Which is worse drunk driving or second hand smoke.?

Question

If drinking is so bad then why dont they ban the commercials like cigarettes also isnt it true that more people are killed by cigarette smoke then alchol would like to know im not sure but i know there are stiffer fines and the embarassment for drinking and driving also if the goverment is so worried about drunk driving then why dont they manditory a breathalizer to be put in every vehical like they do for emissions just think that if the goverment wanted to still get their tax dollars from beer wine and spirits then this would be a better way then to ruin someones life would stop all the drunk driving and why dont they focus more on cigarette smoke and polution

Answer 1

drunk driving

Answer 2

both the smoke and the drunk driving carry risk, however the second hand smoke has a more long-term corrosive effect which won't be realized with a brief exposure.
drunk drivers are a menace to themselves and others and can kill or maim within an instant, so the risk of harm from contact with them seems greater. Another way to put it, would you rather stand in front of a smoker for 2 minutes or a drunk driver coming at you on the road?

Answer 3

Actually it's not the alcohol that kills more people that cigarettes but the "Drunk Drivers" who literally murder and cripple innocent men, women and children every year!. Anyone who gets drunk and gets behind the wheel of a vehicle is at risk of killing people. It's the people that you have to hold accountable not the government which is a corporate entity looking for revenue. Prohibition was unsuccessful, the war on drugs is unsuccessful, laws against drunk driving are unsuccessful and so will any law banning cigarettes. If you can't get people to unanimously agree on any issue then the issue becomes a stalemate.

Answer 4

In my opinion both are equally dangerous. Second hand smoking kills and so does drunk driving. it may be harder to prove that second hand smoking doesn't kill as many people as drunk driving, but they both harm the society as a whole and thus should be punishable, but second hand smoking is harder to prove. We have allowed only people with certain age to drink which is supposedly implies that they are mature enough not to drive while drunk which is dangerous, but i guess age doesn't guarantee maturity. On the other hand there is also age limit to smoking, but they do not bother to care about the people who are bothered by thier smell and smokes that do harm the people who do not smoke.
But it comes down to whether you smoke and/or drink and what are your believes. They would like to have thier rights protected as a minority or would agree with your ideas.

Answer 5

It's hard to say.

You can be exposed to just a few minutes of second-hand smoke without any significant danger of death. A few minutes of exposure to drunk driving does carry a significant danger of death. In this case, drunk driving would seem worse.

MADD has stats from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration citing nearly 17,000 alcohol related traffic fatalities in 2004 in the U.S. The figure is almost 50,000 for second hand smoking related deaths in the U.S., according to the U.S. Surgeon General...though that number is disputed by some. In this case, second hand smoke would seem worse.

Answer 6

Second hand smoke

Smokers choose to intentionally harm others thousands of times a day with their cancer-laden expulsions and emissions. Drunk drivers are far rarer, and held to a standard when caught. Any pregnant women who smokes should be charged, fined, or jailed with child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and illegal distribution of a controlled substance (tobacco) to a minor.

Answer 7

Second hand smoke.

It causes an actual harm to the person, as opposed to drunk driving which only causes an increased risk of harm to others.

Answer 8

Second hand smoke has been linked to cysts later on in life. Kids should sue their parents for damage. Maybe that would change things in the equasion a bit.

Answer 9

Driving drunk.

Answer 10

Drunk driving because there is no significant evidence to prove that second hand smoking kills.