I agree the standard for alcohol is nonsense. It all depends on the individual, age, driving experience etc.
The standard was set for financial reasons IMHO.
Much like red light cameras are placed not where they would reduce accidents but rather where they will generate revenue for right turns without a l o n g three second stop.
When the societal norm is based on BS instead of known facts it is our duty to act to change it.
When the law does not reflect reality I feel it is not only my place to work to have it changed but also to disregard said law or in the case of the red light cameras defeat the law by not turning on red at all at camera intersections.
Agree. DUI/DWI laws/open container laws are all about PROCEDURAL crime.
Example, a 6-pack missing one beverage is an “open container” but 5 cans/bottles (sealed but loose) in a paper back are not “evidence of an open 6-pack”.
What’s more, it isn’t even about accidents or prevention of accidents. The BAC standard keeps edging downward with the Feds now pushing for 0.05 from 0.08 to prevent another projected 1,000 fatalities annually that they would blame on demon alcohol. 1,000 persons/50 states = 20 per state or about 1 every 2 and a half weeks.
Some in Utah and elsewhere have urged changing it to 0.03.
There comes a point at which the BAC is simply not a factor in the accident (let alone how each person’s body performs under said BAC). The BAC doesn’t even “clear” a driver if he or she blows lower than the arbitrary standard. It simply makes conviction easier.
And for public intoxication charges (which can simply be an officer observing a person drinking more than 2 adult beverages in an hour), there is no BAC test requirement or other performance ability litmus test. That’s even if you have no car/bicycle are aren’t even traveling anywhere.