You contend that pot has no effect, however my observations indicate otherwise.
Here, in the US, where driving is intimately connected to virtually everything we do,(The average driver drives 30 miles per day, every day, some considerably more), results might wildly differ from those in an urban area where everything is closer together and there is adequate public transportation.
Even with DUI laws approaching the draconian (when the courts adequately enforce them), we still have over 40,000 people killed on the highways every year.
I fail to see how adding another intoxicant to the mix is going to make highway travel any safer.
Do you think the potential risk to other motor vehicle operators is justified by the desire of a few to have their pet intoxicant legalized so we can all figure out how many traffic deaths per year should be attributed to the consumption of marijuana before getting behind the wheel?
Dude, push this in Canada if you want, we'll read the studies here in the States.
"You contend that pot has no effect, however my observations indicate otherwise. "
well no, i never said pot had NO effects, from personnal experience, it was harder for me to drive under the ingluence of alcool than it was from under the influence of pot...but i don't think i ever said it had NO effects!
"I fail to see how adding another intoxicant to the mix is going to make highway travel any safer. "
I understand a bit more what you mean, but do you agree that right now as we speak, a lot of people already smoke and drive at a high rate, so I fail to see why people will drive more under it's influence if pot were made to be legal...it would only push the research on adequate system to identify the substance accurately...would you start to smoke and drive if pot was made legal???
"Dude, push this in Canada if you want, we'll read the studies here in the States"
what do you mean by that? that your country is the only one to provide the proper information or studies? if this is not what you meant please tell me, i do not feel to safe about this one...