Drunk Hawaii

[PaulW]

It's a problem that's very easy to fix. Random stops for breath tests. Any time, any place.
You just need the money to be allocated.

[Mtviewdude]

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Originally posted by PaulW

It's a problem that's very easy to fix. Random stops for breath tests. Any time, any place.
You just need the money to be allocated.

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I hope you aren't serious.

[Tink]

It's a mainland thing called sobriety check points. Police set up a stop like a toll booth on a random main road, all go through with a quick howdy do unless they see something odd, then your the one they interview for possible impaired driving.
Some see this as a privacy violation, but driving is a privilege, and it does reduce drinking/using and driving.

Community begins with Aloha

[PunaMauka2]

Actually, too many roadblocks can start to run into challenges in the courts. Legitimate questions concerning constitutional rights. Excessive police roadblocks and free societies not always a good mix. There needs to be a balance

[kalakoa]

What types of programs (new local jobs) could be set up to help or prevent Hawaii from staying at the top of this embarrassing list?

Hmm. Maybe a big telescope?

[Peter Easterling]

Rather than nitpick the data let's simply acknowledge that we have too many impaired drivers. Especially in Puna. DUI checks are an effective deterrent. Mostly, as many of us have learned, drive very cautiously. Always assume the clown in front of you will do something idiotic at the last second.

[pahoated]

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Originally posted by TomK

PT, that's nonsense. If you were correct, how does that explain the reported numbers for all the other states? The numbers quoted in that article hardly equate to a national average of 1.9%. The article is wrong, simple as that.

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I know you got this thing about imperial rule but I did point out that article was about a survey, not a study. These garbled survey articles are the cotton candy of the internet. It isn't the article is wrong, the author is just one of the millions that isn't even able to describe the sampling method clearly. It just adds to thousands of other "stats" about Hawaii that leads to the totally screwed up things mainlanders believe about Hawaii.

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[Guest]

Looking for the like button Ted. Love the screwed up stat and mainlander comment at the end.

[TomK]

As usual, PT, you don't seem to understand anything you respond to. In this case, you try and define my position as something to do with imperial rule, something that only appears to be in your head, then agree with my conclusion that the article is wrong. It would be nice if you could do that without having to resort, once again, to insults and creating a straw man defining anyone you don't like belonging to various groups. No doubt you'll bring the Victorian era into this again, bizarre, I know, but it would be consistent with the xenophobia exhibited in a number of your posts.

If anything shows how nuts your post is, you have gypsy liking it. That really ought to tell you something.