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re: Mincy(AU CB) has begun to pay his debt to society
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:18 pm to beaver
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:18 pm to beaver
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Are you serious right now?
I'm not sure which of my posts you are asking about...but I am pretty serious about it all. I am pretty conservative in all areas of my life.
(If you are asking about my stance on pot)
And, I like to have serious, non name calling discussions with everybody. I have trollled in the past, but it is tiresome after awhile. This whole board is turning into one big troll. I can see good stuff about Auburn and admit it when you guys do good. And I see problems with Georgia and can admit those, too. I try to be even handed.
You don't have to like me or my positions...that's ok. I can understand that. Not a problem.
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Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:19 pm to DawgsLife
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people simply do not use good judgement
You just summed up the Rant.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:20 pm to DawgsLife
You can tell who they are replying to by looking to the right of the post title, like so:
So, yes, he was replying to you.
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re: Mincy(AU CB) has begun to pay his debt to society (Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:12 pm to DawgsLife)
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(Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:12 pm to DawgsLife)
So, yes, he was replying to you.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:21 pm to Tigerman97
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The point is it would be illegal to DUI of marijuana. Why is marijuana illegal everywhere else? If cell phones are killing more people than substance abuse/driving then lets just make having a cell phone illegal. It gives prospective to the argument against legalization of marijuana.
No. cell phone use is not killing more people than DUI alcohol. I think the person that said that meant that alcohol DUI deaths seem to be declining while deaths due to distractions are rising. Trust me, they have NOT caught up to each other. Either one scares the living daylights out of me.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:21 pm to DawgsLife
You just asked what laws have been passed due to lobbyists
Uhhh pretty much all of em
Uhhh pretty much all of em
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:23 pm to DawgsLife
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No. cell phone use is not killing more people than DUI alcohol. I think the person that said that meant that alcohol DUI deaths seem to be declining while deaths due to distractions are rising. Trust me, they have NOT caught up to each other. Either one scares the living daylights out of me.
That was me that said that. Check this [link=(link)]https://www.drivers.com/article/1173/[/link]. The most dangerous thing on our roads today is distracted drivers which is a fancy word for cell phone users. DUI #3 DD #1
This post was edited on 7/26/14 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:25 pm to Tigerman97
Curiosity (your link is broke)
What is 1-5?
What is 1-5?
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:26 pm to Tigerman97
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Education about using it appropriately would come with its legal sale. Much like the say "No" to drinking and driving campaigns that successfully lowered DUI issues.
I understand what you are saying....and education SHOULD be done. I DO believe it can help. I would have to look up the stats on DUI rates to see how effective the "Don't drink and drive." campaign has worked. It would not surprise me to find out rates have come down. It WOULD surprise me to find out it has made a significant dent. When something becomes acceptable in society, a campaign has relatively little positive effect, IMO. Drinking has become so acceptable in our society that people feel they can handle it, and it is acceptable, anyway...so they drink and drive.
This is ONLY my opinion as to why people continue to drink and drive, though. No hard stats or anything to back it up.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:27 pm to DawgsLife
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:29 pm to DawgsLife
I respect your stance if your being honest, but just because you disagree with something does not necessarily mean it should be illegal. The government doesn't need more power in telling the population what it can and can't do. I'm all for penalizing those who make bad decisions (I don't think smoking AND driving should be legal even though I've done it a few times: you should be others at risk like that)
And I can't spell today at all. So I apologize about that lol
I will also admit to driving for the most part of this thread.
And I can't spell today at all. So I apologize about that lol
I will also admit to driving for the most part of this thread.
This post was edited on 7/26/14 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:29 pm to beaver
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You just asked what laws have been passed due to lobbyists
Concerning safety?
I mean, to get some legislation passed? Contracts mainly...but not typically the type laws we are discussing.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:31 pm to DawgsLife
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When something becomes acceptable in society, a campaign has relatively little positive effect, IMO. Drinking has become so acceptable in our society that people feel they can handle it, and it is acceptable, anyway...so they drink and drive.
