Originally Posted by
1900luxuryliner
-Car Speed limit laws: People can't smash into me at 140 miles per
hour.
-Laws against drug possession and use: Helps ensure people don't get high on meth or crack, and smash me in the head with a bottle.
-Laws against drinking and driving: People can't get drunk and smash into me.
In which fantasy world do you live? Yeah, you're generally correct about FAR's. However;
People speed and crash, laws or not. Drunk drivers don't care about laws. Sure, an argument can be made that speed limits and DUI laws prevent an everyday Joe with generally good judgment from speeding and DUI. However, it certainly doesn't "ensure" anything.
As for crack/meth addicts, drug laws don't prevent anything.....zilch, zip, notta. An addict is an addict and their addiction takes priority. For recreational and medicinal users of other banned substances, the laws don't matter either. This is why drugs should be legalized, or at least decriminalized, but that's another thread.