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This source is extremely questionable. This is basically a blog post (http://www.4autoinsurancequote.org/uncategorized/reasons-why-marijuana-users-are-safe-driv
by keypusher 15y ago
This source is extremely questionable.
This is basically a blog post (http://www.4autoinsurancequote.org/uncategorized/reasons-why-marijuana-users-are-safe-drivers/ http://www.4autoinsurancequote.org/uncategorized/reasons-why...) and a press release (http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/4/prweb9375729.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/4/prweb9375729.htm) summarizing some reasons that marijuana users are less dangerous on the road than drunks.
There is one study linked by the NHTSA which showed they drive slower than drunks, and the rest appears to be pure conjecture. All of this is this re-interpreted in the SFGate article to suggest marijuana users are safer than non-marijuana users. While I agree with the sentiment, this article is of questionable validity and does not really fall into the tech or programming news that belongs here.
- billpatrianakos 15y agoI agree with you in general. One point on this belonging here though: HN isn't only about tech and programming. The submission guidelines say that anything hackers would find interesting is okay. So this one is just a judgement call, it's not totally cut and dry. I can see how it can be debatable. That said, I think a lot of us are marijuana smokers (at least that's the vibe I get from others I've met here) and many of us are all about progressive ideas like legalizing marijuana and such. I'm don't exactly fall into that category this time but I can still see why it's of interest to many here.