ash_274 t1_j4zyzar wrote on January 19, 2023 at 1:13 PM

Reply to comment by Neb_Djed in Woman sues concert venue after getting so drunk she blew up a home, caused $15M in damages by EyeWantItThatWay

Even if you are paying your own bills, a no-seatbelt-driver-took-a-ballistic-path-through-the-windshield-and-into-the-grill-of-the-oncoming-truck accident will require a full freeway shutdown and hours of investigation and cost tens of thousands of people time and the local agencies’ time and money to deal with, instead of a much simpler no-fatality crash.

It’s the same argument in favor of motorcycle helmet laws. Not wanting to wear a helmet doesn’t bother me (though I think motorcycle licenses should be organ donor opt-out instead of opt-in by default) but when your scalp is shaved down to gray matter or your skull and a road sign attempt to occupy the same space, the extra effort to deal with that affects everyone else.

DamnBunny t1_j529v99 wrote on January 19, 2023 at 10:02 PM

My point is we don't need more laws to protect ourselves from doing dumb shit, like not wearing helmets. It's common sense. The government can't protect everybody from harming ourselves and others during our process of being shot 90 feet into the air and still be a projectile for others to hit. The choices you make determines if you are SMART ENOUGH to continue to be on this planet without the aid of laws, regulations, and also if people were smart enough to know they are accountable of their own actions. And suing others for being too drunk is ridiculous! This can only tighten laws to micromanage the citizens better, because getting sued by a irresponsible person who survived a car crash that they started along with the chaos then after only makes people worry that there should be more regulations. Like how the US keeps regulating guns every time somebody loses their shit. It doesn't do anything. People still shooting each other.The same will go with that problem with her and her inability to take care of herself. If anything, she should be put in foster care for the mentally incompetent. Don't Drink and Drive. Common Sense; shouldn't be a law, but It has to exist because we're too dumb to think for ourselves.