re: #352 researchok

I do agree with WLN in that drunk driving, when all is said and done, “is a boorish and self indulgent and self destructive endeavor.”

People don’t become shit faced because there is no public transportation all the light rail and subways and buses in the world won’t change that.

The drunk is the problem, not mass transit.

Well, my point was that there are people I know in the US who drink and drive who, in Europe, would be drinking and taking the bus home (or in fact walking, since bars tend to be closer to where people live and towns are not designed to make a car the most convenient mode of transport).

I also think that it’s important to note that we’re not just talking about being “shit faced”. Another part of the issue in the US is that people make a distinction between getting hammered and driving, and having a couple of drinks and driving.

Maybe it’s a cultural response to the fact that, if you really had a zero-tolerance policy, most bars outside the big cities would close down overnight.