ryan2772 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/19/coin.operated.test.ap/index.htmlgood idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMT Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/19/coin.operated.test.ap/index.htmlgood idea!Seen them before.Let's be honest though, the idiots who kill people drunk driving are likely not even thinking about finding a couple of quarters to breath into a machine...But all in all, anything helps I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Seen them before.Let's be honest though, the idiots who kill people drunk driving are likely not even thinking about finding a couple of quarters to breath into a machine...But all in all, anything helps I guess.Good point. :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antonio Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Seen them before.Let's be honest though, the idiots who kill people drunk driving are likely not even thinking about finding a couple of quarters to breath into a machine...But all in all, anything helps I guess.You're right Tim, I guess they couldn't even be able to operate the damn machine. But.........it is still a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMT Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 if its makes a drunk think twice, or prevents one accident, its worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 You're right Tim, I guess they couldn't even be able to operate the damn machine.  But.........it is still a good idea Absolutely. It's DEFINITELY not going to CAUSE more accidents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 it would keep me from driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antonio Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 .... at least I would use just to know if I'm driving legal or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESjunkie Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 .... at least I would use just to know if I'm driving legal or nothaha! valid point antonio. Kind of twisted, but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 At the very least it's marketing for the concept that maybe driving drunk is irresponsible.Surprised that nobody has attacked the idea yet on the same grounds that people use to object to DanceSafe or to clean needle or condom distribution programs. Doesn't this actually encourage people with 0.07 BAC levels to go out and drive home? Those people really shouldn't be driving either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESjunkie Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 At the very least it's marketing for the concept that maybe driving drunk is irresponsible.Surprised that nobody has attacked the idea yet on the same grounds that people use to object to DanceSafe or to clean needle or condom distribution programs. Doesn't this actually encourage people with 0.07 BAC levels to go out and drive home? Those people really shouldn't be driving either.I worked on a great profile on DanceSafe a few years ago for 20/20---did anyone see that? It was really a great piece, more about Ecstacy and how they test pills' efficacy and potency for people before they take them. Im actually suprised as well that i havent seen threads on dancesafe here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Oh cool! Yes, I saw that! In fact some of my friends passed around a video tape of that for a while after that aired. That segment had low-light hidden-cam shots of kids doing whippets from huge balloons that some guy was selling at some massive in California or something? A girl who had a pill that tested negative at the DanceSafe table but she ate the pill anyway? Is that the one I'm thinking of? I think that there was a similar segment on Dateline, I might be thinking of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 At the very least it's marketing for the concept that maybe driving drunk is irresponsible.Surprised that nobody has attacked the idea yet on the same grounds that people use to object to DanceSafe or to clean needle or condom distribution programs. Doesn't this actually encourage people with 0.07 BAC levels to go out and drive home? Those people really shouldn't be driving either.Actually, I could be mistake here, but I don't think it's hard at all to hit the 0.08 BAC level. It's a number that has purposely been set very low.As for Dancesafe, never had heard about it before. Interesting idea. Where did they set up the booths, in clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESjunkie Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Oh cool! Yes, I saw that! In fact some of my friends passed around a video tape of that for a while after that aired. That segment had low-light hidden-cam shots of kids doing whippets from huge balloons that some guy was selling at some massive in California or something? A girl who had a pill that tested negative at the DanceSafe table but she ate the pill anyway? Is that the one I'm thinking of? I think that there was a similar segment on Dateline, I might be thinking of that one.yes that was the one I did a lot of research on pills for that and learned alot (albeit speculative) when it comes to the science and effects of pills. I worked with a very talented producer named David Perozzi, we still keep in touch and he does some of the best work I see on the news-mag. The whip its part was intense. dancesafe was not very happy with the piece, especially with some comments Elizabeth Vargas made. This is usually the outcome after a controversial piece...your characters will never be happy with the way they are portrayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Well that was an extremely cool segment Evan, I'm proud of you. I might even still have that video tape.And Tim, 0.08 is about two drinks. For me, at least, I have given myself a lot of blood tests.I once gave myself a blood test the morning after a party at about 10:00 AM and I was still at 0.12 after sleeping all night. Not saying I'm proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nickjunkie Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Well that was an extremely cool segment Evan, I'm proud of you. I might even still have that video tape.And Tim, 0.08 is about two drinks. For me, at least, I have given myself a lot of blood tests.I once gave myself a blood test the morning after a party at about 10:00 AM and I was still at 0.12 after sleeping all night. Not saying I'm proud.You have been reported to the moderator of this forum for excessive drinking. Our members are worried about you techjunkie... