People driving and smoking weed, working and smoking why isn't it illegal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:more people are driving buzzed on alcohol than weed.

How do you know those employees didn't have a few beers before their shift?

Most people who smoke can function at full capacity just like someone who has two beers can as well...hence the 0.08% limit

+1. You notice weed because of the smell but you're driving next to drunk people all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean I am sick of it, people are smoking weed while driving all the time , not only does it stink but it is very concerning that they are dui and will hurt or kill someone.

Also lots of business smell like weed and the employees are smoking it , isn't that a major liability?

Why are we ok with marijuana driving and working? Isn't the same impairment as alcohol or other drugs?

Driving impaired may be illegal, but without a legal standard and a test to measure degree of influence, things get a lot murkier. The impairment may be the same as alcohol, but there isn’t a legal limit, nor tests like a breathalyzer to determine whether a driver has actually reached that limit. I suspect without those tools, there would be less enforcement of alcohol DUIs. Not to mention that without an objective standard to consider, drivers are left to their own (impaired) judgement on whether they’ve had enough to impair their driving.

[Anonymous]

We can't complain now. We voted to legalize it. You broke it, you bought it.

[Anonymous]

The answer is that the city has turned traffic enforcement over to cameras, which do nothing when it comes to drivers zonked out of their gourds.

DC is a wonderland for alcoholics and potheads who refuse to call an Uber. They know the only way they get caught driving impaired is if they’re in an accident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more people are driving buzzed on alcohol than weed.

How do you know those employees didn't have a few beers before their shift?

Most people who smoke can function at full capacity just like someone who has two beers can as well...hence the 0.08% limit

+1. You notice weed because of the smell but you're driving next to drunk people all the time.

Np and I don’t know. But just driving down the road today I was behind two separate cars where the driver was smoking weed. I’m having to roll up my car windows much more often because the smell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean I am sick of it, people are smoking weed while driving all the time , not only does it stink but it is very concerning that they are dui and will hurt or kill someone.

Also lots of business smell like weed and the employees are smoking it , isn't that a major liability?

Why are we ok with marijuana driving and working? Isn't the same impairment as alcohol or other drugs?

Same op same. It's backwards world, upside down world. It's not ok to drink and drive but its ok to be high or stoned and drive makes total sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more people are driving buzzed on alcohol than weed.

How do you know those employees didn't have a few beers before their shift?

Most people who smoke can function at full capacity just like someone who has two beers can as well...hence the 0.08% limit

+1. You notice weed because of the smell but you're driving next to drunk people all the time.

Np and I don’t know. But just driving down the road today I was behind two separate cars where the driver was smoking weed. I’m having to roll up my car windows much more often because the smell.

I used to represent DUI defendants and I do know. There's drunks everywhere on the road at all hours of the day.

[Anonymous]

The anti cannabis crusaders start another thread each week just to complain. Is this going to become a tradition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean I am sick of it, people are smoking weed while driving all the time , not only does it stink but it is very concerning that they are dui and will hurt or kill someone.

Also lots of business smell like weed and the employees are smoking it , isn't that a major liability?

Why are we ok with marijuana driving and working? Isn't the same impairment as alcohol or other drugs?

Driving impaired may be illegal, but without a legal standard and a test to measure degree of influence, things get a lot murkier. The impairment may be the same as alcohol, but there isn’t a legal limit, nor tests like a breathalyzer to determine whether a driver has actually reached that limit. I suspect without those tools, there would be less enforcement of alcohol DUIs. Not to mention that without an objective standard to consider, drivers are left to their own (impaired) judgement on whether they’ve had enough to impair their driving.

You are just making up nonsense out of thin air and fear mongering. The police are trained to recognize impairment and there are specialized roadside tests that can be performed to identify cannabis impairment. Id a driver is driving recklessly or impaired then they can be arrested regardless of the reason. This has always been the case and has not changed despite your misinformation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:more people are driving buzzed on alcohol than weed.

How do you know those employees didn't have a few beers before their shift?

Most people who smoke can function at full capacity just like someone who has two beers can as well...hence the 0.08% limit

Just keep telling yourself that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more people are driving buzzed on alcohol than weed.

How do you know those employees didn't have a few beers before their shift?

Most people who smoke can function at full capacity just like someone who has two beers can as well...hence the 0.08% limit

+1. You notice weed because of the smell but you're driving next to drunk people all the time.

Np and I don’t know. But just driving down the road today I was behind two separate cars where the driver was smoking weed. I’m having to roll up my car windows much more often because the smell.

I used to represent DUI defendants and I do know. There's drunks everywhere on the road at all hours of the day.

Thank heaven there now is a raft of intoxicated potheads added to their number!

[Anonymous]

You asked the wrong question. It is illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean I am sick of it, people are smoking weed while driving all the time , not only does it stink but it is very concerning that they are dui and will hurt or kill someone.

Also lots of business smell like weed and the employees are smoking it , isn't that a major liability?

Why are we ok with marijuana driving and working? Isn't the same impairment as alcohol or other drugs?

Same op same. It's backwards world, upside down world. It's not ok to drink and drive but its ok to be high or stoned and drive makes total sense.

To summarize: it is illegal to drive while impaired, regardless of the substance that is impairing the driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is illegal. Next question.

No enforcement

This. Nothing is enforced.

Why would there be enforcement? Enforcement of traffic offenses is moving more and more in the direction of cameras. I do not know of a camera that can ticket one for smoking weed or drinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is illegal. Next question.

No enforcement

Exactly. It’s an issue of the law not being enforced, not that it’s legal.

Add it to the long list of driving infractions not being enforced (including DUIs).