Comment on Followup on the vehicle "kill switch" mandated by the Infrastructure Bill
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 8 months ago
You know what would eliminate a ton of drunk driving?
Functional Public Transit
But that isn't something we can pass off onto the consumer and break their cars, so we're not gonna do it.
The point is that anyone who is drunk as a skunk might not have the necessary mental capacity to leave the car at the party place and take the bus.
Heck, even if they already arrived by PT, they will either a) vomit into the PT, B) fall asleep and end up somewhere, c) get into the wrong PT and end up somewhere, and/or d) get fleeced on the way.
This is not an excuse for drunk driving, it’s just explaining that PT is not really a solution to this particular problem.
I really doubt that’s a significant portion of drunk drivers. Those people would not be getting far when driving anyway.
The amount of fighting there was about lowering the BAC limit from 0.10 to 0.08 leads me to believe that’s where a large portion of them are.
I think it should be lowered even more. Half that is still too much for some people.
It would definitely be a solution for me. Two beers in and I’d be safer in a bus than behind the wheel.
Also, if you’re drunk as a skunk, all these outcomes are better for everyone than getting behind the wheel and messing up somebody else’s life.
Well, after two beers you are probably still capable of a sound decision not to drive and still end up at home when using public transport.
The problem is those people who had way more than just two beers.
0ddysseus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also walkable towns and cities
DemBoSain@midwest.social 8 months ago
I spent a week in Pontevedra Spain a few years ago and it was amazing for the walkable city alone. Revitalizing downtown areas by turning them into walkable parks with shops is a great idea.