Re: [privacy] Highway safety

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 10/23/06, Dmitry Chan <dmitry.chan () gmail com> wrote:

>  ...because their intoxication may lead to the loss of innocent life, no?

Yes, the loss of innocent life who have entrusted those lives in the
PROFESSIONAL knowledge and experience of the driver/captain/pilot.

> And, isn't that the same case with the drunk behind the wheel of an
> automobile who is *sharing* a highway with other drivers.

No.

>  > Not truck drivers or tanker ship captains. All of those folks are subject
> to company policies and government
>  > regulations.
>
>  And, what's the distinction?  Civilian drivers of automobiles are subject
> to government laws and regulations as well.  Why choose one set of laws to
> be arbitrarily more anti-privacy than the other?  Or, is it because you
> happen to be affected by the one and not the other?

I would hazard to guess that I'm affected by both - but until I've
committed a crime, I don't believe I need to deal with the police.

> > I guess the loss of privacy rights - even on the privacy list - isn't
> > of much concern to anyone.

>  I still don't see any privacy violations in taking crippled drivers off the
> road and punishing them for stupidity...but, maybe you have a bone to grind
> with this particular law or your ankle locator is too tight and you're just
> cranky.

Uhmm...no. Not only have I never gotten a DUI/DWI, I've never
committed a crime that would award me an ankle bracelet - but that's a
common tactic of shortsighted folks. I believe it comes form a
failure, on your part, to understand how anyone could possibly have a
problem with a criminal law without first breaking the law. Never mind
that we could all, including yourself, be criminals tomorrow if the
government happened to pass a law that, for instance, made it a crime
to use cryptography software...etc..

ONE unintended consequence: DUI checkpoints. If you can't figure it
out from there, well, go with god, I don't know. No one can help
you...
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