All Cars Should Be Tracked and Locked

[Galloism]

I guess they have never meet the lovely folks at Chicago PD or NYPD or LAPD or any other big police force.

Or the thousands of corrupt small towns across America.

[Thermodolia]

This. I don't live in a bustling metropolis, not a village mind you, but a small city with no subway systems.

So not a remote area.

Well I have heard of small cities (under 1,000) way out in the middle of nowhere.

[Dakini]

I'm ok with interlocks for people recently convicted of DUI or DWI.

They probably shouldn't be rolled out universally, as evidence is emerging that they also cause accidents.

there's no reason to wait until people start getting unnecessarily hurt or killed in drunk driver accidents

i prefer a preemptive approach

How about education? Bonuses to people who volunteer to be designated drivers (e.g. free food or soft drinks at an establishment)? Government funding of programs where people drive your car home for you if you failed to plan ahead? Road blocks to catch anyone who should not be on the road before they get to a highway?

[Galloism]

there's no reason to wait until people start getting unnecessarily hurt or killed in drunk driver accidents

i prefer a preemptive approach

How about education? Bonuses to people who volunteer to be designated drivers (e.g. free food or soft drinks at an establishment)? Government funding of programs where people drive your car home for you if you failed to plan ahead? Road blocks to catch anyone who should not be on the road before they get to a highway?

Honestly the government funding of drive home programs would probably be cheaper AND more effective when it comes to drunk driving.

[Dakini]

I'm not watching a context-free video.

Actually, I'm not about to watch basically any video unless you can assure me that it will be funny.

Maybe you would have gotten the context if you had actually clicked the link

I'm not wasting my bandwidth doing that when I have no reason to believe it will be anything I want to bother watching.

[Thermodolia]

How about education? Bonuses to people who volunteer to be designated drivers (e.g. free food or soft drinks at an establishment)? Government funding of programs where people drive your car home for you if you failed to plan ahead? Road blocks to catch anyone who should not be on the road before they get to a highway?

Honestly the government funding of drive home programs would probably be cheaper AND more effective when it comes to drunk driving.

And It would work very well in big cities, like NYC or LA

[Tanzu]

So not a remote area.

Well I have heard of small city's (under 1,000) way out in the middle of nowhere.

I don't think under 1000 counts as a small city more like a town but still the point still stands.

[Kraylandia]

Maybe you would have gotten the context if you had actually clicked the link

I'm not wasting my bandwidth doing that when I have no reason to believe it will be anything I want to bother watching.

I suggest you get unlimited bandwidth, most people have it these days.

[Dakini]

So not a remote area.

Well I have heard of small cities (under 1,000) way out in the middle of nowhere.

They're definitely in an increasing minority there, as populations all around the world urbanize.

[Galloism]

Honestly the government funding of drive home programs would probably be cheaper AND more effective when it comes to drunk driving.

And It would work very well in big cities, like NYC or LA

Honestly, you could hire a couple people in every small town in America easily enough.

[Dakini]

I'm not wasting my bandwidth doing that when I have no reason to believe it will be anything I want to bother watching.

I suggest you get unlimited bandwidth, most people have it these days.

Not an option and I'm moving in a month or two.

[Gauthier]

I guess they have never meet the lovely folks at Chicago PD or NYPD or LAPD or any other big police force.

With the wrong skin color especially.

[Dakini]

How about education? Bonuses to people who volunteer to be designated drivers (e.g. free food or soft drinks at an establishment)? Government funding of programs where people drive your car home for you if you failed to plan ahead? Road blocks to catch anyone who should not be on the road before they get to a highway?

Honestly the government funding of drive home programs would probably be cheaper AND more effective when it comes to drunk driving.

Yeah, I couldn't think of the name for these programs in general. There was one in the last city I lived in in Canada called "Keys Please". The idea was that if you drove your car to an establishment and had more than you thought you would, they would bring two people to pick you up. One would drive you home in your car while the other would follow in another car and drive the other person to the next location.

A bit like a taxi service, except that if you throw up in the car, you're going to be stuck cleaning it up in the morning. (Well, plus you don't have to go retrieve your car the next day.)


It seems like a good solution in areas where public transportation isn't a good option or where commuting is common.

