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Drink "driving" may soon be safe.
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Originally posted by seer View PostI never had a problem drinking and driving! He is a story from back in the day. We were over a friends house playing the game "Pass Out." The last thing I remember we were going out for pizza. Three hours later I woke up with some one knocking on the window of my 64 Chevy Impala Super Sport. I looked up and there were two cops. The car was running and stopped in front of the police station at a stop light. I was in the back seat using a large pizza as a pillow. Of course there was no one else in the car and I had no idea how I got there. The cops didn't arrest me, they just followed me home ( I lived about three blocks away) - it was a different time. Perhaps I had an early version of one of these computer drive cars?
In my state, South Australia, a few decades back, well over a person a day would be killed on our roads. Then in came the drink driving laws, seat belt laws, and so on. These, coupled with improvements to roads and vehicle design all seem to have played their part and now our death rate is around 100 a year.
Young folk also seem to have a greater aversion to drink driving these days. I think it for the best given that we all drive so much more than people did when you and I were younger.
Nevertheless, I think you are right. Often back then we all had a different attitude and the police themselves could be quite lenient. I like stories of police playing guardian angel. They get a bad rap and this other side of them is not generally recognised.Last edited by rwatts; 02-05-2015, 05:51 PM.
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Originally posted by rwatts View PostAs rogue06 points out - by the term we mean driving under the influence of too much alcohol.
The beauty of drinking too much water is that one merely drowns. But too much alcohol ....
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI've always pictured you with a whiskey sour in a children's sippy cup
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostSo the cars' computers can talk to each other and negotiate who goes first at intersections -- what about the drunk in a NON-driverless car - can they anticipate is NON-logical operation of the vehicle. It can't be assumed that all other cars on the road will be computer operated.
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