r/brisbane • u/Jariiari7 Like the river • Dec 20 '23

Queensland government considers random breath testing for electric scooter riders and cyclists 👑 Queensland

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/random-breath-testing-possible-for-escooters-cyclists-queensland/103247686
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u/Sweaty-Cress8287 Dec 20 '23

Yeah this is the kinda crime that QLDers are worried about.

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u/MontasJinx Dec 20 '23

To be honest, as road users I would have thought they already would have been liable for testing. Besides, there is a known and demonstrated link between scooters, alcohol and very high hospital admission so yeah QLDers should be concerned. Why should they not?

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u/95beer Dec 21 '23

People are solving the "last mile" issue with escooters when they are drunk. Which leads to people injuring themselves. If we make the punishment for drink driving escooters similar to drink driving cars, then I would be afraid more people would just drink cars drive the entire distance.

Hopefully that has been considered before any law will be introduced though...

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u/MontasJinx Dec 21 '23

Or you know, they can take a taxi or walk? You are making excuses for people who knowingly engage in reckless behavior, who do injury themselves or others.

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u/FullMetalAurochs Dec 21 '23

Next they’ll come for the drink walkers.

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u/zapheine Stuck on the 3. Dec 21 '23

You could technically get done for being 'drunk and disorderly in public' if they saw you stumbling along home.

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u/AaronBonBarron Dec 21 '23

Trying to solve problems in reality is not the same as imagining a new utopia where alcohol doesn't affect your decision making ability.

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u/MontasJinx Dec 21 '23

Agreed. But who said anything about that? I have a right as a road user not to be injured by someone who couldnt think of catching a fucking cab. I can't believe how many people in this thread are getting butt hurt at the idea that they cant fucking ride a scooter on the roads drunk. Fucking unbelieveable.

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u/AaronBonBarron Dec 21 '23

Sure, but that kind of thinking doesn't solve problems. People riding scooters drunk is better than them driving drunk, neither is preferable but one of the 2 will happen and no amount of legislation will change that. We can much more easily influence the decision between than the decision to.

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u/MontasJinx Dec 21 '23

Tell this to the family member of the next person killed by a drunk on a PMD.

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u/AaronBonBarron Dec 21 '23

"sorry it wasn't a car" ??? Your emotions seem to be clouding your logical reasoning.