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NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use
The Associated Press ^ | September 20, 2022 | By TOM KRISHER

Posted on 09/20/2022 5:03:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Presumed guilty until proven innocent.


21 posted on 09/20/2022 5:22:01 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What could possibly go wrong?


22 posted on 09/20/2022 5:23:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jonty30

Alcohol is overwhelmingly bitter to me.

Ditto coffee.


23 posted on 09/20/2022 5:23:17 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: rellic
#11: "You really want to save lives? Only people 25 years of age or older and are land owners can vote. That would solve most of the USA’s problems in a very short time."

Bingo! That would go a long way toward solving almost every problem in America.

24 posted on 09/20/2022 5:24:38 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Once upon a time jurisprudence addressed actual malpractice. Now it is fixated on the mere potential. Nasty, slippery slope.


25 posted on 09/20/2022 5:25:12 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (My aim in life is to be a "headquarters-looking type.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It will be on a subscription basis for only $29.99 a month, with no ups and no extras.
Mandatory in 37 states and 16 additional counties.

Not to worry!
It will not be functional half the time and you probably didn’t need to drive to work anyway.


26 posted on 09/20/2022 5:26:47 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No.


27 posted on 09/20/2022 5:27:56 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The group has hired a Swedish company to research technology that would automatically test a driver’s breath for alcohol and stop a vehicle from moving if the driver is impaired

Foreign aid...

28 posted on 09/20/2022 5:30:22 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: All
Defund the Police

Defund the NTSB.

29 posted on 09/20/2022 5:30:28 PM PDT by BipolarBob (JBiden - For the unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death. )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“near Fresno, California, killing both adult drivers and seven children. “

“Let my guess, illegal alien with a revoked driver’s license and previous DUI convictions? “

Given that a) the crash occured between Avenal and Coalinga and b) he didn’t have a license (not even a revoked one) and c) no news reports mention his ethnicity or name but describe the vehicles in detail - make, model, year, and even color and d) describe in detail what the VEHICLES did, I’d say you’re guess is spot on.


30 posted on 09/20/2022 5:31:12 PM PDT by Skid289
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To: BenLurkin

Shouldn’t that be a Birkenstock shoe these days?


31 posted on 09/20/2022 5:32:14 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nope

Eff em.


32 posted on 09/20/2022 5:39:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Nearly 43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years, as Americans returned to roads after pandemic stay-at-home orders.”

And how many of these deaths are alcohol related as opposed to failure to enforce basic traffic laws? In my area of NY, LEO no longer performs routine traffic enforcement so as to avoid potentially deadly encounters (the directive came from the state attorney general). As a result, traffic lights and stop signs are mere suggestions, and speed limits are voluntary.


33 posted on 09/20/2022 5:41:11 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Its not alcohol.

Its driving while covaxed.

Cripes people can’t even keep in their lanes anymore. Then you get the covax nuts who now stop like 20 feet from the intersection if they are the first car, or 20 feet from the car in front of them. People are having basic fundamental driving problems and its the covaxxed folks being impaired.


34 posted on 09/20/2022 5:41:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Seems like it would be easy to defeat.

It also seems like false positives would be a problem.

Can't start your car because you rinsed with mouthwash after you brushed your teeth before you left the house? Used hand sanitizer? Oops. Sucks to be you. Guess you're gonna be late to work.

There's even some medical conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acid reflux, hiatal hernia and heartburn can lead to false results on an alcohol breath test.

35 posted on 09/20/2022 5:48:22 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Labyrinthos

I haven’t seen so much blatant disregard of traffic laws since I used to drive in Mexico. Hardly ever see anyone pulled over (Tucson area).


36 posted on 09/20/2022 5:50:45 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The UAW isn’t going to like it.

The Big Three aren’t going to like it.

Anybody who has even one drink and drives afterward will not buy a new car.

The Greens won’t like it because millions of EVs will not be bought.


37 posted on 09/20/2022 6:01:40 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I suspect drinking and spitting out the contents of a 15 cent bottle of water can cause the tester to fail.


38 posted on 09/20/2022 6:03:24 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: rellic

We dealt with all that earlier.

Why don’t we make a case that our arguments are better versus trying to get back to a neverneverland?

Asking for.a friend.


39 posted on 09/20/2022 6:08:44 PM PDT by Marxmarvelous (Nothing to fear but fear itself.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about texting?


40 posted on 09/20/2022 6:11:00 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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