recoil: Are Poles supposed to be outraged by the number of victims?
Yes. Or more to the point they should be ashamed.
nott: The main reason for the body count is that during the long weekends there's much more Sunday drivers on the badly maintained roads than usual.
You know, in the three years that I've been a member on this forum, I've often read Poles defending the indefensible but that just takes it to a new extreme. I've got news for you, the state of the poorly maintaned roads should only slow drivers down.
nott: What Poland needs is a slight increase in legal alcohol level
Really? That is the most rediculous thing I've ever read on this site.
After drinking, the brain works inefficiently, taking longer to receive messages from the eye; processing information becomes more difficult and instructions to the muscles are delayed. Alcohol can slow down reaction time by 10 to 30 per cent. It also reduces ability to perform two or more tasks at the same time. Alcohol reduces the ability to see distant objects and night vision can be reduced by 25 per cent. Blurred and double vision can also occur. Ability to perceive what is happening at the roadside is weakened. Loss of peripheral vision could be crucial. Alcohol may also create a sense of overconfidence, with the result that people are prepared to take greater risks.
How drink affects your driving
nott: and this is bad propaganda. Counter-productive
The propaganda and counter production is in your response.
convex: The article doesn't say that 90 people are dead, and 652 injured due to drunk drivers.
Would you like to argue that alchohol wasn't a factor in the 130% increase in deaths from the previous year? If so, can you back your argument up with some data?
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