[Hodar]

Were you aware that most "drunk drivers" (by the technical legal definition) are not actually drunk enough to cause serious impairment under most traffic conditions?

Where do you get your information from? Do you have any facts whatsoever to back that statement up, or is it just your personal opinion? Perhaps you should spend some time talking to an emergency room MD or nurse. There are a few here at FR.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Those who end up in ERs are commonly high as a kite.

[steve-b]

Really, someone who is unaware (or professes to be unaware) of the move to force states to adopt a 0.08 blood alcohol standard in place of standards based on actual medical research (indicating that significant impairment starts at 0.12-0.15) is in no position to comment on the subject.

[eno_]

Where do you get your information from? Do you have any facts whatsoever to back that statement up, or is it just your personal opinion? Perhaps you should spend some time talking to an emergency room MD or nurse. There are a few here at FR.

Current DUI laws are a scam. They fill "rehab" with people who are not alcoholics. Our taxes pay for that. They jack up insurance rates. They employ more Barney Fifes to man checkpoints and pull overtime. They don't catch the blind drunks that actually kill people. Those people are on the road due to corrupt judges and fixer lawyers. 0.08BAC doesn't catch those criminals either.