Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

BataMahn3 t1_j7702bh wrote

Distracted driving is distracted driving and it's all marked the same on your ticket when you get one, whether you were texting, redditing, or whatever. Mind you, you don't need to cause an accident to get a ticket for that, just like you don't have to cause an accident if you're speeding to get a ticket. At this point I feel like you're purposely not understanding. Is that what you're doing? Do you need someone to talk to?

Edit: and to my original point, Missouri is only one of two states that legally allow you to be distracted behind the wheel and it make Missourians worse drivers. With your own numbers, if there's 5 drivers standing in front of me, the 2nd worst driver there is a missourian (20 out of 50).

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Longwell2020 t1_j76ww33 wrote

Granted, falling off a bridge while stoned is not studied by the cdc (I assume). He is absolutely incorrect to say it is a health risk from a medical standpoint as he is not qualified. I do see his point if he is talking in a more abstract way. I don't think that argument holds a lot of water compared to the much more significant risk of alcohol poisoning.

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