What are your other hobbies

[Sumpter250]

My hearing is so bad right now that I couldn't tell either way.

With me, it's my eyesight. Thank Heaven for "Optivisor 5X"

Removing my " moderator hat " , and taking the role of ,,,OK "Troublemaker" for a bit- - -

as far as " the safety issue " is concerned? Any driver, influenced by alcohol, drugs ( including prescriptions ), conversations, texting, reading texts, staring at the GPS, reading newspapers, or business "notes", or just plain "Daydreaming"!!! is a threat to the lives of every other driver on the same piece of road.
Of all the above, only alcohol was "made by the devil". Of all the above, I felt safer on the road before the invention of "Personal Electronic Devices".
Three of the four "rear end collisions" that I have witnessed, were caused by Cell phone usage ( i watched it happen !!!) The fourth? that was an actual brake failure ! About 85% of all the near misses I have seen ( I was in "field service" for 19 years, which put me on the road a LOT, day/night, fair weather or foul ) were caused by driver inattention! The rate of alcohol related incidents is true, but appears out of proportion because of the lack of "Public Hype" over the other causes.
Punishment should be for the crime ( death, injury, destruction ), not for the cause ( inattention, distraction, drug or alcohol impairment, mental incompetence, etc. ).
Whether one has been drinking, or not, "Blowing in the machine" ( breathalyser ) at a "Road Side Safety Check" !! is a violation of the 4th amendment protection against "Unreasonable searches or seizures", and the 5th amendment protection against "self Incrimination", Refusing to "Blow in the Machine" is a punishable offense?????!!!
If an Officer of the law observes your "erratic driving", and pulls you over, and sees/hears obvious signs of drug or alcohol impairment, he then has the authority to administer a sobriety check, which may authorize a breathalyser test.
A random selection pull-over at a "Road Side Safety Check", should never be an excuse to violate "Constitutional rights".

(( my sensitivity here is because I put my life at risk to defend the Constitution of The United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, from 1961 t0 1983, because I believe in freedom, and I believe in the rights and protections the Constitution gives all of us, and to this day, believe those rights and protections must be protected at all cost. Please forgive me if that belief has caused me to offend you in any way))

I'll end this rant with "No, I have never been "busted for alcohol usage and driving", and I don't put myself in jeopardy of ever being "busted". No, that's not "obeying the law", that, is personal responsibility, coupled with the use of a personal breathalyser, to be sure I am not being affected by alcohol, before leaving the restaurant or Bar.
Yes, I do measure the level, and I do wait. 0.08% blood alcohol, is the national average of a person who has had two alcoholic drinks, with a meal. I wait until I am well below that. It would be "properly respectful of others", if everyone would do the same.

And....now put my moderator hat back on, and return you to the regularly scheduled program: "What Are Your Other Hobbies"