Posted on 08/07/2007 4:59:35 PM PDT by rellimpank
"Pre-emptive war" got us into a real mess in Iraq. So maybe we ought to think twice before adopting similar measures when it comes to traffic law. Specifically, when it comes to an idea floated by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to require that all new cars be fitted with an ignition interlock that can detect alcohol in the driver's system -- and shut the car down if it does.
Several large automakers (including GM, Ford, Toyota and Honda) also support the idea -- and are working on ways to get these things into new cars, maybe within the next two or three years, if not sooner.
Sounds OK in principle -- sort of like the idea of liberating Iraq. The devil's in the details, though.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
“It’s not a bogus argument IMO. Soon we’ll all be forced into driving one of these..”
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Should we call this the LibBus? Another free thinker, years ago, coined a term for a car for the masses - the Volkswagen, the People’s Car. He had the same types of ideas about personal liberties as the Liberals have now.
“Honestly, I dont know whats going on here. Freepers are arguing for the right to drive drunk. Theres a concept called ordered liberty, and I dont think some of the people on this thread fully understand it.”
You continue to illustrate why people are upset with you.
If a couple goes to dinner, 100 lb. wife insists on driving and she gets stopped after dinner party during which she consumed two glasses of wine, then gets a DUI, that is the early stages of a police state.
‘That’s what ambulances are for. If you live somewhere out there in the hills and an ambulance would take 45 minutes to get there, that’s what neighbors are for.
If you don’t have any neighbors, you shouldn’t have been drinking in the first place when your wife is pregnant and 34 weeks along, because that kid can decide to pop out at any time. This is what we people in the civilized world like to call “personal responsibility.”’
Well said.
Your heart would be healthier if you weren't such a heavy drinker...;-)
That still doesn't answer my question. ;^)
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