Comments on: Breathalyzers for everyone? http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/breathalyzers-for-everyone/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: PTG http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/breathalyzers-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-3034 PTG Mon, 29 May 2006 15:39:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3500#comment-3034 Wait until some cat's family gets caught in a flood or a fire because dad had a couple of beers and the car won't start. I can think of numerous situations in which one would be justified in driving impaired. In some cases, it could even rise to a duty to do so. Because society feels justified in making certain actions illegal, it shouldn't extrapolate from that a justification for making the same actions impossible. Wait until some cat’s family gets caught in a flood or a fire because dad had a couple of beers and the car won’t start. I can think of numerous situations in which one would be justified in driving impaired. In some cases, it could even rise to a duty to do so.

Because society feels justified in making certain actions illegal, it shouldn’t extrapolate from that a justification for making the same actions impossible.

]]> By: Bob Smith http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/breathalyzers-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-3033 Bob Smith Sun, 28 May 2006 22:54:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3500#comment-3033 MADD has gone completely off the deep end. MADD has gone completely off the deep end.

]]> By: J.T. Wenting http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/breathalyzers-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-3032 J.T. Wenting Sun, 28 May 2006 14:20:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3500#comment-3032 Won't be long. There's a serious initiative in parts of Europe that would make them mandatory for people convicted of DUI in a few years. Won't be long after that before they'll be mandatory for everyone. As Europe often leads the US in such developments by a few years expect the same to happen over there as well. "It's all for the kids" is a powerful shotgun argument, "if it saves just one life it's worth it" is another. Won’t be long. There’s a serious initiative in parts of Europe that would make them mandatory for people convicted of DUI in a few years.
Won’t be long after that before they’ll be mandatory for everyone.
As Europe often leads the US in such developments by a few years expect the same to happen over there as well.
“It’s all for the kids” is a powerful shotgun argument, “if it saves just one life it’s worth it” is another.

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