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People React To DUI Laws(1980s News Report)

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Cited on HN 6 times, 2024–2025, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Mostly used as a joke or as an example of historical resistance to safety regulation.

A short clip of 1980s news coverage in which people react angrily to new drunk driving laws, with some calling them communist.

2 citations · 4 jokes · News · partly dated

6 Hacker News comments

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@tokai Jun 2025 Cites it
on HN thread The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia
>as clean air or safe roads Its really on the nose when these two examples has been anything but fundamental. There are many people out there that don't believe these things are worth working towards. In lieu of a thorough argument I'll post this old clip: [this video]
Old clip showing resistance to safety laws
@throw0101a Jan 2025 Makes a joke
on HN thread The '90s weren't that great
> People were also pretty annoyed that they would be allowed to drink while driving: [this video] Correction: "…they would not be allowed to drink while…"
@techpineapple Sep 2025 Makes a joke
on HN thread Hey Tech Bro–Your Dream City Is Doomed
I assume you mean violent crime? One of the reasons this is so hard is that everyone disagrees on what crimes should be. Drinking and Driving? Not i a libertarian utopia. [this video] Kids? Hope they don’t have wild teen years.

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