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People React To DUI Laws(1980s News Report)

Cut The Shorts · 1.7M views · 2023-02-08 · 0:27

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Overview

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

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

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2024–2025

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Law, policing & justiceMedia, journalism & propaganda
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dui1980snews clipregulationsocial attitudes

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techpineapple · 2025-09 · Joke / meme

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. [VIDEO] Kids? Hope they don’t have wild teen years.

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tokai · 2025-06 · Reference

>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: [VIDEO]

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connicpu · 2025-02 · Reference

I'm reminded of a clip that went viral a couple years ago with footage from the 80s containing people describing the recent expansion of DUI laws as "Communist"[1] [1]: [VIDEO]

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