cods wrote on May 20
th, 2019 at 11:28am:
ouch... that seems harsh.....
human beings can be so stooooopid...
I can't make out what it's about. Control? Revenue? Getting x-number of cars off congested roads?
68 road deaths in a year is worse than no deaths of course, but when you take into account the multi millions of car trips per year, including vast distances, poor roads, fatigue, etc., 68 deaths is a minute percentage of all trips completed without incident
I forget the stats, but it's close to 3 a day commit suicide (just looked it up --
8 per day in 2015
LINKif they take away someone's licence re: the new 'one drop' rule, they're taking away someone's ability to earn a living in many instances -- for a tipple of sherry, a small glass of beer, etc. So bound to be suicides as result of loss of licence, loss of livlihood, inability to pay rent, support a family, etc.
Then the wholesale slaughter of Australian women. And people will contest that description of what's going on by claiming we have one of the lowest domestic violence/murder rates, etc. But from the standpoint of the public, it's one and more women a day being murdered and even when the killers are caught and sentenced, they can be back out on the streets in well under ten years. Compared with draconian cancellation of a driver's licence for one drop of alcohol, murderers are getting off very lightly
I rarely if ever drink and gave my car away close to ten years ago, so I don't have a vested interest. Just think NSW govt. is being extremely heavy handed with its zero alcohol laws. Oh, and am not a drug user either