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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 10:41 AM
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63. No I am not presuming guilt.
I am presuming impairment.

If you drink a six pack every night, then are you willing to sign a document stating that you will never drive after you get home until say, 3 am or so?

If not, you are admitting that you will go out drunk from time to time
while impared. Which would you prefer, that the doctor declared this driver unfit (and who better than a doctor to do so) and thus preserve his and the communities health, or let them drive drunk on a presumed daily basis?

Sorry, my 4+ years in a trauma center emergency room suggests to me that a greater good is being served, not just to society, but to the individual.

Maybe if the driver was willing to have a breathalyser interlock installed on their car, it might be a different matter.
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