Posted on 07/01/2004 11:10:10 AM PDT by nustart23
Raise the drinking age to 25?
Anybody read about the six innocent people who were killed in Sandusky last week.
The driver that was responsible was "legally" drunk. i.e. his blood alcohol content was 0.025% and he said he had drank two beers nine hours before the accident (a likely story- if he had drank two beers nine hours before he would have had no trace of alcohol in his blood).
Six lives gone forever, because a drunk chose to drive. What a waste.
Ohio Responsible Drinking Initiative (ORDI) wants to lower Ohio's BAC to 0.07% down from the 0.08% that it is now. Hopefully Ohio's General Assembly will listen. How many children have to be killed before they will do anything.
Oh, by the way, Ohio State Senator Jay Hottinger, who last year bragged about wanting to lower the state's BAC even further, has not responded to ORDI about supporting the 0.07 initiative or any of the other three. If anyone out there is in his district, ask him why. And if YOU can't get a response, VOTE HIM OUT, along with any other member of the House or Senate who won't support ORDI.
LET'S LOWER OHIO'S BAC NOW!!!!! AND KEEP LOWERING IT IN THE FUTURE!!!!
Raising the drinking age will not change anything.
17 year olds will still illegally obtain booze, still get shnockered, and still drive like lunatic morons bent on self destruction.
(As is the case with some of the area kids near me.)
And making people previously 21 and over legal suddenly 'underage' will tick off quite a few.
I don't advocate drinking, I don't drink except in very rare occasions and only very little, but i do not drive at all.
Driving while intoxicated s already illegal.
Enforce the laws that do exist, and stop the wrist slapping for it.
You're drunk right now, aren't you?
Hell no, lower the drinking age to 15 and raise the driving age to 25.
Dark pass me another beer. Does anyone else want one?
Heck, I'll get you some heavier stuff.
Too many numbers in this post for me to read when I'm drunk like this. Well I have to go now and drive 100 miles to pick up some little children. Better fill my cooler up first it's a long drive in the rain.
It would be more effective to mete out severe punishments for drunk driving BEFORE the drunk kills someone. As it stands now, someone who is stopped for out-of-control driving and found to be drunk (or under the influence of some other recreational drug) rarely even spends a day in prison. A year in the slammer for first offense driving drunk, without hitting anything, and people would stop thinking it's fun and cool to get behind the wheel after a couple of drinks. Ten years for a second offense.
Hell no
lets lower the drinking age to 18, which is when you can enlist in the Army....if you are able to die for your country, you should be able to at least have a beer legally...
and yes, over regulation will cause the kids to get the beer illegally too...its not that hard...
Drug prohibition has been a wonderful success, why not try it with alcohol ?
(sarcasm\)
/john
Statistics show that by far most drunk driving accidents are caused by drivers way over 0.08%. Lowering it more will just outlaw people from not having a glass of wine with diner. My take on the story is, if you really want to save lives, don't let anyone under 25 drive.....Good luck with that.
I'm in for a pint if ya got one laying around!
Must be. LOL
Almost.
They're starting early.
I suppose no one is killed by sober drivers.
It would be more effective to eliminate the current insurance laws and charge any driver that damages other persons property with equal criminal charges. Any driver causing the death of another person should be charged with manslaughter. Any driver causing damage to another person's property should be required to pay for the damages.
We all know that speeding causes the deaths of people, should we put all speeders in prison for a year for the first offense and 10 years for their second offense?
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