“Also wonder if deaths would go down if you couldn’t buy cold beer anywhere in the state but had to buy it non-refrigerated from package stores.”
Don’t you think that our country would be better if we just banned all alcohol sales?
Been there, done that. The only long-lasting effect of prohibition was the rise in influence of the bootlegger Kennedy clan. I don't think we really need a new batch of those, do you?
Ban alcohol? I would hope you’re kidding.
It’s a tolerated practice for people to stop and get a cold one or two or three in a brown bag to drink while driving home from work, probably on an empty stomach, yet we rail about the consequences of people driving while intoxicated.
I don’t care whether people drink or not unless they are doing so while sharing the same stretch of highway that I’m on. I had suggested that one option to consider in thinking about ways to cut down on excessive auto accidents in Texas caused by people who have been drinking while driving is to reduce the access to the cold beer. I have never found warm or hot beer to taste very good, maybe some people have.
My car was totaled by a drunk driver and I have injuries that will remain with me the rest of my life. Cars should be used to take you to and from a destination, not as a phone booth, place to catch up on all your text messages or as a temporary bar. Those activities can wait until you get home.