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   From: tedm@toybox.placo.com   
      
   "Bo Raxo"  wrote in message   
   news:4qidnYcjqZlZ5AfbnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@comcast.com...   
      
   > cops on the guy.  Anyway, I've ridden with the circle I refer to as my   
   > hippie friends plenty of times when they were baked, and they didn't do   
   > anything stupid like that.   
   >   
      
   I've driven before (once) when slightly high, and I agree it is not nearly   
   as serious as driving drunk.  It isn't something I'm proud of.  As a rather   
   lame defense, it was in a college town, very late at night, on roads with   
   a max posted speed of 30Mph.  If I had gotten pulled over I would have   
   got what I deserved, of course.   
      
   A baked driver is more impaired than a non-baked driver.  It doesen't   
   matter that a baked driver is less impaired than a drunk driver.  They   
   are still impaired.  And the other drivers on the road do not deserve to   
   have to share the road with a driver that is not at full attention.   
      
   This also applies to some drivers that are in their 80's who should have   
   surrendered   
   their license years ago, and drivers who are falling asleep at the wheel,   
   etc.   
   Unfortunately, the law is still rather primitive in this regard and while it   
   should be altered to make driving in those conditions a citable offense,   
   it frequently isn't.   
      
   Ted   
      
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