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And biketripper.... I've got 6.3k this year on my road bike, and drunks are my nemesis! I got run over by one last year to the tune of three ribs, both collar bones, concussion, and various lacerations. It's dangerous out there.
Oh believe me, I know. I bicycle too. I've worked as a driver, and as a bike courier in DC and Denver. Spend all day every day in traffic and you see it all. People are nuts in cars. But really, I think it is a mistake to lump pot in with alcohol as an equivalent danger.

Back when the first rounds of decriminalization went around the country (mid to late 70s) the same sort of things were said. After DC's decrim I heard an interview with an ex prosecutor for the city. He was asked about the dangers of pot and driving and what he said was that he would not want to ride in a car with a driver who was stoned for the first time, but that he would rather have an experienced pot smoker at the wheel with any amount of pot in his system than a driver with even one beer. I've always remembered his answer because it sums things up so well.

Most people are bad drivers, period. Aggression and distraction are the big dangers. Basically, people need to chill the fuck out, slow the fuck down and pay attention. I'd argue that pot is less of a danger than cell phones, texting, web browsing, speeding, jumping lanes, eating breakfast cereal, putting on makeup and most of the other crazy shit people do every day behind the wheel.

If there is a test that can measure actual impairment of abilities to drive then lets use it. But to set arbitrary blood levels with no scientific backing at all to say that this actually represents some threshold of danger? Has anyone seen any science behind this at all? But really, this is just one more way to demonize marijuana completely out of proportion with reality.

Did you know it also makes white girls want to have sex with Mexicans?
bikeTripper Reviewed by bikeTripper on . No more stoned driving -- Colorado is passing THC limits for DUI Colo. may set limits for driving after marijuana use - The Denver Post This is pretty fucked up... I believe the blood level is 5ng/ml. I need to do a bit more research, but I think if you're a fairly heavy smoker (i.e. a few times a day), then your levels are pretty much always going to be at this level or higher. So basically you won't be able to drive ever without risk of getting a DUI. Way to go Colorado!!! What is motivating this law? Is there really a problem with stoned Rating: 5