Driving stoned

[Technix]

As reported on News1130 radio:

Drivers under the influence of drugs are finding it tougher to get through police road checks in BC. Officers are now taking drug recognition courses and can test people the same way they do drunk drivers. Langley RCMP say a two day roadside check nabbed seven people believed to be driving under the influence of marijuana. They are subject to the same law as someone suspected of driving drunk. Research shows teenagers who drive stoned have the same crash rates as those who drink and drive (no shit).

[ja_raul]

in other news: the sale of visine has gone up 200%

[PsyTrance4Life]

one time i was burning out from lots of weed i smoked

the officer keeps looking at me but didn't mention anything about it

it was luck, and i won't do that anymore

plus while driving stoned tend to feel/look like im going 60km when im really only 40km

one time i almost crashed because i was focusing on this cute girl by the bus stop :smash:

[TipSy]

i always get paranoid when i drive stoned.. but whatever.. in coquitlam theres alot of hidden roots you can drive along.

[ebbomega]

not to feed stoner paranoia or anything, but this takes us one step closer to blood tests at roadchecks.

WE WANT YOUR SOUL!

[Edoe]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

WE WANT YOUR SOUL!

hahahahahahahahahaha
love it, so random

[DefJef]

The only way youre gonna get pinched for being stoned on a roadblock is if you do something stupid and give them reasonable grounds to think you are undre the unfluence of that said 'mari-ju-wanaa.' That in mind, if you get roasted, you probably deserve it!

[Cdn_Brdr]

Ummm hi... there's no difference between driving drunk and driving stoned. If you do it you're an irresponsible fuck willing to take the lives of innocent people into your hands.

[mikey]

in my 6 years of driving i've only been thru one road block when i wasn't stoned. And thats when i got a ticket.... figure that shit out.. ?

[optimum sound]

Will the first innocent person throw the first stone? we're all sinners since we're born.
'Live fast, look beautiful, die young the ball might drop tomorrow.'

wa wa, just felt like throwing that out there. I drive responsibly but what can you do right?

Originally Posted by Cdn_Brdr

Ummm hi... there's no difference between driving drunk and driving stoned. If you do it you're an irresponsible fuck willing to take the lives of innocent people into your hands.

[decypher]

I've never had a problem.

[Toxic0n]

How would a blood test prove that youre stoned? Couldnt you just say that you smoked it the day before....or would there be a different concentration of THC in your blood....Hmmm, would there be a difference if you smoked a joint an hour before or 10 joints last night? Anybody care to enlighten us?


PS. Never had a problem driving stoned. Probably have driven stoned close to as many times as I have sober.

[Rytalin]

Originally Posted by Cdn_Brdr

Ummm hi... there's no difference between driving drunk and driving stoned. If you do it you're an irresponsible fuck willing to take the lives of innocent people into your hands.

Umm high... there like, totally is.

Alcohol = obcene ammount of ego reinforcement, and impaired judgement, leading to denial or inability of knowing how drunk you are and thinking you can drive totally fine, amoung other things.

Weed = psychadellik that puts your ego on hold... when your too high to drive, you know it. And if you have to drive anyways, as someone said above, you feel like your doing 60 when your actually doing 40.

The real danger of driving stoned is not causing vehicular or bodily harm to yourself or others. The biggest danger you face is getting yourself totally lost, and stressing out coz your stoned and paranoid.

If you crash stoned, your probably a bad driver who was going to run into something eventually anyways.

[Rytalin]

PS driving stoned on acid is not always a good idea, unless you've got an experienced tripmunky for a copilot.


PPS driving on some acid and not stoned is actually a pretty good thing to try.... once or twice.


Just don't drive on any drugs that you are not already experienced with.

[PsyTrance4Life]

i dont think its a good idea to drive on acid, probably make your car turn into a airplane and all the other cars are clouds

[Goodfellow]

Originally Posted by Cdn_Brdr

Ummm hi... there's no difference between driving drunk and driving stoned. If you do it you're an irresponsible fuck willing to take the lives of innocent people into your hands.

LOL ..

if you smoke a lot of weed and you are so used to it, drivin stoned or sober is no different

[Ree Fresh]

Originally Posted by Toxic0n

How would a blood test prove that youre stoned? Couldnt you just say that you smoked it the day before....or would there be a different concentration of THC in your blood....Hmmm, would there be a difference if you smoked a joint an hour before or 10 joints last night? Anybody care to enlighten us?


PS. Never had a problem driving stoned. Probably have driven stoned close to as many times as I have sober.

Umm its illegal to smoke pot in the first place. Cops being trained wont only be catching ppl who are actualy stoned, but lead to catching ppl who are in possetion and potential dealers. It's about time cops finaly crack down on this as I know of way too many ppl who drive... smoke up... drive to another location... smoke up... etc.

Originally Posted by GoodFlow

LOL ..

if you smoke a lot of weed and you are so used to it, drivin stoned or sober is no different

Wow, what a shocker that this is coming from you. Nothing changes.

Originally Posted by rytalin

Umm high... there like, totally is.

Alcohol = obcene ammount of ego reinforcement, and impaired judgement, leading to denial or inability of knowing how drunk you are and thinking you can drive totally fine, amoung other things.

Weed = psychadellik that puts your ego on hold... when your too high to drive, you know it. And if you have to drive anyways, as someone said above, you feel like your doing 60 when your actually doing 40.

