“It sounds like you just don’t feel like the laws should apply to you.”
How do you reconcile your statement with: “As do I, which is why penalties should be applied for actual driving violations, as opposed to the chemical content, activities, or mental state of the driver.”
That is not a denial of the law, just an expression of what it should be, and how it should be enforced. I think you should re-examine your positions, they’re rife with inconsistency. For instance, it doesn’t matter that you can put a cell phone down and not be impaired. The issue is with the large number of accidents that’re caused while people are using them.
My point is that many people can talk on a cell phone, or drive while mildly stoned, and still outperform many other completely ‘unimpaired’ drivers. Vehicle law enforcement should be based on driver performance, nothing else.
“Should be enforced.” You have no practical knowledge of this. If you do, you first have to show how your idea is better than the existing system. So far you are unimpressive in your reasoning.
Your point that law enforcement should be based on driver performance, nothing else, is completely without merit. My positions are consistent, regardless of what you label them. Driving distracted is against the law. That was covered by the careless and reckless violations I mentioned. Driving chemically impaired is against the law.
Your unproven assertion that ‘mildly’ stoned drivers can outperform unimpaired drivers is meaningless. I’ll leave you with this fine example as I head off into the night:
He was driving fine stoned on coke until he was distracted by the officer’s red lights and ran off the road. He killed the officer and injured the people in the car the officer had stopped for speeding.
Insert marijuana, alcohol, cell phone, and they are all still against the law.
Bend yourself into a pretzel all you want. Drive stoned-go to jail. It is against the law. Drive drunk- go to jail. Drive distracted by a cell phone and change lanes without signaling? Get a ticket. The state has the right and the duty to police the roads. Game. Set. Match.