This is all about opening yet another avenue to bring cash to state and local governments. Once they ventured below 0.10 BAC, they started venturing into territory where the cost of the punishment far exceeded the risk presented by the “crime”.
This is just backdoor prohibition. The federal government should have NO SAY over this issue in the first place.
Sigh. This is a terrible argument. Drink all you like, just don’t drive after drinking.