Whats Worse?

cruveck
By cruveck

Drunk Driving or Over Speed Driving?

Why is acceptable to inform everybody about portable radar and on the other hand not acceptable to inform about police check outside the hotels for drunk drivers?

I just realized that i'm biased on the topic despite both offences are equally endangering safety of other motorists on the road.

I'm ashamed with myself! Whats QL's take on this?

By cruveck• 25 Feb 2008 12:12
cruveck

ohbee wan thats a good conclusion for this thread!

 

Drunk Driving = a brainless human behind wheels =Overspeeding

 

Bravo!!

By ohbee wan• 25 Feb 2008 11:06
ohbee wan

 

"Caradog139

said

All the evidence suggests that driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is the

major contributor to road crashes and to death and injury, far more so

than any other single factor. That's why most countries have zero or

very low tolerance regimes and many use random alcohol testing as well."

 

basically this evidence does not apply here , if you'll just make a study on this one, most of the accident that happens here are not under the influence of alcohol or any drug. simply just brainless human beings behind wheels which comes to my conclusion of

 

overspeeding = brainless human behind wheels

By ajnabi0707• 25 Feb 2008 10:38
ajnabi0707

Thanx 4 correction....  canarybird

By anonymous• 25 Feb 2008 10:17
anonymous

 

 

"A bad worker always blames his tools" lol

By HiQatar• 25 Feb 2008 10:14
HiQatar

If drunken driving is not allowed ... why do they put parking slots outside bars ???

 

bad joke ...

 

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By cruveck• 25 Feb 2008 10:09
cruveck

diamondgirl.....compare the responses for these two threads and you'll see what i mean.

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By ajnabi0707• 25 Feb 2008 10:05
ajnabi0707

There is a said " A Bad man Always quarrel with his tools "

wht if i need to b respected i avoild viloation.................

By nadt• 25 Feb 2008 09:50
nadt

Drink driving and over speeding are just as bad as eachother, any action that could potentially endanger other people/including ones self is very irresponsible and stupid....

By Maricel• 25 Feb 2008 09:48
Maricel

Both

By anonymous• 25 Feb 2008 09:46
anonymous

Both are Useless LOLz!

By Caradog139• 25 Feb 2008 09:41
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Caradog139

 

All the evidence suggests that driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is the major contributor to road crashes and to death and injury, far more so than any other single factor. That's why most countries have zero or very low tolerance regimes and many use random alcohol testing as well.

 

That having been said, speed carries with it attendant problems, more so in circumstances demanding more caution.

 

In most places, devices which capture speeding offences are widely regarded as no more than revenue raising - a form of additional taxation. But if cameras and the like are used sensibly - allowing a small degree of latitude for example - and deployed to identify those guilty of serious and persistent transgression - usually well over the posted limit - then few of us could argue. I do wonder though why cameras also don't catch those travelling at well under the limit thus impeding trafffic, or those who won't move across lanes.

 

But cameras and other devices don't do anything to prevent other more serious and dangerous abuses such as tail-gating, weaving in traffic and intimidating other motorists. Just think of how many rear end collisions each of us has seen in Doha for example! That's a role for active policing - something sadly lacking in Qatar.

 

 

 

 

By cygnet_chay• 25 Feb 2008 09:20
cygnet_chay

Both!

By spicemom• 25 Feb 2008 09:04
spicemom

OH B 1- basically they are just brainless.......

 

life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......

By anonymous• 25 Feb 2008 09:03
anonymous

ohbee wan ...nice conclusion.

 

By ohbee wan• 25 Feb 2008 08:53
ohbee wan

drunk driving = a brainless human behind wheels

 

overspeeding =  a brainless human behind wheels

 

so all in all they are both the same

By dragonfly212• 25 Feb 2008 08:50
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dragonfly212

both are lethal and bring great dangerous to others so try your best to say NO to both please.

 

But I have been speeding alot lately. Confession from my true heart.

 

Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand

By anonymous• 25 Feb 2008 08:41
anonymous

 

Both are dangerous, drunk because he is mentally and physically not in control of his care and the speeder because he is not in control of his mind nor his car and both are mentally prepared to cause imminent death to them selves and others.

By thexonic• 25 Feb 2008 08:31
thexonic

hmm... yea whats worse dying by hanging urself or falling off a cliff... 

lets see... BOTH 

 

It's always the small things that make big differences.

By diamond• 25 Feb 2008 08:21
diamond

Don't quite get you on the latter...can you expain your position on drunk drivers please?

 

 

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By owen• 25 Feb 2008 08:11
owen

dont know but both would endager the lives of that surrounds you, as far as im concern everyone should be responsible when hitting the road.

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