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When I was young back in 1960s and 70s, many men drove around with a beer can open and drinking.. it wasn't even against the law. And if you were caught driving drunk it wasn't even a big deal.. why did this big change happen? Well a lot of it has to do with a power grab and a money grab by municipalities and police.. and the politicians are always looking for some crisis to opportunitize and grab some headlines and more power.. same thing for seat belts.. power and money.. there was a lot of propaganda put out against drinking and driving and against not having seat belts, and human beings are very susceptible to propaganda especially when they are young

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The first drink driving alcohol limits were made up because the "experts" didnt know what was a safe amount and what wasnt...

https://www.theregister.com/2007/10/22/drinking_made_it_all_...

Today we know some people have gut bacteria that make alcohol from sugar so will fail an alcohol breath test if stopped by the police.

Other factors include health of the liver and kidneys and other dietary factors, so in practice, its still all made up in my opinion.

What utter nonsense (sorry)

in the 80's I had a school holiday job driving around with a bloke doing deliveries to shops and pubs. He often had a pint at every pub throughout the day, so it wasnt a surprise to see him downing 10 pints throughout a 12-14hr day, doing 200miles+ a day! I wasnt even 10 years old back then, but my parents thought this was a good way to keep me out of trouble.

The drink drive culture in the UK was very engrained.

Politicians driving to or from UK parliament on parliamentary business (having to vote) were exempt from the earlier drink drive laws until one of them killed or injured someone. Cant find the link for this anywhere now, so probably been silently cleaned up from the internet.

I know you are, but what am I? (saw-ree!)

When I was young back in 1760s and 70s, many men bought and used slaves.. it wasn't even against the law. And if you were abusing slaves it wasn't even a big deal.. why did this big change happen? Well a lot of it has to do with a power grab and a money grab by municipalities and police.. and the politicians are always looking for some crisis to opportunitize and grab some headlines and more power.. same thing for seat belts.. power and money.. there was a lot of propaganda put out against slavery and against not having seat belts, and human beings are very susceptible to propaganda especially when they are young /s

Like another poster said, what a nonsensical argument. You are a walking example why immortality for humanity would be a terrible thing. It is better that old people with archaic beliefs like you die off so that you won't be around to inflict your ridiculous nostalgia 'for the good old times' on the rest of us.

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