New breathalyzer might be on the way- were all screwed

[wirednuts]

i honestly think most people are so hell bent on drugs because their job doesnt allow them to use them, and theyre just jealous. anyone that thinks social drug use is any different then social drinking is an idiot.

 

[Spungo]

i honestly think most people are so hell bent on drugs because their job doesnt allow them to use them, and theyre just jealous. anyone that thinks social drug use is any different then social drinking is an idiot.

It sort of is different. Alcohol generally does impair your driving whereas amphetamine does not. Why would the USAF give amphetamine to fighter pilots if it impaired their flying ability?
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3071789/ns/us_news-only/t/go-pills-war-drugs/

It's a bit funny, but I see cocaine and amphetamine use increase as I get older. Reason? You won't get pulled over for drunk driving since stimulants generally improve your driving (this is why I keep caffeine pills in my purse). Police won't smell amphetamine, but they can easily smell alcohol and marijuana. Marijuana shows up on drug tests for jobs, but cocaine and amphetamine are gone within a week. They're also easier to get because Dexedrine and Adderall are schedule 2 but marijuana is schedule 1. I know several people who have valid prescriptions for amphetamine. Those are the friends you want to keep close. Sometimes this apartment gets really dirty and I want to get the whole thing cleaned in 1 day...

 

[wirednuts]

Sometimes this apartment gets really dirty and I want to get the whole thing cleaned in 1 day...

im not sure if there is a better use for amphetamines i dont like the day or two after though, i always feel really low

 

[Darwin333]

that would be terrible though, seeing how alcohol breathalyzers are used. most people, especially habitual drinkers, have no ill effects at .08. and they are far less likely to kill someone compared to someone texting while driving- but we dont throw first time text offenders in jail, take their license and fine them thousands of dollars.

my guess would be a contact buzz will be enough to get busted, and the fines will probably be steeper then alcohol. all of it is bullshit. they need to test on capability, not some predetermined limit that blankets everyone.

And the test for capability would be ridiculously easy to design and implement. It would be FAR cheaper than this new breathalyzer but then the state doesn't get money from people who weren't impaired but some arbitrary bullshit would have said they were.

 

[Darwin333]

I live in a tough anti-drunk driving state.

For first time offenders the fine is $100.

You lose your license, but not really. The judge immediately grants you a temp license so you can drive as needed for a year, which is when your regular license is reinstated.

It;s's the lawyer fee (if you bother to hire one) and the auto insurance that costs money.

Since these rules currently apply to all DUIs, including drugs (whether legal or not) nothing will change with respect to this issue.

Fern

Yet they generally don't even give a shit if your impaired. How many people do you suppose were perfectly capable of operating their cars who blew just enough for the arbitrary BAC number to put them in jail? I know a guy who the COP said he didn't think was impaired but he had to take him anyway. Only reason the guy took the Breathalyzer is because he just knew he wasn't drunk, unfortunately the breathalyzer said otherwise even though he would very likely have passed any test that tested for actual impairment.

 

[wirednuts]

And the test for capability would be ridiculously easy to design and implement. It would be FAR cheaper than this new breathalyzer but then the state doesn't get money from people who weren't impaired but some arbitrary bullshit would have said they were.

actually we already have the tests... they just dont implement them as much as they used to. its a lot easier to shove a blowhole in peoples face and just be done with it.

 

[wotan]

Roadside drug testing, huh? Great, one more thing for the police to fuck up and abuse.

Hah! So true!

 

[wirednuts]

all in all though, im tired of the war on driving. its all a convoluted game to make money for the state.

we need to focus on getting cars automated. we can eliminate 100% of drunk driving deaths, or any distracted driving death, by eliminating human drivers.

i know some people will complain, but you cant do anything fun on the roads anyway. driving in america is boring as hell, might as well let the computers do it.

 

[Darwin333]

actually we already have the tests... they just dont implement them as much as they used to. its a lot easier to shove a blowhole in peoples face and just be done with it.

I guarantee that I could form a team of people strictly from here at Anadtech that could make a gameboy sized electronic "game" that tests reaction time. Reaction time, being the reason why driving impaired is dangerous, would be a far better measurement than some bullshit arbitrary BAC. Easy, cheaper, more just, works regardless of the impairment, etc...