Never leave the house ๐
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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95% of all fatal drunk-driving accidents happen in the bathroom, or something...
Technically it's dangerous to get drunk at all, alcohol is a carcinogen (sure is fun though). Of course being sober doesn't protect you from cars either so ยฏ\โ _โ (โ ใโ )โ _โ /โ ยฏ
I lost a good friend in highschool this way.
That's why I drink alone in the basement.
I think drunk drivers make it unsafe for every pedestrian regardless of their soberity. I see kids, adults, and seniors all crossing a busy intersections in a relatively small town every morning. Nearly every day i see a near miss fron a driver turning right on red and nearly hitting a very visibile pedestrian crossing in the crosswalk while they have the right to cross. And most of these drivers arent even drunk or impaired, many of them are texting though.
Most often, the driver is looking up the road to ensure the traffic lanes are clear but many forget to also ensure the crosswalk is clear. What really bothers me is when most drivers almost hit someone, including seniors or children, they honk and throw their hands up as if that pedestrian is the asshole. At least the honk might give someone just enough time to avoid being hit.
70 km/h sounds like a lot, is it a lot?
About 43mph
Just looked it up and that's about 11 smoots / second! That is pretty fast!
it's the speed of one fart
If you're crossing a road and someone runs a red light, I don't think your sobriety is relevant.
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Walking drunk is safer than taking a cab unless the cab is electric. When you walk drunk, you risk your own life and maybe one other person. When you take a fossil cab, you risk everyone's lives forever.
... Who's lives are equally at risk anyway because of some eejit in a factory pumping loads of carbon into the air
No, not equally. One more molecule of CO2 increases the risk. If you're going to use that logic, then I might as well drunk drive everywhere because there's already cars on the road and therefore potential for an accident. It's poison logic.