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.
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Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 months agoThe 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.
t0fr@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
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.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think it should be lowered even more. Half that is still too much for some people.