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[-] tabular@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

In UK you can if it doesn't affect your driving.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 3 weeks ago

and how do you tell if it has? imagine if the standard for alcohol was the same...

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you can drive safely then go ahead but if you're impaired by too much of anything that you would drive poorly then don't. I thought this was common sense.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

the uk sticks out in the statistics of legal limits for alcohol in europe at 0.8‰ BAC; most countries are at 0.2 with some having a zero-tolerance policy, because it affects people so differently and it's hard to tell.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting, if other countries have less driving accidents then it may be worth considering lowering our legal limit. That is, if we can actually detect something is affecting them. Unless the driver is already driving erratically then we must presume the effects of any drink or other drugs isn't affecting them. Mandatory testing or randomly pulling people over to test them would be a gross over-reach. We trust people to change their own break pads, I trust them to know if they can drive on painkillers.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago

Mandatory testing or randomly pulling people over to test them would be a gross over-reach.

that's... the standard in all of europe.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

By the government? That is sincerly horrifying if so.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 weeks ago

interesting take from the country with 95% of europe's surveillance cameras.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know what you mean.

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