That's quite the most stupid idea I've heard all morning.

It's like the Fark mods suspending the posting guidelines on election day.

It's a good idea. The sane people will simply arrange for their guests to spend the night safely, while the idiots all end up killing themselves.

It's the Land Of The Free...

Whatta Country!



/new years eve is AMATEURS night.
//stays home and gets plastered
///as per usual

Last Christmas Eve, when drunk drivers were also given a free night, there were three fatal car accidents, and on New Years Eve there were two. The average day in the capital sees four fatal accidents, according to the Public Safety Secretariat.

See, anarchy works

What could go wrong?

Now how can this be a bad thing?

Oh, right. The dead people. And accidents. So yeah, maybe this is a bad thing.

Why are they doing that? Just eat your underwear.

Ai ai ai...

Yea, right. They make it sound like the police in Mexico City are actually working on any other night.

But what about Nacho Libre?

(Coming Soon to a theater near you. sweet.)

WHY DO YOU ALL HATE FREEDOM SO MUCH!

Where are the Libertarians telling us that anti-drunk driving legislation is just another unwelcome government intrusion into our private lives?

I don't think a million drunks on the road will make the traffic any worse than it usually is in Mexico City.

Such total disreguard of social protocol!
Only the drunk survive!

I believe this is what evolutionary scientists call "punctuated equilibrium"

It's a good idea. The sane people will simply arrange for their guests to spend the night safely, while the idiots all end up killing themselves.

Idiots? Let's see, kids playing outside? People that have to work? Ambulances? Pedistrians?

How about free taxis instead?

It's not the Slow Poke Rodriguezes you have to worry about but the Speedy Gonzalezes

Good concept, bad idea.

I honestly would like for something like this. I refuse to drink if I'm getting behind the wheel. Not that I can't handle it (I'm rather "large"), but I'm too paranoid about the "drunk driving" laws around this country.

"You were within 15 feet of a drunk person this evening? Sorry sir, step out of the car."

Drunk Driving laws are like gun control. Punish the responsible people while the idiots keep breaking the law.

gwowen: unwelcome government intrusion

That would apply to walking down the street with a beer in hand, and/or public intox without disorderly conduct.

gwowen
"Where are the Libertarians telling us that anti-drunk driving legislation is just another unwelcome government intrusion into our private lives?"
If you find one, you're talking to the wrong libertarian. Of course drunk driving presents a real and unarguable threat to the lives and property of everyone. I don't think any reasonable libertarian (admittedly, a bit under-represented in the party) would argue against drunk driving laws put into place and enforced by local authorities.

SuburbanCowboy

Holy shiate that's the scariest thing I've seen in a long time. That IS Jack Black, right?

/shudder
//must find bleach to pour into ears and eyes

Jack31081: I believe this is what evolutionary scientists call "punctuated equilibrium"

Not ALL evolutionary scientists. Mostly Gould and his admirers.

Isn't this where the feudal lord gets to sleep with the bride before her husband does?

Kids Plyaing Outside??

On new years eve?

What kind of parent lets their kids play outside after midnight?

I would guess that many libertarians don't have a problem with pulling over someone that's clearly drunk, weaving in and out of traffic, and threatening other cars, no matter what their BAC.

The problem happens when you get these roadblocks where your choice is "submit to breathalyzer or go downtown." I can't BELIEVE those have held up in court against the amendment prohibiting illegal searches.

I agree, Innismir. I've been told, by completely sober people mind you, that I drive better after a few drinks. I did a reaction time test sober and then after 4 or 5 drinks and, as counterintuitive as it is, I was markedly faster with the alcohol.

Though I don't think I'd be a better driver after someone's new year's party...

This idea will only work if they place cameras all over town. I sense the next big Crash Derby coming our way.

Of course drunk driving presents a real and unarguable threat to the lives and property of everyone.

The unchecked spread of disease presents a real and unarguable threat to the lives and property of everyone, but I don't see libertarians arguing for locally enforced universal health care.

As ever, libertarianism believes in government to cover what the rich can't buy, and fark everyone else.

gwowen Where are the Libertarians telling us that anti-drunk driving legislation is just another unwelcome government intrusion into our private lives?

