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Originally Posted by MaDalton
btw - the answer to that is called taxi
or even better - we have a service here that's called drink & drive - they show up with 2 drivers and drive you, your friends and your car home
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Those are great solutions, no question. Yet we still have drunk driving going on. Not to mention DUI-related deaths by the thousands every year. Thus your comment would be valid if for example this were an ideal world we live in. Tell me, do I really need to point out to you that it isn't? Taxis and driver services have been around for decades. The problem still exists. Perhaps it's time for a different strategy.
But here's a thought for everyone to chew on while we're on this subject.... what if, and just indulge me for a second... what if these auto-driven cars prove themselves safer than normal driving, sales of them really take off and get popular at some point, and then (here comes the real question) people, local DMV's, the government, etc, start noticing that --even though it's against the law to be intoxicated in one-- that instances of impaired driving charges, accidents, deaths etc, all start to dramatically DECREASE because more and more drunks and druggo's are letting their cars do the driving... what then? What if accident rates in general start dropping as more of these cars go on the road?
Do we as a society keep on check-stopping and arresting them? Or would you begin to consider the possibility that we should rethink such a law because, you know,
it's saving lives!
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All hypothetical of course. (But not impossible) And btw, don't go assuming that I'll be among those running out at the first opportunity to buy one or anything. I can assure you that isn't the case. I'm merely asking questions.