racial hate crime? How long has it been a crime to drive reckless and cause a death? Is there really a need for another law that includes DUI caused deaths? Seems to me we already had that covered. [/QUOTE]
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