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by cryptoz 3007 days ago
> I think we should try finding solutions for the bad drivers that text, drive drunk or speed on the roads, is not impossible to fix that and it will not cost lives.

In the time it took you to write that, some drunk person statistically has already killed an innocent person while driving. "It will not cost lives" is incorrect because even the time it takes to discuss this has cost us lives in the drunk driving debate.

It is impossible to fix, in my opinion. People will drive drunk no matter what. They love to do it and there is absolutely nothing that we can do to make them stop, except from eventually eliminating all human drivers licenses.

The punishments/consequences for drunk driving are already very high and they do not stop people from driving drunk and killing someone.

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Do you know what "Is impossible means? It is possible to eliminate most of the drunk drivers, but here are some ideas: 1 put an AI with sensors and cameras pointed at the driver, do not allow the car to start if driver is drunk, if he starts texting or sleeping turn of the car, you can add a bypass for emergency,

If you put self driving cars on the road you still have many years until everyone is forced to use this cars so you still have drunk drivers.

So are not companies working on a similar idea like I suggested, because there are not money to be made, cars would be expensive, drivers would not like it, but similar with the airbags, helmets if it will be mandatory to have such a system in the car the safety will increase.

Btw there is a very improbable solution but not an impossible one that would eliminate all drunk drivers, don't allow alcohol production, qed is not impossible