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Drug driving 'eyes' ad
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I just saw this video on the TV.
"A new Think! Road safety 2009 tv advert explaining that Drugs have an involuntary effect on the eyes that you cannot control, and how the police are able to spot this. And how the penalties of drug driving is the same as drink driving. Department for Transport."
I'm all for education about the dangers of drug driving. However this is pure scare tactics and not even completely true. "Drugs" do not all affect your eyes noticeably. Even for the ones that do, I'd think a driver's eyes wouldn't be the thing that gets people pulled over, but nervousness, erratic driving, etc (police please correct me if I'm wrong). I think this advert will have the desired effect on some kids, but for many/most it will only provide amusement or further diminished trust for (mis)information from the government.
"A new Think! Road safety 2009 tv advert explaining that Drugs have an involuntary effect on the eyes that you cannot control, and how the police are able to spot this. And how the penalties of drug driving is the same as drink driving. Department for Transport."
I'm all for education about the dangers of drug driving. However this is pure scare tactics and not even completely true. "Drugs" do not all affect your eyes noticeably. Even for the ones that do, I'd think a driver's eyes wouldn't be the thing that gets people pulled over, but nervousness, erratic driving, etc (police please correct me if I'm wrong). I think this advert will have the desired effect on some kids, but for many/most it will only provide amusement or further diminished trust for (mis)information from the government.
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It's like they are saying it's just the eyes that will get them pulled over, they aren't actually showing the dangers of drug driving, infact the lad driving seems to be driving perfectly fine, it is the eyes of the passenger in the back that gets him pulled! Not really the right impression to give is it.
Police officers who do field testing for drugs are trained to spot all sorts of things, including eye dilation e.t.c.
I don't know exactly what it entails as I'm not trained to do it, but I'm told by those officers it's easy to spot someone who has done drugs recently if you know what you're looking for.
Even so, you're only arrested on suspicion at the roadside. You get blood/urine tested back at the station anyway.
People are pulled over for road traffic offences or just general checks on the vehicle and its occupants, it's only once you talk to a person that you would be able to see the effects of drugs.