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESjunkie Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 haha. I have never been intoxicated in my life, actually...and I live in a city where i can take a taxi wherever I go...go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Hey whatever, it was college. Football weekend. Southern university. Had to be done. The group-think, mob-mentality, binge-drinking thing while rooting for the home team with 100,000 other Gator fans is something that I do not regret in any way.Of course now that I'm not there any more I don't even watch the games on television. To me it was just a big party.That town has a solution to the drunk driving issue that seems to work pretty well. The entire town basically becomes a pedestrian-only zone during games. Severely hammered people falling down drunk everywhere you look, but they are mostly all safe and the local cops look after them. There is indeed some unwise driving after the games but the massive traffic jams keep it pretty slow and safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Well that was an extremely cool segment Evan, I'm proud of you. I might even still have that video tape.And Tim, 0.08 is about two drinks. For me, at least, I have given myself a lot of blood tests.I once gave myself a blood test the morning after a party at about 10:00 AM and I was still at 0.12 after sleeping all night. Not saying I'm proud.You have been reported to the moderator of this forum for excessive drinking. Our members are worried about you techjunkie... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 Hey whatever, it was college. Football weekend. Southern university. Had to be done. The group-think, mob-mentality, binge-drinking thing while rooting for the home team with 100,000 other Gator fans is something that I do not regret in any way.Of course now that I'm not there any more I don't even watch the games on television. To me it was just a big party.That town has a solution to the drunk driving issue that seems to work pretty well. The entire town basically becomes a pedestrian-only zone during games. Severely hammered people falling down drunk everywhere you look, but they are mostly all safe and the local cops look after them. There is indeed some unwise driving after the games but the massive traffic jams keep it pretty slow and safe.ugh. i had some pretty horrible experiences w/ drunks in gainesville. a couple of fights, and a purse-snatching incident that led to another fight! tallahassee is soooooooooo much better. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMT Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Hey whatever, it was college. Football weekend. Southern university. Had to be done. The group-think, mob-mentality, binge-drinking thing while rooting for the home team with 100,000 other Gator fans is something that I do not regret in any way.Of course now that I'm not there any more I don't even watch the games on television. To me it was just a big party.That town has a solution to the drunk driving issue that seems to work pretty well. The entire town basically becomes a pedestrian-only zone during games. Severely hammered people falling down drunk everywhere you look, but they are mostly all safe and the local cops look after them. There is indeed some unwise driving after the games but the massive traffic jams keep it pretty slow and safe.ugh. i had some pretty horrible experiences w/ drunks in gainesville. a couple of fights, and a purse-snatching incident that led to another fight! tallahassee is soooooooooo much better. 8)same here, but later i learned to enjoy gainesville once my buddy went to law school there. the graduate crowd was much cooler. i hiked over there for 2 or 3 FSU-UF games, once some fat guy at the swamp stomped on my scorecard at the Swamp after the game, yada yada yada, we both got ejected. anyway, theres a million more stories from that time..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 Hey whatever, it was college. Football weekend. Southern university. Had to be done. The group-think, mob-mentality, binge-drinking thing while rooting for the home team with 100,000 other Gator fans is something that I do not regret in any way.Of course now that I'm not there any more I don't even watch the games on television. To me it was just a big party.That town has a solution to the drunk driving issue that seems to work pretty well. The entire town basically becomes a pedestrian-only zone during games. Severely hammered people falling down drunk everywhere you look, but they are mostly all safe and the local cops look after them. There is indeed some unwise driving after the games but the massive traffic jams keep it pretty slow and safe.ugh. i had some pretty horrible experiences w/ drunks in gainesville. a couple of fights, and a purse-snatching incident that led to another fight! tallahassee is soooooooooo much better. 8)i hiked over there for 2 or 3 FSU-UF games, once some fat guy at the swamp stomped on my scorecard at the Swamp after the game, yada yada yada, we both got ejected. anyway, theres a million more stories from that time.....there's nothing like beating the gators in the swamp!!!!! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 same here, but later i learned to enjoy gainesville once my buddy went to law school there. the graduate crowd was much cooler.Wow, yeah? I just spent a few years hanging out with the UF law students. Some of those people really do know how to party.My undergrad senior year at UF was the year that we went to the Sugar Bowl and pasted you guys all over the field and won the national championship. I made the trip to New Orleans that year with two hot bi girlfriends and tickets to the game. It's true that the Gators suck now but those were good times man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMT Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 just 2 years ago some gators must have ratted on me and a couple buddies of mine drinking in the stands, got arrested in the second quarter.but i went to this past years game and it made up for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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