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What about car accidents and overdoses?
by medium_burrito 6y ago
What about car accidents and overdoses?
- ok_coo 6y agoWe try to prevent those as well, but we don't have half the country saying that seat belts don't work, or Narcan.
- vkou 6y agoActually, we do have ~half the country saying Narcan doesn't work. The argument is a bit more nuanced then that, but that's what it boils down to.
- pjc50 6y agoPeople said seat belts were more dangerous. It wasn't true, they just didn't want to wear them. Ralph Nader got his start on politics on car safety.
- medium_burrito 6y agoWe do have most people looking at their phones while driving. We do nothing to prevent this.
- w4 6y ago> We do have most people looking at their phones while driving. We do nothing to prevent this. What? If you're talking about the US, we absolutely do prevent this. It's banned in many states, and cause to be pulled over and given a ticket: https://www.findlaw.com/traffic/traffic-tickets/texting-while-driving.html https://www.findlaw.com/traffic/traffic-tickets/texting-whil...
- AnotherGoodName 6y agoErr... Let me Google that for you? https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm It's a smaller number. Not sure why you posted this when you can search from your browser really easily.
- yabones 6y agoSomebody who doesn't wear a seat belt can't cough on you in public and make you die in a car accident. You can't catch overdoses by breathing too much near a heroin addict. This isn't a time for using whataboutisms.