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I mean.. is it not more helpful if those people wait on the side of the road for 10-15 minutes till an ambulance/helicopter is there? If they are driving like a

• sethammons 3y ago
  I have lived the majority of my life in Southern California and the fastest emergency personnel could get to my home is 25 minutes, speeding. I assume you are unfamiliar with rural living, a common shortsightedness I see on this forum.
  • pinkgolem 3y ago
    My city has a whopping 500 people, if it's something urgent... They send out an helicopter. Would be very surprised if there are places further away then 15 minutes from a helicopter where you can reach any sensibel healthcare infrastructure faster by car A women having early contractions, most likely would not qualify even for emergency lights.
• Aurornis 3y ago
  > If they are driving like a drunk driver This is the core problem: If we assume that the drunk driving protection is 100% accurate and there are never any false positives under any conditions, the bill seems more reasonable. But I’m struggling to understand why people on HN of all places are assuming this drunk driving protection will be absolutely perfect and never trigger unless absolutely justified. Anyone who works with technology doing fuzzy classification or detection tasks knows how impossible it is to get the accuracy being implied in this thread.