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 Depends on how you define "dangerous to society". How do you define "drunk"?  How do you define "armed"? Do you mean as a society wide problem or an individual drunk driver and an individual armed robber?  I think the odds of someone getting seriously hurt once an armed robbery is commenced is far greater than when someone drives a motor vehicle at .05BAC or greater, but I would say that more people are seriously injured by drunk drivers who are above .15BAC. 

Jennifear:

I'd imagine the answer is the armed robber, but I've never seen any stats comparing the two.

I'd assume that a greater percentage of armed robberies result in death as opposed to incidents of drunk driving....but I might be wrong.

Drinking and driving fatalities by state in 2006 (ranked by highest number of alcohol related deaths):

OBV Armed Robber.  Armed robber = motive/intent to commit a crime and impaired judgement.   And what if the idiot with the gun is high as a kite and pointing a hand cannon in your face?   Drunker driver = Dip shit with poor/impaired judgement.  I highly doubt the majority set out at the begining of the night saying im going to drink and drive so I can put the public in danger.

To be honest, 323, it was only a guess. 

I'd be surprised to find out that the average number of deaths per 1000 armed robbery incidents were less than the average number of deaths per 1000 drunk driving trips, but I've been surprised before.

edit:  After doing a little research, I couldn't find any exact numbers, but it isn't close.  Being very generous, someone who commits an armed robbery is at least 40 times as likely to cause a death as someone who drinks and drives home. 

So there's no question about it, an armed robber is much, much more dangerous, per incident.

An argument could be made that a drunk driver commits at least 40 times as many infractions as an armed robber, and is therefore more dangerous.

boozer555:

OBV Armed Robber.  Armed robber = motive/intent to commit a crime and impaired judgement.   And what if the idiot with the gun is high as a kite and pointing a hand cannon in your face?   Drunker driver = Dip shit with poor/impaired judgement.  I highly doubt the majority set out at the begining of the night saying im going to drink and drive so I can put the public in danger.

Fair enough Jenn, however again if number of fatalies are near 40 percent by US states because of DD ing and we are not even discussing injuries then wouldn't you say it is far worse?
Intent does not matter.
Ask around, who do you know who has a friend/relative injured or involved in armed robbery....versus a drunk driving incident........here in US it isn't even close.

agpmedia:

I looked up just the armed robbery statistics for texas in 2006 and it was over 1/2 million reported cases. However, couldn't find any information on fatalities. I'd still suspect drunk driving to kill more people per year than armed robbery.

Mr323:

Fair enough Jenn, however again if number of fatalies are near 40 percent by US states because of DD ing and we are not even discussing injuries then wouldn't you say it is far worse?
Intent does not matter.
Ask around, who do you know who has a friend/relative injured or involved in armed robbery....versus a drunk driving incident........here in US it isn't even close.

I'll argue the meaning of threat then, so if the numbers are so far greater on one side, it still less of a threat?
So, you would rather fade a open ended draw opponent all in or a flush draw?

Maybe not the best analogy, but get my point?  Happy weekend as well :)

Mr323:

I'll argue the meaning of threat then, so if the numbers are so far greater on one side, it still less of a threat?
So, you would rather fade a open ended draw opponent all in or a flush draw?

Maybe not the best analogy, but get my point?  Happy weekend as well :)

drunk driver obv

mathclub:

agpmedia:

I looked up just the armed robbery statistics for texas in 2006 and it was over 1/2 million reported cases. However, couldn't find any information on fatalities. I'd still suspect drunk driving to kill more people per year than armed robbery.

i hate people misusing stats.

the question was which is more dangerous.  the total number of deaths doesn't mean anything in this context. 

ie is it more dangerous to drive a car or jump out of an aeroplane and have your chute not open??  obviously driving a car kills more people.  obviously jumping from a plan and having your chute not open is a more dangerous situation to be in.

if you're gonna take the time to go look up stats at least answer the question

that's a good question.  Probably armed robber.   

dpottz:

mathclub:

agpmedia:

I looked up just the armed robbery statistics for texas in 2006 and it was over 1/2 million reported cases. However, couldn't find any information on fatalities. I'd still suspect drunk driving to kill more people per year than armed robbery.

i hate people misusing stats.

the question was which is more dangerous.  the total number of deaths doesn't mean anything in this context. 

ie is it more dangerous to drive a car or jump out of an aeroplane and have your chute not open??  obviously driving a car kills more people.  obviously jumping from a plan and having your chute not open is a more dangerous situation to be in.

if you're gonna take the time to go look up stats at least answer the question

this, this, this

figure out how many people drive drunk and how many people commit armed robbery, then the deaths associated with each.

What about a bank robber with a drunk get away driver?  Lethal combination right there.