At what BAC level is a driver drunk? 0.15%? (that’s what the AMA stipulated when the whole DUI thing got legs).
After several years, the public got the message, DUI charges dropped considerably, so what did the gov’t do? Lowered the impaired level to 0.10%. Lo and behold, suddenly there was a spike in the DUI arrests, showing the sheeple just how unsafe the roads were.
Once again, people reduced their drinking before getting behind the wheel, and DUI arrests fell off. Guess what happened next? 0.08% and yet another huge spike in DUI arrests. That is tapering off, so what is the solution?
Now they want to drop the BAC to 0.05% (they already have in some jurisdictions in Canada).
At the latest level, a 175 pound man is over the limit if TWO drinks are consumed in an hour. Does that sound like a drunkard/impaired driver to you?
The whole DUI thing has little or nothing to do with road safety anymore, it has become a monstrous cash cow for the government, lawyers and police. The MADD propaganda certainly has worked well on a lot of otherwise smart people.
Me, I’m joining DAMM. Drunks Against Mad Mothers... < BG >
I have run countless DUI wrecks over the years.
I cannot recall one where the guy ended up testing 0.10 or even 0.15. It is always 0.2 or 0.3.
I think you are on to something.
“At the latest level, a 175 pound man is over the limit if TWO drinks are consumed in an hour. Does that sound like a drunkard/impaired driver to you?”
If that guy has a 8% of his blood consist of pure alcohol, then, yes. Jail him for years and revoke any future PRIVILEGE of driving, and perhaps that should get the message to all drunkards that attempt to kill people every time they drive. Repeat offenders should just be put away.