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   Alan Baker to Çons®36%@all.ca   
   Re: Alcohol-related traffic deaths down    
   21 Jan 12 02:35:51   
   
   XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, van.general   
   XPost: vic.general   
   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
   In article ,   
    "Çons®36%" <Çons®36%@all.ca> wrote:   
      
   > "Dave Smith"  wrote in message   
   > news:NDgSq.101$4k3.51@unlimited.newshosting.com...   
   > > It may indeed, and I am not even recommending it. I am just suggesting   
   > > that, given the   
   > > correlation between speed and fatalities, the fatality rate would plummet   
   > > if speed limits   
   > > were slashed and strictly enforced. Zero tolerance for alcohol is   
   > > ridiculous too.   
   >   
   > Nothing ridiculous about a piece of legislation that just cut alcohol-related   
   > road deaths by   
   > 40% - in just one year.   
      
   Except that it did nothing of the kind.   
      
   > If you ever go to BC, maybe you'll be one of those spared death at the hands   
   > of a .08 drinking   
   > driver.   
      
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   Alan Baker   
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   to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you   
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