A counter argument to the lack of a roadside test for mj intoxication is that I read somewhere that either the California State Supreme Court or the State Court of Appeals ruled that breathalyzers were unreliable and therefore in admissible in court.
The other counter argument is that they still have the old standard roadside sobriety test that we have used for years and years before the breathalyzers were developed. In fact many officers say that the dash camera videos are more effective in court than any breathalyzer because watching yourself falling down, being stupid and unable to talk intelligently is almost impossible to over come whereas you can always challenge something about the way the breathalyzer was administered or the reliability of it.
As to the comment about "DUI resulting in a accident for smoking is crazy! I don't care who's toes I step on --that is flat out crazy and irresponsible! I wonder how your story would change if some one driving stoned caused an accident that killed or maimed you or your loved one! And for your information, regardless of why you are driving 20 mph below the traffic flow makes you a very serious traffic hazard. Just ask any NASCAR driver, and I'll guarantee you that they know a HL of a lot more about safety and hazards in traffic than you will ever know, what he most hazardous thing they face on the track is and they'll tell you it is passing a significantly slower car!
As a professional truck driver for over 35 years, i can assure all of you that any slow moving vehicle causes needless risks in passing and even just changing lanes to avoid them. The wider the separation between the speed of traffic and the speed of the slower vehicle, the greater the hazard becomes! In every state that has repeals the split speed limit that mandates trucks traveling slower than automobiles, the number of overtaking accidents involving truck has dropped very much!
I'm getting side tracked -- yes Steven Baldwin is an idiot for saying the irresponsible driving under the influence of MJ is any reason why it should NOT be legalized! Alcohol is legal but driving drunk is not legal. Nor should driving stoned be legal.
In fact Washington State's medical marijuana law specifically states that a medical recommendation is NO defense for committing any prohibited act while under the influence, such as driving stoned.
Just because people say idiotic things does not necessarily make them idiots, but you have to wonder where the crap comes from.
I just hope that my family is not on the road with a stoned driver, a high driver, a drunk driver or even a fatigued driver because impaired driving is impaired driving regardless of the reason the driver is impaired. All of them do cause death and dismemberment every day on our highways. In fact probably the most common and serious problem with impaired drivers is actually driving while fatigued because so many people do it so frequently without even realizing it. In fact several states have replaced their driving under the influence laws with driving while impaired laws that include nearly any form of impairment you can think of.
Good smoking
