If one is a regular daily user, and one is a regular daily driver, one drives high at least occasionally.
Should smoking a cigarette, with its requirement of multiple complex motor tasks, not to mention fire and smoke hazzards, be considered to be safe while driving without a single afterthought?
Is it safe to eat while driving?
Speaking on a phone? Wtf?
Driving a motorized vehicle is deadly business always and should be taken deadly seriously at all times.
That being said, I am able to accomplish many tasks which require a certain degree of mental and physical focus after a light vape session. Driving, if required, is one of them.
Not if I get stoned, which I try never to do. But no worries there. If I get like that by accident (unlikely thanks to the herbal vaporizer) I'll have a hard enough time letting go of the couch.
Smoking is definitely not safe...I have seen the carpet and seat burns in some cars and wondered if the previous owner kept it on the road.
Most eating is not safe because your attention is on getting the food into your mouth without dropping it. Dropping a burger is not as dangerous as a lit cigarette but can cause a similar reflex to look down and move one'one's hands.
Talking on the phone is not safe, hands free or not, because studies have shown it engages a portion of your brain that is needed for safe driving.
For some people, talking to others and listening to the radio is not safe.
Alcohol (to another poster) is brought up because it, too, is a drug. We could bring up heroin, cocaine, meth, but alcohol gives us all a frame of reference. Yes the "high" is different, but cannabis can and does cause impairment.
It does, absolutely depend upon your use, dose, and tolerance. Therefore, it is difficult for law enforcement to set a reasonable standard. Prior to taking up daily use and vaporizing, one hit off a bong got me so high, no way I would consider driving FOR HOURS. Now, small re-up sessions can have almost no effect on me and so I consider myself safe to drive after an hour or so.
This is a hot button issue, but one that certainly needs more discussion and research.
A medicated state is more normal for me than sobriety. While sober I am more anxious and irritable and that is the less safe option for me, rushing with road rage is not a good thing. While medicated I can just sit back and enjoy the ride, I'll get there when I get there.
Not everyone gets the same effect from cannabis, many people should never get behind the wheel and others can do it their whole lives and never have a problem. I do not suggest anyone drive under the influence without knowing exactly how it effects you... kinda the same warning you get on many prescription pill bottles.
How about some federal data?
Stoned drivers are a lot safer than drunk ones, new federal data show
Thanks for the link!
Driving whilst high makes one paranoid.
Paranoid drivers are more careful drivers.
Therefore driving high is safer than not.
