Drunk Driving Analogies
Comments debate the risks and morality of drunk driving, frequently using it as an analogy for self-driving cars, pre-crime laws, or other activities that endanger others even without causing accidents.
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good point regarding drunk drivers; i had not thought of that.
Bad comparison since drunk driving impacts others.
Is drunk driving perfectly OK because sober driving also sometimes results in accidents?
How about "drunk driving puts others at risk and you shouldn't drive a car when you're drunk."
Well, drunk driving is a serious problem that can affect others.
That's roughly equivalent to asking "if someone drives drunk, will they kill someone else or not?" Many times, they won't hurt anyone, but I hope it's not controversial that driving drunk is still extremely dangerous.
Someone driving drink but not having an accident is doing less harm than someone driving sober and having an accident.Where is my freedom to drive drunk?
People also want to drive drunk.
What about drunk driving? That qualifies as endangering those around you.
I'd risk hypothesizing that "accidents like that" happen quite a bit more to people who are drunk. This is, after all, why we have laws prohibiting "driving while intoxicated" and not, say, "driving while fabulous".