Comments on: DUI, Distracted Driving…and the Alcohol Factor

By: Emre

Emre — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:30:10 +0000

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By: DUI-The Constitution Need Not Applyu

DUI-The Constitution Need Not Applyu — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:40:30 +0000

That's genius, erico! Refusal to turn over a phone would constitute a seperate, per se violation with penalties more severe than DUI and be just cause for tazing and beat-downs. Any violators' phones and vehicles would be subject to arbitrary seizure by the police and sold at auction to raise funds for LE and AAAA. I need forward thinking authoritarians like you in the War Against Accidents. Would you be interested in work as a lobbyist and founding board member?
AAAA - "Because There's No Such Thing As An Accident"

By: erico49

erico49 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:05:38 +0000

Let's try this to make the two issues comparable. For distracted driving, police will be allowed to pull you over for little or no reason. In some states they will be allowed to set up roadblocks. Upon being pulled over you will be forced to turn over your phone . If you refuse, your phone will be forcibly taken from you. The officer can then surf your phone for evidence of texting. And then off to jail you go.

By: DUI-The Constitution Need Not Apply

DUI-The Constitution Need Not Apply — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:25:52 +0000

This is a serious problem. Even more so than DUI. The state legislators and the Bill Neelys of the world need to get tough. People are DYING by the thousands! It matters not that the drivers who maim and kill our loved ones are drunk or distracted. Applying mascara while driving is dangerous and negligent behavior.
It's not practical to legislate against every conceivable behavior that distracts drivers and causes this carnage on the roadways. The only way to prevent this violence is to outlaw accidents and apply stiff criminal penalties against those causing them. Any driver found to be "at-fault" in any accident, for any reason, shall be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the new distracted driving laws.  Automatic license suspensions of 6 months, 2 days in jail, and a $500 fine for a first offense. Anyone with a 3rd or subsequent conviction will be deemed an habitual offender and guilty of a felony, jailed not more than 1 year, fined $5000, 3 year revocation of their drivers license, and attend victim panels.
Checkpoints would not be effective at catching these criminals in the act. The perpetrators would simply cease the distracted activity when entering the checkpoint. Inward facing dash-cams could provide an unbiased record of behavior.  The video would be recorded starting 30 seconds before an impact and stored in the vehicle's black box. Law enforcement would have unfettered access to the recordings. Anyone causing an accident has no expectation of privacy.  Conviction rates would be nearly 100%.  The fact there was an accident, coupled with a determination of fault, establishes all the elements of the crime.
I will be starting a "non-profit" organization to lead the fight against accidents….AAAA (Authoritarians Against All Accidents). I will establish the victim panels (and receive fees for their attendance), lobby legislatures for ever more strict laws, raise funds, and pay myself a mere 35% of all revenues.  I will also employ court watchers to guard against any unscrupulous prosecutors "letting anyone off easy".
If we all work together against this mindless mayhem and death on the highways we can make this a safer world.  My dream is that, one day, with enough effort and making criminals of most of the population, we can eliminate the scourge of distracted driving accidents. Risk must be removed from life….it's for the greater good.

By: tz

tz — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:46:54 +0000

Carrie Nation tried to exorcise demon rum. But the devil isn't in just one detail.