• HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 days ago

    Boo for the cyber attack but fuck people who drive drunk repeatedly to the point of needing an interlock device. Maybe don’t drink and drive you fucking sack of shit.

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        13 days ago

        Driving under the influence is a ban able offence (reckless endangerment) in most countries.

        So is a proper driver’s ed before giving even a learner’s permit. US loves giving a multi ton killing machine to untrained people with impulse control. And teenagers

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          12 days ago

          I agree with you, but the difference is that, in the US, people NEED to be able to drive to function in society. That’s why the bar has to be so low to get a license.

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            12 days ago

            I’m sure the lives lost were worth it so that alcoholics and irresponsible people can keep functioning in society. /s

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              12 days ago

              It isn’t. Public transit is great. When will it be discovered in America? Who knows.

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        12 days ago

        So… Just tell them that it’s illegal for them to drive? Kind of like how we tell them that it’s illegal to drink and drive but they did that anyway? The point of the lock is that it’s for people who are going to ignore the law anyway. Not having a license does not stop somebody from operating a motor vehicle.

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          12 days ago

          You make a good point. I still don’t have an ounce of patience for alcoholics who drive, but I do agree that it creates a mental trap of “you have a perfectly good car right here if you just stop drinking for 24 hours”

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        11 days ago

        100% for most places. However I’ll say Ive known alot of folks who will go up into the bush and get blasted only to drive home. I doubt transit would stop that shit.

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      12 days ago

      Never knew anyone who had one, but a friend of mine dated a guy who did. He would beg her to breathe into it for him.

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        12 days ago

        That’s insane but as an alcoholic I can absolutely see someone doing it.

        Some are social butterflies who have to be out and about but talk about not learning lessons.

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          12 days ago

          “Not learning lessons” is a pretty mild way to put it.

          The only way it isn’t pure evil is if we allow that the alcoholic is not in control of their actions. And if we allow that, they cannot be trusted to drive, or really to even have their freedom. They are 5150, plain and simple.

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            12 days ago

            They’re in control but reaching them is something best done by people like them in my experience.

            Logic only goes so far, clearly.

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      13 days ago

      I know someone that did it once and having to have one of these as a result. Suggest you reset your opinions a bit.

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            13 days ago

            What kind of emergency is more important than the lives of people that might be killed by a drunk driver’s mistake? And how is it impossible to find an alternative solution?

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              13 days ago

              Where do you guys live? Is it America? Because I kinda feel like in America I’m never surprised that someone drove drunk.

              (Especially before Uber.)

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        12 days ago

        I know someone that DID IT ONCE and having to have one of these as a result. Suggest you reset your opinions a bit.

        You mean he got caught once.