I actually see it as the opposite. I feel like campaigns have a significant impact, but I can also say that someone affected by such a tragedy will be more sensitive to information similar to the tragedy they endured. So while numbers may be reducing someone who has been affected by something like a DUI tragedy would be more acutely aware of those types of accidents and take note of them.
It isn't unusual. A simpler example is if you buy a Chevy Truck you'll start to see tons of Chevy Trucks in your area that you didn't previously notice.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:37 pm to Tigerman97
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#1 DD
#2 Speeding
#3 DUI
Try this LINK
That link worked! But, keep in mind that MANY things go into distracted driving. (Texting, cell phone use, radio, grooming, etc)
Also, I think texting while driving should be illegal, too.
Here is one site talking about DUI deaths, etc.
Every 2-hours, three people are killed in alcohol-related highway crashes. The consequences of drinking and driving are arrests, property damage, injuries, and thousands of deaths each year. An estimated 4 million U.S. adults reported driving under the influence of alcohol at least once in 2010yielding an estimated 112 million alcohol-impaired driving episodes. Men accounted for 81 percent of these incidents.1
Given the rate of driving under the influence of alcohol, it is remarkable that the fatality rate is not greater. Alcohol-related highway crashes accounted for 13,365 deaths in 2010 (as shown in figure 1). In addition, alcohol-related highway crashes annually cost Americans an estimated $37 billion.2
If you read past this, it DOES say many of the education programs mentioned by one of you guys is having a positive effect.
LINK
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:42 pm to DawgsLife
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But, keep in mind that MANY things go into distracted driving. (Texting, cell phone use, radio, grooming, etc)
But only one form of DD can be verified. Cell phone use. You can't pull a log and check if someone was messing with a radio or combing their hair. This designation was created for cell phone us while driving.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:42 pm to UnAnon
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I respect your stance if your being honest, but just because you disagree with something does not necessarily mean it should be illegal.
I can agree with you. (And I am being honest)
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The government doesn't need more power in telling the population what it can and can't do. I'm all for penalizing those who make bad decisions (I don't think smoking AND driving should be legal even though I've done it a few times: you should be others at risk like that)
Don't feel too badly. In talking to many people over the years about DUI, I have only found 1 person that said they have never driven while impaired. I can only take them at their word, but it is telling that only one person out of so many can say they have never driven while impaired. (I asked them this ONLY if they said they drank on a regular basis...meaning once or twice a week)
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And I can't spell today at all. So I apologize about that lol
NO problem. I can't spell at any time!
Too much trouble to go back and edit everything we type. I can figure out what you are trying to say...that's what matters!
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I will also admit to driving for the most part of this thread.
DOH!
I'm not coordinated enough to do that, so i am a little jealous!
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:43 pm to Tigerman97
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It isn't unusual. A simpler example is if you buy a Chevy Truck you'll start to see tons of Chevy Trucks in your area that you didn't previously notice.
Yep! I've noticed this phenomenon myself!
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:45 pm to Tigerman97
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But only one form of DD can be verified. Cell phone use. You can't pull a log and check if someone was messing with a radio or combing their hair. This designation was created for cell phone us while driving.
True story. I used to drive 40 miles to work every day VERY early in the morning. Every morning I would get to a certain spot on the road and come up beside/behind/in front of a woman. She would be combing her hair and putting on mascara while driving every morning going 50-60 MPH down the road. used to scare the ever living daylights out of me!
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:47 pm to DawgsLife
I apologize for hi-jacking this thread! It's probably time to put this conversation to bed. I appreciate you guys having a sane non trolling conversation with me. It happens WAY too infrequently on the rant! But the SECRant is still a good place to get up to date information!
You guys have a good weekend!
You guys have a good weekend!
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:49 pm to DawgsLife
In highschool my cousin would bring us to schoolX it was about a 10 mile drive ish. She pick us up around 7:46 and we'd be there around 7:54 ish. The whole time she was putting on make up, changing music, texting, and jamming. But she's a hell of a driver so I never felt uncomfortable
Posted on 7/26/14 at 1:50 pm to DawgsLife
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Sol is LSD and Heroin.
uhhh no they aren't. LSD is synthesized in a lab. that's like saying methamphetamines are a natural substance
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