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New Drunk driving classication,(we are all guilty!)
Austin American Statesman ^ | 10/06/10 | Mike Ward

Posted on 10/06/2010 7:44:45 PM PDT by only the truth

A campaign to create a new category of driving while intoxicated is being promoted at the Capitol as one way to curb growing problems in Texas' system of punishing drunken drivers.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, among the supporters of the change, said the idea behind a new offense of "driving while ability impaired" — DWAI — would cover drivers whose blood-alcohol content is between 0.05 and 0.07

(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drugwar; dui; dwi; freedom; madd; nannystate; neoprohibition; revenuetickets; texas; wod
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To: parisa

Absolutely Brilliant.


81 posted on 10/06/2010 8:52:32 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Freedom has ceased to be a birthright; it has come to mean whatever we are still permitted to do.")
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To: mamelukesabre

The damage to my vehicle was around $3500 - nearly totalled the car. I did not receive a ticket of any kind. I just had one point deducted from my license.


82 posted on 10/06/2010 8:59:28 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: mylife

Beautiful!


83 posted on 10/06/2010 9:00:55 PM PDT by Noob1999
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To: Noob1999

I am in Texas too.

If this **** keeps up will have to leave the country in the next 15 years.

Is there anyplace on the planet that isnt mired in this ****?


84 posted on 10/06/2010 9:06:56 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Are the breathalyzers(sp?)tested for accuracy? I checked into this once (for a, are you ready? .005, yes that is correct-under-age)and they need to be calibrated regularly and the margin for error needs to be shown. oh, and for this model,005 was the margin. lol And, it is true that mouthwash can trigger a reading, along with many other innocent items.
It is all about revenue; it is never about safety.


85 posted on 10/06/2010 9:12:02 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (Is it 2012 yet?)
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To: ozaukeemom

It’s all a scam Mom.


86 posted on 10/06/2010 9:14:36 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ozaukeemom

This law basically says that if you have a beer at the local fish fry or BBQ and you have an accident, You are screwed.


87 posted on 10/06/2010 9:20:15 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
Everyone of us is just one mistake away from prison.

- Michael Savage
88 posted on 10/06/2010 9:25:30 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: only the truth

It would have to be Texas.

This is the state in which, a few years ago, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission police went around arresting people for drinking in bars.

They tried to claim that it was to prevent drunk driving, but then it came out that they were arresting people in hotel bars who were staying in the hotels. Oops. Driving an elevator while drunk isn’t illegal yet, even in Texas.

They stopped after news of it spread internationally and the state became a laughingstock around the world.


89 posted on 10/06/2010 9:29:07 PM PDT by Hepsabeth
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To: only the truth

Rules are written in blood. That is why we have them. If stupid people would conduct themselves, we probably would not need any laws. The problem is that there was some people who got in their car with a .05 to .07 and killed someone and a law is needed. Why not just have a designated driver if you are going to have a drink with dinner? It really is very easy to do or a cab to take you home and then you can drink as much as you want.


90 posted on 10/06/2010 9:30:15 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: SpaceBar

Good Lord! If you get caught texting or doing a voice call and driving in a school zone they will string you up!

And EVERYONE does that. Except me.

I rarely even answer the phone when I am driving.

I swear folks. the Cell phone will be considered the same as driving while intoxicated.

Just keep passing laws.


91 posted on 10/06/2010 9:32:16 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Hepsabeth

I remember that.


92 posted on 10/06/2010 9:33:52 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: George from New England

I’d like to know what the normal blood alcohol level is. I doubt that it gets to absolute zero. It is possible that we are getting into a range that will be triggered by a number of other chemicals, already in the blood stream.
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Diabetics will almost always register some alcohol on a breathalyzer test even if they never drink..


93 posted on 10/06/2010 9:36:12 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: mylife

Did any of you read the stat on the second page? 12% of accidents were caused by drunk drivers!!
I don’t drink and drive just cause I would be mortified to be jailed,that’s not the point!
It’s just another way to infringe upon our rights,did you notice his call to increase roadblocks?


94 posted on 10/06/2010 9:36:47 PM PDT by only the truth
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To: only the truth

I agree. This is a canard designed to ensnare.


95 posted on 10/06/2010 9:38:50 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: only the truth

MAAD = neo-prohibitionists


96 posted on 10/06/2010 9:44:14 PM PDT by Aglooka (Posting from New Hampshachusetts (Formerly New Hampshire))
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To: only the truth

So question is,can they make you submit to a blood test?
Can they stop you without a reason?
Can they due any of this without cause to protect us from ourselves?
Are we 2 year olds that have to be protected from ourselves and everything else?
Seems the answer is yes,and we have just rolled over as they passed more and more draconian laws,till now I barely leave home because I know I am breaking a law somehow ,someway.


97 posted on 10/06/2010 9:47:01 PM PDT by only the truth
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To: only the truth

I thought Texas was crazy while I lived there. You could drive thought a dry county with an open container. They had beer commercials about getting a beer for the drive home. Something about .. Grab a little hinny on the way home. I don’t think this is still true.


98 posted on 10/06/2010 9:57:42 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (I still like peanut butter)
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To: only the truth
Of the vehicle crashes reported during the past two years — 15,258 in 2008 and 14,299 in 2009 — abut 12 percent listed alcohol as a contributing factor.

Alcohol was a contributing factor in 33 percent of all fatal crashes in the past three years, the statistics show. Acevedo said that is holding true for 2010, as well.

You fell for what I refer to as the "Weasel Phrase"! "Alcohol-involved" or "contributing factor" merely means that there *MIGHT* have been some booze in the driver's system, or in the car, or even in the hand of some pedestrian walking down the street that the driver noticed.

Here in BC, even if there is no reason to suspect you are impaired, there is a new law on the books that compels you to blow, and if you blow 0.05 or better, even though you are NOT impaired, your licence is suspended for 4 to 10 days, and your car towed at your expense to a lockup where you are forced to pay storage fees until your licence is reinstated.

This is even though you have committed NO LEGAL or even regulatory OFFENSE, since the legal DUI/DWI limit remains at 0.08!

Be careful what you ask for...

99 posted on 10/06/2010 10:57:31 PM PDT by Don W (I keep some folks' numbers in my 'phone just so I know NOT to answer when they call...)
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To: shibumi

Glad you are alright and thanks.


100 posted on 10/07/2010 12:58:51 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience.)
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