Rather than out getting the bad guys, they have decided to make criminals of us all by lowering the threshold of what constitutes criminal behavior.
Studies have shown that most of the carnage is caused by the very drunk, i.e. those in the .2 and above range of drunkenness.
Cops could arrest these guys left and right by waiting outside bars at midnight.
Do they do that? No. Instead they get the threshold of what constitutes DUI lowered to .08, and arrest regular guys who had a couple of beers after work that the cops stopped for speeding or something.
.10, which held in most states for a while, is a reasonable limit. We need to fight the MADD types who want to effectively outlaw drinking and the cops who want to claim success in the war on drunken driving without actually reducing the carnage.
Trajan88
for later
MADD drivers are the worst drivers on the road.
Right. When you need my help, I just be over here in the "smoking section", having a cigarette.
It happened to a friend of mine who was arrested for his 2nd DUI in 3 years. His life was a literal hell for the next 2 years. Immediate suspension of his license till his court date 6 months later, then another year of suspension followed by another 6 - 12 months of mandatory breating into some monitor they attached to his car. Mandatory AA meetings, mandatory weekly meetings with a psychologist, mandatory witnessing an autopsy at the county morgue of some 87 year old woman whose family was not informed of this. All these mandatory meetings and such are pretty darn difficult to do when one has no transportation. He had to sell his condo in Rochester Hills in order to rent an apartment across the street from his employer because he couldn't drive to work. Till that was accomplished, his son and his boss served as his daily chaufeurs to and from work.
Over $20,000 spent on fines and legal fees..........
The Oakland County judge was a female with a strong affiliation to MADD.......
MADD has essentially become a temperance organization.
One-size-fits-all laws are the lazy way out.
bttt
Nothing could be finer than reality based law and enforcement.
All accidents are caused by people behaving stupidly; stupid people get even dumber when they're drunk.
And the open container law we have now in Texas is idiotic. The driver can be charged if anyone in the car is drinking, even if he hasn't had one sip. My wife has to finish her glass of wine at a party and can't take it in the car with her, because they could arrest the driver (me), who hasn't had a drink of anything alcoholic in 30 years. How in the hell arresting people who aren't drinking reduces drunk driving is far beyond my comprehension. I can only assume the Texas Legislators were drunk when they passed it, which would explain a lot of their legislation.
Even the new prohititionist(s) (you know who you are).
Good ruling!
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message hereI agree with you. But do not try drinking and driving in Oregon. We were the first state in the country to adopt .o8 as the legal limit. Two or three beers for most people will put them over the limit. The entire state is one, vast police trap with cops stopping people for seat belt violations and faulty turn signals.
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957)
I've never understood why they don't do this. There are streams of extremely drunk people hopping in their cars and driving home from every bar every night.
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