The real danger of driving stoned is not causing vehicular or bodily harm to yourself or others. The biggest danger you face is getting yourself totally lost, and stressing out coz your stoned and paranoid.

If you crash stoned, your probably a bad driver who was going to run into something eventually anyways.

Umm, like, you are so totally wrong.

Bottom line, any intoxicant impairs your judgement. Your judgement and ability to drive defensively. But since you are the expert cause you do it all the time, I guess we are going to have to take your word for it.

ps - driving 40 in a 60 zone can be more dangerous than speeding.

[Rytalin]

Originally Posted by Etard

i dont think its a good idea to drive on acid, probably make your car turn into a airplane and all the other cars are clouds

The thing about acid is while it may make you see things that aren't there, it doesn't NOT make you see things that actually are there.

[Goodfellow]

Originally Posted by Avana

Wow, what a shocker that this is coming from you. Nothing changes.



Umm, like, you are so totally wrong.

Bottom line, any intoxicant impairs your judgement. Your judgement and ability to drive defensively. But since you are the expert cause you do it all the time, I guess we are going to have to take your word for it.

ps - driving 40 in a 60 zone can be more dangerous than speeding.

anyone who doesn't smoke pot (or smokes very little) will have the exact opinion that you have. if you don't smoke very often, you can be a serious threat to other ppl on the road if you're stoned, but seasoned smokers its different. nobody actually goes 40 in a 60 , they are just joking about being more cautious ..

drivin stoned, and drivin drunk are sooooo much different its not comparible. alcohol severly impairs your judgement and your vision and your general sense of the road. weed just relaxes you and makes you feel good. why do you think there are tons of professional snowboarders and bikers who blaze everytime they ride.. if you can air 270 to boardslide a rail ripped, i'm sure a simple task like driving is far from hard or beyond normal. feed too much alcohol to the same guy and he'd smash his face on the rail.. get my point? well arguing this is stupid anyway. i'm not trying to endorse driving stoned, i'm just voicing my opinion. in the other thread where you grilled me for gettin a DUI, I never said drivin drunk is good AT ALL!! in fact i think its terrible and it was a mistake i made. I get very mad if i see somebody doing it.

[CodaDrummer]

Originally Posted by GoodFlow

anyone who doesn't smoke pot (or smokes very little) will have the exact opinion that you have. if you don't smoke very often, you can be a serious threat to other ppl on the road if you're stoned, but seasoned smokers its different. nobody actually goes 40 in a 60 , they are just joking about being more cautious ..

drivin stoned, and drivin drunk are sooooo much different its not comparible. alcohol severly impairs your judgement and your vision and your general sense of the road. weed just relaxes you and makes you feel good. why do you think there are tons of professional snowboarders and bikers who blaze everytime they ride.. if you can air 270 to boardslide a rail ripped, i'm sure a simple task like driving is far from hard or beyond normal. feed too much alcohol to the same guy and he'd smash his face on the rail.. get my point? well arguing this is stupid anyway. i'm not trying to endorse driving stoned, i'm just voicing my opinion. in the other thread where you grilled me for gettin a DUI, I never said drivin drunk is good AT ALL!! in fact i think its terrible and it was a mistake i made. I get very mad if i see somebody doing it.

Yeah? Well, I'm a seasoned drinker and I can play one hell of a mad drum solo even when I'm drunk... so the "simple task" of driving drunk is far from hard.

Fuck... off.

[bungoshlung]

I've only driven stoned a couple of times, but I actually find myself more of a careful driver cause I don't wanna get caught. But that's just my experience.

[ebbomega]

one point you can't refute:

marijuana slows reaction time.

it's not like they call it 'smart'.

[Ree Fresh]

Originally Posted by GoodFlow

anyone who doesn't smoke pot (or smokes very little) will have the exact opinion that you have. if you don't smoke very often, you can be a serious threat to other ppl on the road if you're stoned, but seasoned smokers its different. nobody actually goes 40 in a 60 , they are just joking about being more cautious ..

drivin stoned, and drivin drunk are sooooo much different its not comparible. alcohol severly impairs your judgement and your vision and your general sense of the road. weed just relaxes you and makes you feel good. why do you think there are tons of professional snowboarders and bikers who blaze everytime they ride.. if you can air 270 to boardslide a rail ripped, i'm sure a simple task like driving is far from hard or beyond normal. feed too much alcohol to the same guy and he'd smash his face on the rail.. get my point? well arguing this is stupid anyway. i'm not trying to endorse driving stoned, i'm just voicing my opinion. in the other thread where you grilled me for gettin a DUI, I never said drivin drunk is good AT ALL!! in fact i think its terrible and it was a mistake i made. I get very mad if i see somebody doing it.

Marijuana effects everyone differently. Much like the way 1 drink wil make a person sick... were as another may feel fine to drive after 6 drinks. Either way no matter how alcohole effects you... your still charged if your over the limit. Infact you can even get charged if your under the limit. Better safe than sorry... dont drink and drive.

And what doesnt seem to get through is the fact that teenagers are getting into just as many crashes 'stoned' as those who are drunk. What is there to argue? We obviously need to keep stoned drivers off the roads and inforce it. About time I think.

[ja_raul]

Originally Posted by wellbelove's

And what doesnt seem to get through is the fact that teenagers are getting into just as many crashes 'stoned' as those who are drunk. What is there to argue?

can i see your source for these stats?