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Police believe B.C. man's 21 drunk driving convictions most in Canadian history
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Encourage a transition to public transportation.
If everyone has access to reliable transportation without sacrificing their sense of freedom, everyone would benefit on a micro level (No more contracts/maintenance/fuel etc. and LESS STRESS), meso levels (Safer and cheaper roads, condensed parking lots...), all the way up to the macro levels (Cleaner environment, maybe even better inter-city connectivity)
I'm still researching the idea myself, but I struggle to see an alternative that resolves as many of societies problems as just removing cars from the picture or finding another place for them to exist other than for civic purposes.
It's anecdotal but from my experience most drunk drivers are in remote locations where they don't get caught and where public transport will never be an option no matter how much some people wish it was.
In theory, this should be true. But here in Japan we have a state-of-the-art public transportation system that is very cheap and easy to use and is often faster than trying to drive somewhere, but it has not curtailed drunk/elderly driving accidents.
I think the competing element is that those people most likely to cause an accident don't want to give up their personal freedom to be in control of the vehicle they're in, even if they lack the ability to control it safely.
Not sure what's going on in Japan, but here in Korea there's nothing better than being able to get drunk with all your friends and coworkers then safely take the train home.
Back when I was in Canada it was all "who's gonna stay sober and drive" and "taxis are so expensive" but here it's like adult daycare with all the public services.