Ok, I know its gotta be troll, but I'll bite. What you are saying is anarchist not libertarian. In fact a lot of what gets attributed to the libertarians is the same. Minimizing govt. control is not the same as no govt. Any lib who thinks there is no need for govt. is in the wrong party.

That said, I would like to have a couple of cameras around Mexico City those nights. Would be fun to watch (or horrifying).

/sorry, don't mean to feed them
//still new to posting
///found my slash key

I'm not a super frequent fark visitor, but wtf has happened to the boobies links? I haven't seen any links in at least a month

They don't really need to know how to drive anyway. Their volkswagen beetle drive by themselves and piss oil on people who don't beleive in them.

They are just waiving the normal $50 bribe that normally gets you out of trouble if you happen to get pulled over. Yes, I have been to Mexico, and it cost us $20 when my husband's co-worker got pulled over (he forgot to bring his ID, any ID, Mexican resident.)

"The unchecked spread of disease presents a real and unarguable threat to the lives and property of everyone."

No, it doesn't.

/not rich
//doesn't carry health insurance
///still breathing
////submitter's "what could possibly go wrong?" not available for comment

"And while the idea has its critics, city officials point to statistics to defend the practice. Last Christmas Eve, when drunk drivers were also given a free night, there were three fatal car accidents, and on New Years Eve there were two. The average day in the capital sees four fatal accidents, according to the Public Safety Secretariat."

Four fatal car accidents every day? That's a big farkin city!

Si no se gusta com manejo, quitese de la...sidewalk

/Bring on la Policia Gramatica

The unchecked spread of disease presents a real and unarguable threat to the lives and property of everyone, but I don't see libertarians arguing for locally enforced universal health care.

You're confusing health care with Public Health. Paying to stop or prevent epidemics and paying to set other people's broken bones are two very different things.

/probably just alienated some fellow lp'ers too, since public health was unheard of in 1790.
//flame on?

Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre Starring: Jack Black
Nacho Libre Director: Jared Hess
Nacho Libre Written By: Mike White
Nacho Libre Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Nacho Libre Synopsis: The movie will follow Nacho Libre, a young man who was raised in a Mexican monastery and now works there as the cook, and takes it upon himself to rescue the holy place from financial ruin by joining a local Lucha libre tournament and becoming one of the Luchadors. Naturally, Nacho isn't acting out of purely altruistic measures, as he wishes to help Sister Encarnacion, a beautiful Mexican nun who has recently arrived at the monastery, as well as the gaggle of young orphans who live there.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457510/

Well, that's one way to control the population.

The Mad Cockatiel: The problem happens when you get these roadblocks where your choice is "submit to breathalyzer or go downtown." I can't BELIEVE those have held up in court against the amendment prohibiting illegal searches.

They shouldn't but people allow it because "if you did nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about".

First they came for the drunks....

I drive drunk every single day. My driving record is spotless. Me=best driver ever YUO CANNOT AFFORD.

EOT
D\N\T
DEAL

Sometimes those things are "vox populi" ie: Everybody knows the cops are not stopping you on christmas eve.

What's really stupid is to make it official and publish it on the newspaper.

"The unchecked spread of disease presents a real and unarguable threat to the lives and property of everyone."

No, it doesn't.

Thank you for that oh so reasoned statement and the supporting meaningless flawed evidence

/he said unchecked, just because public health efforts are invisable to you doesn't mean they aren't going on

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50 accidents, but 2 fatal ones on these evenings. My guess is that traffic is so gridlocked from all the drunks fender bending, hardly anybody has a chance to get up to fatal speed!

/would love to speand NYE in mexico, regardless

Those of us old enough remember 'noche libre' in the grand old USA too.

Thanks to this article, I will never feel bad about making fun of Mexicans ever again.

MyNameIsDick
I did a reaction time test sober and then after 4 or 5 drinks and, as counterintuitive as it is, I was markedly faster with the alcohol.

Are you Dr. Johnny Fever?

Looks like I'll be illegaly immigrating to Mexico.

In Germany they have no speed limits, and you can drive as fast as you want. If I know for sure those people out there are going to be stewed to the gills, I am damn sure to be cautious.

the more driving rules there are, the more accidents. strange but true.

happy monday farkers.