What about "speeders", "stop light runners", "tired people", "radio station changers", "old people that wander on the road", and anyone else that is a human and driving? The argument against drunk drivers is that "they should know better". As if drunk driver's are the only ones that get in accidents.
The evidence that "drunk" driving is somehow inherently much more dangerous is very questionable. Most statistics will state some kind of garbage statistic about how "60% of accidents involve drunk drivers". These statistics do not take into account who was the victim, the drunk driver or the other driver. It also fails to account for how many "drunk" drivers are on the road. If 60% of drivers are "drunk", one would expect ~60% of the accidents to involve drunk drivers, just like if 70% of the drivers are Caucasian, one would expect ~70% of accidents to involve a Caucasian. So should we then make driving while white illegal?
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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