[matt04]

Now many of those killed in a DUI crash were killed by drivers over .08? A good reporter would be asking those questions.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Eucalitto said what we are doing isn’t working.

Playing with the legal blood alcohol limit is exactly what they have been doing over and over and over since the 1980s. It doesn't work.

[tlozo]

He supports legislation to lower the legal blood alcohol level from .08 to .05.

Its those .06 &.07 drivers that are killing everyone.

[dforest]

So how does lowering the limit change a damn thing? Once they are drunk they are not measuring how drunk they are.

Stupid laws that don’t work already don’t need doubling down on.

[Bernard]

Double or triple the fine for an illegal over the alcohol limit. With no bail.

[W.]

Mo’ money mo’ money mo’ money...fo’ us to blow & steal!

[fruser1]

How many of those crashes involve illegal immigrants?

The “article” only gives one number, the number of alcohol related vehicle accidents in 2020. No year over year comparison, and nothing particular to CT.

States charge folks for hooking up those blowers to the car. The lower the limit, the more of those they get to “sell”.

[Verginius Rufus]

How many of the deaths were caused by drivers with blood alcohol readings between .05 and .08? How many by drivers between .08 and .10? How many by drivers with blood alcohol readings over .10?

Those numbers might be inconvenient.

[freedumb2003]

If you walk by a bar and do not even stop in you will blow a .05.

[gathersnomoss]

Politicians are rarely here to help.

[gathersnomoss]

Cha-ching....

[plain talk]

If the voters in a state are ok with it it sounds like a good idea to me.

[proxy_user]

You can drink that much and drive perfectly well. If you obey all the laws, the police won’t have any reason to stop you and check.

[ansel12]

Tying up cops and having them pulled off the streets for hours handling arrests and jail processing because of non-threats, keeps them from focusing on the problem, not to mention the destroyed lives.

When I grew up I didn’t know we had drunk driving laws in Houston, we knew they could arrest you for dangerous driving, but they weren’t interested in arresting you just for smelling of booze as long as you seemed OK.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

A good reporter would be asking those questions.

Yes, he (or she) would.

But there are very few good reporters these days.

And even fewer journalists.

[17th Miss Regt]

Dustin Church was 18 when he was killed by a drunk driver. His father said it’s positive step.

OMG! Did an editor even read this??

[eyedigress]

Maybe it is because an anti-constitutional government really sucks ass.

The libtards have sucked all belief of a trustworthy steward right out of everyone’s life.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

As I read it, 60% die or are killed by sober people.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Insurance studies have shown that enforcing limits below .11% have no measurable effect on accidents involving injury or death.