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All this really goes to show is:
1) Laws that automatically assign fault in a collision based on things irrelevant to the situation are stupid.
2) Allowing the presence of alchohol in the bloodstream of anyone involved in any way with a collision to be called an "alchohol-related accident" is stupid.
3) A good statistician can make the numbers show whatever they want them to.
ReverendDexter wrote:All this really goes to show is:
1) Laws that automatically assign fault in a collision based on things irrelevant to the situation are stupid.
2) Allowing the presence of alchohol in the bloodstream of anyone involved in any way with a collision to be called an "alchohol-related accident" is stupid.
3) A good statistician can make the numbers show whatever they want them to.
Ding!
Automatic fault ranks right up there with zero tolerance (for many things, zero tolerance in some cases is clear cut enough).
Bureaucracies hate allowing people to actually use their judgement and make real decisions. It implies that individuals might just be capable of doing exactly that. A concept that's an anathema to any self-respecting bureaucracy which gladly trades the ability to use judgment for the ability to duck responsibility.
ReverendDexter wrote:All this really goes to show is:
1) Laws that automatically assign fault in a collision based on things irrelevant to the situation are stupid.
2) Allowing the presence of alchohol in the bloodstream of anyone involved in any way with a collision to be called an "alchohol-related accident" is stupid.
3) A good statistician can make the numbers show whatever they want them to.
I agree 100%.
Put me down for zero tolerance.... This douche caused me to be late for an appointment last week....
A Mandeville man, on probation for his fourth drunk driving conviction, has been booked in Kenner with his fifth DWI.
The douche in question:
Christopher Stier Christopher Stier, 39, of 1131 Villere St. was arrested Friday about 2 p.m. after his car side-swiped another vehicle on Airport Access Road then sped off, said Shaun Watson, a Kenner Police Department spokesman. Authorities found him in Louis Armstrong International Airport's short-term parking lot, slumped over in the driver's seat with his car parked across two spaces, according to a police report. A daiquiri and an open bottle of cognac were found in the vehicle's center console, the report said. "His speech, motor skills, balance and coordination were extremely impaired," the report said. Police said Stier is on parole until June 19, 2012, for a fourth DWI conviction. Information on his prior convictions was not available Wednesday. Stier admitted consuming an unknown amount of alcoholic beverages and Vicodin tablets, the report said. A breath test revealed a blood-alcohol content of 0.167, double the legal limit of 0.08. In addition to DWI, Stier was booked with hit-and-run driving, driving with an open container of alcohol and reckless driving. He was released from jail Saturday on $76,150 bond, but could not be reached by phone Wednesday.
spriteracer wrote:He was released from jail Saturday on $76,150 bond, but could not be reached by phone Wednesday.
There is part of the problem right there. The guy got bonded out in time to go partying again on Saturday night. With that many previous convictions he should have been held over for trial. The drunk that almost killed me was out of jail on bond before I was out of surgery.
