Posted on 10/14/2005 4:01:40 PM PDT by elkfersupper
Officials with organizations that lobby for safe roads and tough drunken driving laws yesterday criticized the District's zero-tolerance policy toward drinking and driving, saying that they'd never heard of it and that limited police resources should be devoted to those more obviously drunk. Even D.C. Council member Carol Schwartz (R-At Large), who has sponsored legislation to lower the legal limit for drunken driving, said she was not aware that police officers are arresting drivers who have as little as .01 percent blood alcohol content -- less than from drinking a glass of wine or beer -- in their systems. Nor did she think that such a policy was a good idea.
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I think the officers in these cases should be fired. This is disgusting.
That would leave us with 10% of current "Law Enforcement Officers". We can only hope..........
I have noticed for years that in the weeks before municipal elections, traffic stops decrease. I don't think public driving habits improve drastically in October and early November (or whenever the election is held).
The restaurant and hospitality business is going to have to step up to the plate to derail MADD and the other alcohol Nazis. If people stop drinking beer, wine, and mixed drinks with their meals and avoid happy hours out of fear of police harassment, the profit margins of restaurants and night clubs will decline and many will fold.
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