[NefCanuck]

GFXjamie,Nov 18 2008, 10:53 AM Wrote:and the fact that there is a total ban on alcohol consumption? like come on people, how many of us go out for dinner or for wings and have 1-2 beers/drinks? we all know that one or two is fine, and within the current laws, unless of course you get wasted off 2 like my little sister does. i dont get why everyone thinks they need to play mommy and daddy for youth drivers. thats what drivers ed is for and thats why there is a graduated license system, to teach you how to drive first with an adult, with an instructor and then out on your own.

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Sorry but I had to chime in here, please don't take this as a personal attack it isn't, but I for the life of me cannot fathom why people seem to think it is their right to consume alcohol and then operate a motor vehicle before the alcohol has a chance to be processed through your system.

Study after study has shown clearly that having any alcohol in your system affects your judgement and reflexes. When you are piloting a machine that can kill you and innocent people around you don't you think it is in your own self interest to be at 100% capacity to do it?

In case of new drivers (and young drivers especially) you have the deadly cocktail of lack of experience/judgement combined with never having consumed alcohol before and not knowing what your body will do because of it.

What would you do if you found out only after you hurt somebody after having "just one" that it left you in such a bad way that you hurt somebody or worse killed them?

Oops doesn't quite work now does it?

NefCanuck