Being in a busier town also increases your chances.

Which includes being sleepy

Sleepiness is harder to account for though.

If you fall asleep at the wheel, you can be charged

Also, sleepness is impossible to prove after the fact.

adreniline kicks in after an accident

aint sleepy no more

i think the general argument provided is that the difference in risk compared to normal accepted risk should be significant

They can charge you with reckless driving based on the accident forensics

Yes, but I'm talking moreso about prevention of sleepiness, which is sleep. You can't exactly force someone to sleep either, especially if they have a demanding position that requires long hours.

how significant drunk driving is in comparison is up for debate
but it kind of seems significant to me
but i dunno

In general, impaired driving should be illegal

Which includes drunk driving

How many card accidents are directly caused by drunk drivers and what percentage is that of total car accidents?

See, I disagree. I think impaired driving is fine. Until you hit someone or something.

28 percent of road fatalities

I feel like what is classified as impairing needs to be further elaborated on by lawmakers. Even with some flushed out examples, I feel there needs to be more defining details.

Are caused by drunk drivers

At least it was in 2016

It fluctuates yearly

you also have to account for the different levels of intoxication

So, you are still more likely to die in an accident that isn't related to drunk driving.

Yes, but driving in a way that increases the chances of a wreck is illegal

I actually agree with paradox, I drive impaired all the time.
I'm ***not*** a better driver impaired, but i do drive with more care and deliberation.
I would also not drive if i thought i was too impaired.
but the laws cant be written that way.
Laws need to be black and white.

Reckless and careless driving are both charges

Should they be?

Yes

Where's the victim there?

well we're not really talking about what the law is
we're more talking about what the law should be

The people who are hit by people being negligent

But no1 was hit?

It's a preventative law

Right. A victimless law.

I'd rather see laws around cell phone usage.
Much worse than drving drunk, imo

That's like saying you can't arrest someone until they have shot a guy even though there's a gun to the dudes head

Well you couldn't arrest them for murder...

until after they shot him and he died.

You can arrest them for battery

but is there a victim before he pulled the trigger?

Yes

i'd say yes too