Zero-alcohol driving law for South Africa is like setting a 30km/h highway speed limit and jailing people for it

[Newsfeed]

Zero-alcohol driving law for South Africa is like setting a 30km/h highway speed limit and jailing people for it

Driving.co.za managing director Rob Handfield-Jones said there was a very simple reason that South Africa's drunk-driving laws were not being enforced.

 

[Easter Bunny]

alcohol to south africans is like guns to americans.

 

[Gordon_R]

Smart guy!

Handfield-Jones pointed out that the minister’s suggestion had already been attempted by her predecessor but was ultimately dismissed.

“A proposal to adopt a zero limit was published as a gazette more than 10 years ago,” Handfield-Jones said.

“After exhaustive study, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport decided to leave the limit unchanged less than three years ago.”

 

[Sapphiron]

 

[Gimli_]

ANC is like a bunch of children when it comes to making laws. The problem is not driving with the already low alcohol limit, it is bad enforcement. Stricter rules will not change habits. This proposal is not reasonable and will fail when challenged in court.

 

[Vanessa13]

Utterly stupid. Are they then going to ban all medications with alcohol, and chocolates with alcohol? Arrested for taking legal cough mixture or daring to eat a chocolate before driving. Our government gets stupider and stupider. They make a good case for Cape independence.

 

[Vanessa13]

ANC is like a bunch of children when it comes to making laws. The problem is not driving with the already low alcohol limit, it is bad enforcement. Stricter rules will not change habits. This proposal is not reasonable and will fail when challenged in court.

They seem to get perverse glee from making stupid laws that make our lives ridiculously difficult for no good reason.

 

[gogga_]

They seem to get perverse glee from making stupid laws that make our lives ridiculously difficult for no good reason.

That's because they are not affected by the laws they make. These ANC politician rubbishes need to go ASAP. They have stolen enough, broken enough and made all of us honest citizens swear enough at them.

FOKKOFF ANC !!!!!!

 

[Neuk_]

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Zero Tolerence != Zero Alcohol Limit?

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

They seem to get perverse glee from making stupid laws that make our lives ridiculously difficult for no good reason.

Tribal mentality.. the chieftain gets great pleasure from deciding who lives and who dies.

 

[DreamKing]

“An unjustifiably low limit criminalises people who don’t pose a safety hazard. It is the equivalent of setting the speed limit to 30km/h on freeways and jailing anyone who exceeds it.”

freeways 30km/h? really?

 

[DreamKing]

anc members are just stupid, simple, regardless of what "race" you are.

 

[Sapphiron]

Zero Tolerence != Zero Alcohol Limit?

except if you follow the sources, that is the definition they followed for this image.

most media on the topic seem to equate them as equal

 

[xumwun]

The accuracy of the breathalyzers is usually 0.01, a measurement under really should not be considered reliable.

 

[MrGray]

There's a reason why most jurisdictions have settled on 0.05 - the incremental risk of alcohol impairment up to that point is very minor, so it's a reasonable trade off between a draconian regime and safety.

I'm interested on the policy effects that self driving vehicles might ultimately have - for example, would a higher threshold be justified if you use full Tesla self-driving in the US?

 

[S_L_Y_G_U_Y]

Its not hard just don't drink and drive

 

[Nerfherder]

They seem to get perverse glee from making stupid laws that make our lives ridiculously difficult for no good reason.

They like to waste time and energy.

 

[Nerfherder]

Its not hard just don't drink and drive

No, it is that hard.

When you lower the limit to 0 its means its not as easy as just not drinking and driving.

 

[Gimli_]

Its not hard just don't drink and drive

Why should I not have a glass of wine with dinner at the restaurant? For zero reason, they want to take my freedom away, just because they are unable/incompetent to enforce?

 

[FiestaST]

Entitlement syndrome.