I generally agree with you. I had a friend in college who went to a wedding, had 3 glasses of champagne in 2 hours. Was hit by another motorist leaving the reception, and then charged with DUI with a BAC of .08 even though the other driver was at fault. He was charged, taken to jail, and treated generally like a criminal before he posted bail on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the driver that caused the accident, was set loose back on the highways.
On the same evening, I saw a drunk idiot swerving in and out of traffic within 2 miles of this reception on I-285 in Atlanta.
The DUI laws in my opinion have gotten out of control. People are being punished as if though they had killed someone irregardless of the cost of their crime. People are serving jail time when there has been no victim. If someone gets drunk and kills someone on the road, this is Reckless Homicide in my book. It doesen't matter if they were drunk or putting on their makeup or eating rice krispies.
Politicians looking for a PR shot and overzealous lobbiest in groups like MADD have pushed the realm of DUI laws into the category of ridiculous and non-sensical.
Also, I always thought it was B.S. that if a sober person causes an accident with someone who has a .08+ BAC it is automatically the fault of the .08+. I'm not saying that the .08 shouldn't get sited for DUI, but the other dirver certainly should still be liable for causing the accident.
Bump. DUI has become a revenue center for local towns. I'd love to see more drug dealers shut down, but there's no money in that.