Here’s something that I’ve wondered about for a very long time...
Have any studies been done regarding the number of accidents caused by impaired drivers, corelated to the BAC?
When I mean is how many accidents are caused by people with a BAC of say, 0.2 vs 0.15 vs 0.1 vs 0.08...
The simple question I have is how will effectively legislating a “zero tolerance” BAC make any difference for someone who gets rip-roaring drunk and gets into an accident?
However, by instituting a zero tolerance BAC, what will this do to the restuarant/bar industry? How many people in the hospitality industries would lose their jobs and how many businesses might have to close down?
Mark
How many times does the wrong guy get the bad mark??
Study after study after study has shown that drivers with low amounts of alcohol (<0.12%) are no more likely to get in a traffic accident than drivers with NO alcohol in their system.
There was NO statistical difference in the mortality rate between non-drinkers and drinkers until the measured BAC content was >>0.12 - 0.13
BAC analyzers are a scam... they only measure alcohol in your BREATH, and not very well at that. The correlation to alcohol in your blood has a pretty wide error margin.
IMO, We should be looking at RAISING The legal limit back to 0.10, and dramatically INCREASING the penalties for being caught.
But if it saves even ONE liberal sacred cow, isn't it worth it?