Let’s get the facts out of the way first: This is a video from CBS’s Seattle affiliate, KIRO, in which they give three people a bunch of marijuana, have them smoke it in a tent, then give them a driving test. (Washington recently legalized recreational marijuana use, so it’s totally legit. Ish.) The results are pretty much what you’d expect. Small amounts of pot didn’t make a huge difference in the participants’ ability to operate a car, but as they smoked more and more, they started having trouble navigating the course and a police officer who was observing them said he would be more likely to pull them over. Science, journalism, reckless shenanigans, etc. Got it? Great. Moving on.
The real reason I’m posting this video is because Addy, the young woman pictured above dressed like a cartoon pot smoker, is a tremendous human being. She shows up to the whole thing — a driving test where she will be given free weed, mind you — with three times the legal limit of marijuana coursing through her body, then she smokes more and still outperforms both of the male participants. The best part is around the 3:45 mark, where she’s careening around corners, laughing maniacally, and announcing “One time in your life you get a chance to do this, you should do it. You should DOOOO IT!”
Carpe diem, Addy. Carpe diem.
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Mothers. Against. High as Fuck. Drivers is gonna be a great acronym
Did they also give them Funyuns? Because if they didn’t, that’s fucked
Unless this is a road test to a 7-11, we’ll never be able to respect its findings.
I didn’t plan to watch this whole video, but it was pretty great. I don’t smoke, but Addy sure seems like a good time.
ditto
Stoned As Balls could fit in the acronym as well
I must make Addy my wife.
I’d also settle for her and Kai getting together.
I think they would be down for a three-way relationship thing.
They need to do this again with alcohol and the cast of The Wire.
marry me addy
Told she’d registered 37.6 nanograms of pot in her system, Addy said “Damn, I could really go for some banana grahams.”
The moral of the story is, the more often you smoke, the better at life you will be.
Also that Addy is dreamy.
Stoned or not…if that dude grabbed the wheel while I was driving, I’d slap the crap out that fool!
outtakes of Addy.
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It would have been worth it just to look straight at the sheriff while lighting up a bowl.
Also, I think the lesson to casual smokers is: build up your tolerance. You’ll be a better driver.
it’s probably “wrong” to admit, but I certainly enjoy driving a lot more when I’m stoned. More alert, focused, don’t drive like a total dick. The whole driving thing is stressful, I guess that’s why pot makes it so much better.
The sheriff actually seemed pretty cool, and fair. I bet Addy took a picture with him after the cameras stopped rolling.
This is fantastic.
I can’t believe that none of these people came prepared and brought their own towel.
I love that they gave her even more, like a reward for doing good.
Cone = pole/person in my world to. The fact that they got them that stoned and made them do anything besides play video games is the real crime here.
Now we know how the Jews felt.
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Actually that was the only item in this piece that was unfair. An 18 inch cone, directly behind the car is invisible, a 5 foot tall human or light pole is a little more noticeable in your rear-view mirror
One problem that people haven’t talked enough about, but that we are going to have a lot of issues with is the legal limit for weed in a person’s system. I know that many people want a simple way of determining when someone is too high to drive, but so far I haven’t seen a good answer for this.
With alcohol, the BAC is a constant even if there are some decent arguments against maximums. But .08 is .08. With drugs, people build up a tolerance. Someone who’s taking vicodin long-term will probably be safe to drive if they are using it properly. But someone who hasn’t taken it before and just got their wisdom teeth pulled might be flat on their ass. In my limited understanding of it, weed might be similar.
Or maybe it’s just that the legal limits haven’t been put in place with enough research behind them, I don’t know. It just seems like most of these people were doing ok after being several times the legal limit. Most people driving with a .2 BAC wouldn’t be able to.
yeah the only thing this video told me is that the legal driving limit should be raised a little bit. not a lot, just a bit.
and Addy is incredible
JTRO, I think its going to have to be a zero tolerance policy, If you smoke, you don’t drive. I have a simple rule, I don’t plan to drive anywhere for 4 hours since my last hit. In my mind this is a small concession for legalized marijuana.
I dont know how the tests work but couldnt heavy smokers have some in their system from the night before or always either way?
Also not to down play the limits and dangerous of smoking and driving but Addy was what 4 times over the limit and still pretty passable? How would someone who is 4 times the BAC do, they probably would have killed themselves and everyone on the closed course.
Dragon_Sack
Holler at CNN with your question and maybe they’ll get people shitfaced on booze and try it out. I
Addy should be the spokesperson for the legalization of marijuana. I do not think there is a person alive who could legitimately not love her.
TBone,
They’re attempting to regulate this in my state (CO), but the nanogram/mL ‘limit’ or ‘threshhold’ is too low. A regular user could quit smoking, take the test two days later, and still fail the ng/mL level. It’s totally fucked.
That is what i figured. You cant really test if someone is high right then and there, or if they are a daily smoker that hasnt smoked before driving and still has some in their system. With a low limit some users may always run the risk of DWI even without smoking beforehand. Scary for them, but at least they live in a state where its legal.
fuck that. i’d take a bus to the weed shop and never drive around with it on me if i lived in colorado or washington.
After watching the video here are my takes:
1 – Fuck Alison Brie, I want Addy
2 – I’m curious to know how many nanograms are in my system
3 – I want to get baked on 1.4 grams of pot and drive that course
4 – I’m pretty sure those people are the worst drivers ever. Even on a closed course high on pot. I guess experience helps, I’ve driven around quite a lot in my youth smoking weed.
i wanted to do this shit,, i would do better ,, first thing if you have no marijuana in your system at all and you smoke a gram your high and most people dont drive anyway cause they dont want too ,, just like they said they knew they shouldnt be driving,, but you get someone drunk and i guarantee they want tell you they shouldnt be driving,, and they dont even give driving test for your license in a parking lot with cones where i live,, shit straight people run over cones and they’re not high at all just shitty drivers
i be on the interstate rolling one and driving with one knee all the time,, back in the day !!hhhaahaa
if they was impaired and didnt know what they was doing,, why was they saying i shouldnt be driving,, thats not being impaired thats having good judgement and thats what this is about,, because if you wasnt making them drive,, they wouldve been on the couch at home,, and not driving,, so they knew they was to high to be driving and that shows they had good judgement and thats why marijuana is safer than alcohol,,, when people drink they dont care how much they’ve had and they always say im alright i can drive,, but at the same time they cant barely walk,, people who smoke marijuana have better judgement… myself i wouldve needed a bigger course to drive on instead of going around in circles in the parking lot
Stoned twenty-somthing chicks are so much fun…
…until you date them.