Driving concerns

With school, sports, homework, and a social life, many teens get up
early and go to bed late. According to federal safety officials, that
can be deadly. The experts say legal
limit drunk,in terms of blood alcohol level, is equal to 17 hours of
continuous wakefulness and while drowsiness is dangerous for all
drivers. It's especially dangerous for teens. Check out this video:
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> With school, sports, homework, and a social life, many teens get up
> early and go to bed late. According to federal safety officials, that
> can be deadly. The experts say legal
> limit drunk,in terms of blood alcohol level, is equal to 17 hours of
> continuous wakefulness and while drowsiness is dangerous for all
> drivers. It's especially dangerous for teens. Check out this video:
> http://www.groundhog.tv/apps/editor/staticplayer.jsp?clip=1146510695658.wmv"><img
> src="

Trouble is you can't arrest someone for driving while tired. No way to
even measure that. The answer is to make it mandatory that the person
at fault in a fatal crash goes to prison for at least 10 years. Then
people wouldn't drive while tired or drunk or playing with a cell phone
or a million other things.

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says...

>Trouble is you can't arrest someone for driving while tired. No way to
>even measure that.

I'm sure some idiot will try to enact such a law. They are just too stupid
to realize that there is no need for such a law. Existing laws cover the
problem. If the driver is really that sleepy, they will drive eratically.
If more cops were patrolling the roads instead of hiding in the bushes, they
would catch more of these dangerous drivers.
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Alex

Some places already have a law, it falls under the "impaired" driving
umbrella. Anything that impairs your ability to safely operate a vehicle,
this also includes medical conditions as well..

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> With school, sports, homework, and a social life, many teens get up
> early and go to bed late. According to federal safety officials, that
> can be deadly. The experts say legal
> limit drunk,in terms of blood alcohol level, is equal to 17 hours of
> continuous wakefulness and while drowsiness is dangerous for all
> drivers. It's especially dangerous for teens. Check out this video:
> http://www.groundhog.tv/apps/editor/staticplayer.jsp?clip=1146510695658.wmv"><img
> src="
>