#drug-driving — Public Fediverse posts
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🍪 People who ate cannabis brownies and washed them down with alcohol were more dangerous drivers and performed worse on sobriety tests than those who had just been given alcohol or cannabis
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/combining-cannabis-edibles-and-alcohol-makes-you-a-more-dangerous-driver-than-either-alone#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #cannabis #alcohol #DrugDriving
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Overall govt statistics (or their methodology) also highlight #survivorshipBias of those from subcultures like the #rave scene who brag on #Facebook and other such places that "we got away with it back in the day" - firstly old bill weren't testing for drug use until the mid 2000s (and forbidden levels of specific #drugs were only set in 2015 in #England and 2019 in #Scotland) , and in 1990s there was a much higher level of general fatalities on the roads and less analysis of their causes by the #Police and HM #Coroner - which masked to some extent any effect #DrugDriving would have had on these figures (especially any RTCs caused by midweek sleep deprivation, which occurs some days after the actual drug use)
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"What it means is, you can be stopped at any time, [to] screen the driver, they say, for the presence of drugs. They're saying this will be a quick tongue swipe, taking just a few minutes, and that in itself is a bit of a hint. Since when does a 'quick tongue swipe' take 'just a few minutes'. So there's a bit more to it than that, presumably."
#ChrisFowlie, 2025
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“... he was honest, because good criminals have to be honest.”
Terry Pratchett; A Blink of the Screen
#Liverpool #DrugDriving #DailyFailHeadline #CompanyDirector #HeLivesInACulDeSac #NormalisingTheWhiteGuy 🙄😐 -
#ChrisFowlie goes all through a list of false positives that can occur with the government's proposed roadside drug testing tech;
"Speaking of going to the dentist, if you have some lidocaine you'll test positive for cocaine. If you're on a painkiller of some sort, you'll test positive for heroin. If you're on Ritalin you'll test positive for meth."
https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/16924333/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hempstore-thursday-19-2024
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#podcasts #95bFM #MarijuanaMedia #DrugDriving #RoadsideTesting
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Penalties, schmenalties. Penalties do nothing, but a stonking on-the-spot fine, and car confiscated if you can't pay it on the spot, would severely re-educate scofflaw drivers https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/06/04/rsa-calls-for-emergency-laws-to-double-penalty-points-for-speeding/ #PhoneDriving #SpeedDriving #DrunkDriving #DrugDriving #Driving #GardaSíochána
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Irish people are so distressed that they're driving around coked to the eyeballs. What has become of our country? https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/184-families-been-destroyed-top-28466120 #DrugDriving
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⚡️ Driver arrested for drug driving during Letterkenny checkpoint. Multiple road traffic offences detected. Gardaí urge drivers to prioritize road safety by wearing seatbelts, avoiding mobile phone use, and not driving under the influence. #RoadSafety #DrugDriving https://www.riskmap.com/incidents/1941488/articles/196220828/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon