Shocking method to prevent car crime
Vehicles these days are equipped with lots of safety features such as braking devices and back-up cameras. There are even warning signals that flash, indicating that you are following too close to a vehicle in front of you.
This particular device, is it really necessary or is it just another luxury? After all, if one has to have this device to let him/her know they are following too close to another vehicle, they (drivers) don’t belong on the highway/road to not have the common sense.
Also, it would be a distraction as to texting while driving. One would be constantly looking at their warning screen provided on the dashboard.
I think car makers should come up with a device other than an alarm to stop break-ins on their product. Maybe a shocking device to make a car thief think twice before breaking in. Crime rate on car break-ins may go down if this device was installed.
Howard Tolbe, Eleele
Opioid lawsuit needs careful consideration
In the Thursday, April 12 edition of the TGI, the main article outlined the plans to file suit against drug manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of opioid drugs in an effort to supplement the loss of revenue Kauai missed out on from the tobacco settlement.
The article mentions in two different paragraphs that “this is not about doctors, medical providers, or hospitals.” Strangely absent from those statement are the legitimate patients that depend on this class of medicine to live a normal day to day life.
It implies that affecting those people was not considered and even goes further, in paragraph 7, attempts to draw a parallel between illegal heroin confiscation in Kauai and prescription opioid usage, which is incredulous.
Why else would that information have been interjected? The article claims that over a 14-year period, there were 175,000 deaths due to opioid usage, but fails to mention whether that was due to illegal heroin, or legitimate prescription over dosage.
The fact of the matter is that lawsuits like this have already affected doctors and medical providers, with a lot of physicians refusing to accept chronic pain patients that require this class of medicine to live a normal day to day life. Medical providers are arbitrarily decreasing prescription dosages to long term chronic pain patients that have had no issues or problems in the past with their prescriptions.
Before you shop this lawsuit around to the highest bidder, why not interview legitimate patients and get their perspective? Their voice is being drowned out by these actions and they are probably the ones that should be heard from the most. It would be the human thing to do.
Michael J. Brenner, Kalaheo
Turn signal indicators could also be considered a distraction, no? The lawsuits for unintended ” shocking ” might slow down your genius anti-theft system. On the other hand it could also be used as an AED, Dr. Frankenstein would be first in line. BJB
Mr. Tolbe. Be sure to have lots of liability insurance along with your shocking device.
For the first two commenters….”are you both life time car break-inners?
The solution can be easily fix for those with the device installed. Place a place card of warning that, ” the vehicle is equipped with such device on both back and front dashboard in plain view.” Than law suits or liability won’t be a problem.
Well there you have it, just say ” I’m not liable ” and no one can sue you. Brilliant!!!! You might want to research ” mantrap ” or ” boobytrap “.
” car breaker-inners ” ?