XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, van.general   
   XPost: vic.general   
   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Dave Smith  wrote:   
      
   > On 18/01/2012 5:16 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   >   
   > >> BC decided that the ".08" allowance just wasn't keeping the drunks off the   
   > >> roads and they   
   > >> brought in some very tough legislation that involved CONFISCATION of   
   > >> vehicles   
   > >> on top of long   
   > >> licence suspensions.  And guess what ? . . . .   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > And you just swallow it. Because the government would never jigger the   
   > > figures, right?   
   > >   
   > > Do us a favour: find out what constitutes and "alchol-related traffic   
   > > death"... ...if you can.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > If a drunk driver is on his way home and someone else runs into him head   
   > on ..... alcohol related crash. If you have been drinking and are   
   > stopped at a traffic light and someone hits you in the rear end....   
   > alcohol related crash.  If one driver has been drinking and the other is   
   > on the cell phone or texting and they collide.... alcohol related.   
   >   
   >   
   > What might be more relevant information would be BAC of the drivers who   
   > are at fault.   
      
   Indeed.   
      
   And did you notice from the previous post:   
      
   "Clark said alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths dropped to 68 this past   
   year from an average of 113 deaths on average in each of the previous   
   five years."   
      
   Did you spot it? "from an average" "of the previous five years".   
      
   You don't suppose that that's because there actually was no decrease at   
   all from last year's stats, do you?   
      
      
   :-)   
      
   --   
   Alan Baker   
   Vancouver, British Columbia   
   "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall   
   to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you   
   sit in the bottom of that cupboard."   
      
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