November 21, 2003
Drinking now officially admitted to exist in Iran
According to ISNA, high rate of car-accident-related fatilities, has made the official to reinforce the traffic laws.
Thus, for the first time after the Islamic revolution, the government has announced a penalty of over 100,000 Rials (about $140) for drinking and driving, which had never officially admitted to even exis. For the first time they will use equipmets that can measure the amount of Alcohol.
Can other social facts can lead the Islamic goverment to recognize the basic rights for Iranian people to live however they want?
Update:
- I must be an idiot to defend "drinking and driving" as a basic human right! But the right to choose one's cloths, food, etc are among basic rights that are simply denied by the Islamic government of Iran.
(Link via Zan Nevesht)
Posted by hoder at November 21, 2003 5:48 PM
fines for DUI's here in the states run from $2,000 - $5,000, depending on how you fight it.
There is also often jail time.
Sounds like a deal to me.
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Drinking is one thing. Drinking and driving is another. Freedom in the sense of social and political liberty is not the freedom to do anything you want. Your rights end where they begin to infringe on someone else's. Driving while intoxicated endangers the lives of others. Anything which infringes on the life, liberty, or property of others is rightly considered a crime in a free society. Freedom is not without responsibility. They go hand in hand.
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Drinking and driving in Tehran traffic is crazy!
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the fine for DUI appears to be 100,000 rials, which is like $14, and not $140. it's indeed nise to see it there, yet it's inconsistent with the other rates(50,000($7) for talking on cell phone while driving, beats California's no-fine-policy for the same act). I guess they didn't want to push it!
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actually, seems like you're right. but then the dollar equivalent would be $14. too low if you ask me.
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you mean a million rials. 100,000 tomans.
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The use of the internet in the 2004 US campaign is just one more step of the technology revolution. I want to help this revolution grow, and to that end yesterday I set up http://blogforcanada.com as a place where Canadians can put forth their views on Canada's political future. Unlike Dean's online presence this isn't controlled by any political party. It's for the people themselves.
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