I think more jail/prison time for the ones that get caught. ….It’s all about money the way it is now.

There's a huge difference in the amount of damage you can do with a vehicle that can legally weigh up to 80,000 pounds, compared to what you can do with a vehicle that weighs as low as 2000 pounds.

Keith

Thats a totally bogus study of drunk driving accident's that also had cannabis in their system. We both know what caused the accident more than likely, but please try again.


"Our method of testing for cannabis remain "suboptimal" and individuals can test positive weeks after they have consumed it, however, we can say from fatalities from crashes involving cannabis are more likely to involve alcohol even if we dont know the level of cannabis intoxication" TOTAL BS nice try though.... so they want to blame cannabis for the accidents and just so happens alcohol is "involved" is all... lol

I think you guys just hate cannabis because your drinkers.

Keith it only took a pick up running a red light to kill my son. No 80k lb rig.

Pretty soon you will run out of qualified workers. Isn't there already a shortage of truck drivers?

They can still work when they are stoned-just put them back on the rickshaw.

I am sorry for the loss of your son. Yes, smaller vehicle collisions kill people too.

On average, 11% of the people killed in traffic accidents in the US are killed by truckers. The reason the number is so incredibly high, compared to the percentage semis represent of all vehicles on the road, is that when truckers mess up, they often totally crush multiple vehicles. They have the mass to cause truly massive damage.

Keith

What it boils down to is.... your employer started all of this, they sold a little bit of your freedom for a discounted insurance rate. And now we dont have much left to sell anymore.

Commercial aviation has been required by Feds to have a drug testing plan since 88 or 89. I have had random calls most every year I worked. At the last placed I worked I had 2 pee in a cup calls and 2 breathalyzers in just under 2 years.
Adds substantially to the cost of doing business.

How many times in the past 20 yrs have I heard of some bad crash by someone drunk driving on suspended or no license. Kinda like more gun laws and not enforcing the ones we already have.

Do functioning addicts prove being impaired is not a safety issue?

In Kansas anyways, Snow plow drivers (CDL holders), we also use our trucks for lots of other things, are subject to random drug testing, and mandatory testing in the event of an accident.

Nobody should roll around smoking weed behind the wheel. However, popping positive on a drug test for weed doesn't mean you were impaired while driving (unless you were using immediately before or at the time). Getting stoned the night before or even hours before does not impair driving. It also depends on how much you smoke or eat. You might be fine to drive immediately (just like you can probably drive just fine having a beer or two). I studied this extensively in my younger days.

The drunks are the real problem on the roads. Followed by the opioid abusers and tweakers. Despite the vital importance of due process and civil liberty, I might get behind summarily shooting some prick on the scene of an alcohol/drug related accident he/she caused.

Aren't the jails already full?

Why not just require interlocks on EVERY vehicle? Not a snarky comment, I mean it! Way too many impaired drivers on the roads.

46% of the drivers involved didn't test for anything. How do you prevent this roughly half from having accidents? My thought is bad drivers cause most accidents. Seriously, I think over half the drivers I see, do not use turn signals, speed, and pass in the right lane.

A few years back if a driver couldn't get a CDL , Illinois had a program where they could come here and buy one. But after a few horrible wrecks the program had a wreck!

Certainly should test at license renewal, but hard to accomplish with online renewals.

I recall a random drug search on I-95 in GA about 30 years ago. There was a lighted sign announcing drug test/search being conducted a few miles after an approaching off ramp. Those wishing to avoid the search thought they could exit sooner. The real search was conducted upon those who tried to bypass the search.

If game wardens can search every vehicle for illegally taken deer or elk, it seems a drug testing and searching is no different. I would not object. National Guard groups can do it for their state during weekend drills.

Sure as long as I get to call the boys and tell them that BigBob has volunteered cameras, microphones along with numerous AI features in everything you do on a daily basis. That way they can 100% ID you, know everything you do, sell your data, control what you see and decide the future because any input you try to give is never delivered to the intended recipent, but you are never told that. Get your head out of those cheeks and think about what you just recommended.

The solution for drunk driving is to simply impose a permanent and national lifetime ban that is not appealable to anybody who drives drunk. It doesn't matter, it is what it is, if you drive drunk, the rest of your life you will have to pay to ride a bus. The problem will get solved in less than 5 years.

trial the next day and public hanging could be made legal. that should pass constitutional muster?