[Syrixia]

Hi. Bernie-supporting liberal here. WHAT THE HELL? THIS CROSSES SO MANY LINES.

[Kraylandia]

Hi. Bernie-supporting liberal here. WHAT THE HELL? THIS CROSSES SO MANY LINES.

It's Infected Mushroom, he wants to track everyone and ban everything remotely fun.

[The Novakian Empire]

Hell no.

[Urran]

I knew this was an infected Mushroom thread simply by the title.


Now, this seems nice and all but um....who is paying for all of this? Do you have any idea how much this will drive up the price of cars? People, particularly those on low income, will not be able to afford the extra cost of owning something equipped with this system. The public transport system in the US could not handle it, especially in rural areas out west and down south where it is essentially nonexistent. So then we would have to spend EVEN MORE money, that we don't have, on public transport into areas populated by small numbers of people. Believe it or not, there are areas where dial up internet is still the only option because internet companies will no pay to run lines to pockets of 15 people in the wilderness (I live in one). I doubt the government will do so for public transportation services and that would leave poorer families in the middle of nowhere without transportation. The impact on the economy and people's lives would be too grate.

[Thermodolia]

Hi. Bernie-supporting liberal here. WHAT THE HELL? THIS CROSSES SO MANY LINES.

It's Infected Mushroom, he wants to track everyone and ban everything remotely fun.

But movie ratings are evil

[Thermodolia]

Well I have heard of small city's (under 1,000) way out in the middle of nowhere.

I don't think under 1000 counts as a small city more like a town but still the point still stands.

Well where I live everything is called a city.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Hi. Bernie-supporting liberal here. WHAT THE HELL? THIS CROSSES SO MANY LINES.

It's Infected Mushroom, he wants to track everyone and ban everything remotely fun.

Because to him, fun lies in banning minor inconveniences in his life. Cars driving too fast past your bike? Ban cars. Dogs barking at you as you casually stroll down a sidewalk? Euthanize dogs. People are generally annoyed with you fetish for bans? Ban people.

That's the logic of IM, folks.

[Thermodolia]

Hi. Bernie-supporting liberal here. WHAT THE HELL? THIS CROSSES SO MANY LINES.

Most of us think this is a bad idea, even a fascist thinks it's bad,

[Thermodolia]

It's Infected Mushroom, he wants to track everyone and ban everything remotely fun.

Because to him, fun lies in banning minor inconveniences in his life. Cars driving too fast past your bike? Ban cars. Dogs barking at you as you casually stroll down a sidewalk? Euthanize dogs. People are generally annoyed with you fetish for bans? Ban people.

That's the logic of IM, folks.

[Urran]

So not a remote area.

Well I have heard of small cities (under 1,000) way out in the middle of nowhere.

I live in one. Technically in the woods behind one. The town has 800 people. I live on a dead in road 20 minutes away. Only 10 people live on our road. Satellite and dial-up are our only internet options because the cable companies refuse to run lines for only 10 potential customers. Every time a hurricane hits my family and our neighbors have to take chainsaws and physically cut our way out so we can access the main road. ours gets covered with trees and debris. We are also the last to get power restored in any situation. People literally forget we are here. Public transport is ZERO out here. the nearest city with any bus system at all is 45 minutes away. This proposal would destroy us.

[The Novakian Empire]

It's Infected Mushroom, he wants to track everyone and ban everything remotely fun.

Because to him, fun lies in banning minor inconveniences in his life. Cars driving too fast past your bike? Ban cars. Dogs barking at you as you casually stroll down a sidewalk? Euthanize dogs. People are generally annoyed with you fetish for bans? Ban people.

That's the logic of IM, folks.

LOL

[Thermodolia]

Well I have heard of small cities (under 1,000) way out in the middle of nowhere.

I live in one. Technically in the woods behind one. The town has 800 people. I live on a dead in road 20 minutes away. Only 10 people live on our road. Satellite and dial-up are our only internet options because the cable companies refuse to run lines for only 10 potential customers. Every time a hurricane hits my family and our neighbors have to take chainsaws and physically cut our way out so we can access the main road. ours gets covered with trees and debris. We are also the last to get power restored in any situation. People literally forget we are here. Public transport is ZERO out here. the nearest city with any bus system at all is 45 minutes away. This proposal would destroy us.

You live in Louisiana right?