Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Mon, 14 May 2007, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 5/14/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > > Solly - you have a prick? Should we arrest you now or wait to see if
> > > you actually rape someone?
> >
> > You really fail to understand, I guess, that when somoene recklessly
> > endangers other people then he's crossed the line into *my* rights. And I
> > think you might be uneducable.
>
> The law says .08 is "drunk".
>
> The only way a cop has to know of most drunk drivers is to pull them
> over for something else. By then they've committed a crime of some
> sort

Rubbish. Someone might drive into a tree. That's not a crime. But then 
if you test them for alcohol and find they're drunk, then they've been 
recklessly endangering everyone around them.

> (I won't go into DUI check points as I find them extremely
> offensive to liberty and justice, as are NARC check points and
> prostitution stings). Could be reckless driving (crossing the center
> line, weaving, speeding, etc.), could be manslaughter. Whichever,
> that's when a crime has been committed.
>
> You've often stated that you enjoy visiting the pub, and having good
> beer. Do you walk? Does England not have a public intoxication law? Or
> public nuisance law?

It's very simple. If I drink, then I don't drive. If I'm driving, I don't 
drink. It's very simple, and very easy to do.
 
> Once again, having the potential to do harm does not mean you are
> going to do harm.
 
Once again, there's such a thing as recklessly endangering other people. 
Getting tanked up and trying to control a ton of hurtling vehicle is just 
that. 

I suppose you'd be cool about someone firing a gun ionto a crowd of 
people, provided he was lucky enough to not actually hit anyone.

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