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Feds Want to Lower Legal Driving Limit to One Drink
Free Beacon ^ | January 15, 2016 | Elizabeth Harrington

Posted on 01/15/2016 6:57:30 AM PST by Cheerio

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TELL THE FEDS TO BUTT OUT. This is what happens when states accepted 'Revenue Sharing'.
1 posted on 01/15/2016 6:57:30 AM PST by Cheerio
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oh, that is gonna be easy to prove.


2 posted on 01/15/2016 6:58:40 AM PST by Gaffer
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Eliminate the TSA as well as most of the other ABC blood-sucking agencies.

Let the states decide on most everything. Then we can decide if we want to live in them.


3 posted on 01/15/2016 7:04:44 AM PST by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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Yeah, one drink one dram, or one drink one gallon. Where did all of the stupid people come from?


4 posted on 01/15/2016 7:05:23 AM PST by GingisK
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The states will tell the Feds, you want to enforce 0.05 & no cellphone use, fine. Send in the Federal Interstate Highway Patrol to enforce it because we won’t.


5 posted on 01/15/2016 7:06:25 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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Sigh ...

If only everything could be perfectly perfect, everything would be perfect.

< / gov speak>


6 posted on 01/15/2016 7:08:23 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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The lefty government wants a lot of things that are completely unreasonable, irrational and impossible due to Mother Nature these days. Somebody cue up “You Don’t Always Get What You Want” please...


7 posted on 01/15/2016 7:08:51 AM PST by jsanders2001
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Where did all of the stupid people come from?

Well, those of us in the other 49 (56 if you're a kenyan usurper) states think a majority come from NY. ;-)

8 posted on 01/15/2016 7:09:08 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (My Forefathers Would Be Shooting By Now!)
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Stupid is a Democrat’s stock and trade.


9 posted on 01/15/2016 7:09:12 AM PST by Gaffer
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Why stop at cell phones. Why not ban radios, windshield wipers controls, gear shifters, bowls of cereal, books, makeup, shaving, and anything else that distracts drivers.


10 posted on 01/15/2016 7:10:21 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Just make it zero.


11 posted on 01/15/2016 7:10:23 AM PST by Dusty Road (")
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Feds Want to...

Who are the "Feds"?

Maybe referring to the "Nats" (ie, the Nationals)...

12 posted on 01/15/2016 7:11:54 AM PST by C210N (Supporting the Constitutional Conservative in the race. Constitutional Conservative Cruz.)
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I think an average driver who had 2 drinks with dinner is probably safer than most drivers. She knows she is close to the limo and will drive so as not to get stopped. Moot point for me as I don’t drink when I carry so when iknow I am going to be drinking I have a ride.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 7:12:50 AM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight,)
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There is a big one for roadside distractions.

Henceforth, all pedestrians required to wear a full Burka. If it prevents one accident....

14 posted on 01/15/2016 7:13:34 AM PST by C210N (Supporting the Constitutional Conservative in the race. Constitutional Conservative Cruz.)
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Might not be bad, if it were stringently applied & enforced to ALL politicians, to include foreign politicians in the U S.
15 posted on 01/15/2016 7:13:38 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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All CDL holders are currently to a .04 BAC limit (even in a personal vehicle. Ant trace of alcohol in your system (.01 -.03) will get you ticket for consuming within 4 hours of operating a commercial motor vehicle. Automatic license suspension and proof of drug / alcohol rehab successfully before reinstatement.

My feelings - if you want to drink and drive go to jail. Make the rules the same for all drivers......red


16 posted on 01/15/2016 7:15:16 AM PST by rednek ("Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.")
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Feds Want to Lower Legal Driving Limit to One Drink

And how can "drunk driving" be addressed as a Federal issue? Aren't they supposed to focus on stuff like disputes between states, or defense of the nation? You know, this thing called "Federalism"?

17 posted on 01/15/2016 7:19:54 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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A 0.05 BAC level would reduce the number of drinks an average-weight man of 180 pounds could have to two, according to Blood Alcohol Calculator.

Women could only have one drink before they exceeded the limit. A 100-pound woman reaches .05 BAC with just one drink, but two drinks would put any woman under 220 pounds at or above the government’s desired limit.

Looks like discrimination to me, violation of Fourteenth Amendment!

18 posted on 01/15/2016 7:20:31 AM PST by Lockbox
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The agency released its most wanted list on Wednesday, a laundry list of policies it would like implemented nationally. The list includes recommendations to reduce the current 0.08 blood alcohol content limit and outlaw all cell phone use while driving, even hands-free technology.

What is the government doing about weed and other drug induced causes of wrecks?

Maybe the government should just compile and release statistics to the states for their action.

19 posted on 01/15/2016 7:24:14 AM PST by olezip
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Why stop at cell phones. Why not ban radios, windshield wipers controls, gear shifters, bowls of cereal, books, makeup, shaving, and anything else that distracts drivers.

And rain - don't forget about rain, snow, dark of night, bad roads, billboards, pretty girls in convertibles, hunky guys in jeeps, deer, opossums, armadillos, squirrels, other cars, big trucks, bicycles, pedestrians...

Have I missed anything? Probably...

20 posted on 01/15/2016 7:29:04 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (Democrat Drinking Game - Every time they mention a new social program, chug someone else's beer.)
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