Which is more likely to cause an accident: (1) someone who drives a vehicle while eating a burrito, or (2) a small person who is basically alert who has recently consumed two beers?
The increase in accident risk caused by a 0.08 or 0.09BAC is statistically negligible compared with the many other factors which are routinely accepted. There are many things drivers do which are so much more dangerous than driving with a 0.08BAC that I see no basis for going after the latter.
And who is more dead: the motorist who got killed because a non-drinking driver was practically asleep at the wheel, or the motorist who didn't get killed because a driver--despite having a 0.08BAC, was awake enough to stay in his lane?
"Which is more likely to cause an accident: (1) someone who drives a vehicle while eating a burrito, or (2) a small person who is basically alert who has recently consumed two beers?"
Two beers will not see you blow over the legal limit, not even at .08. Unless of course you are talking about a 70 pounder, in that case it would be an issue of underage drinking.
"The increase in accident risk caused by a 0.08 or 0.09BAC is statistically negligible compared with the many other factors which are routinely accepted."
So? It's .08 per lawmakers. If you do not like it then by all means lobby to see it changed.
I fyou want to defend drinking and driving do so openly. Cell phones burritos and sleepyness ( aside from PASSED OUT THAT IS) are entirely different subjects.
You are trying to say that because something else is bad then this bad thing should not be punished. Such merit you post with.....sheesh.
.08 IS a level of impairment. .08 is the LAW. I guess you are against the rule of law. I guess you do not respect it simply due to the fact you disagree.
Terrorists think they have a right to do the things they do and they do not respect the laws against it either. Nor do they respect the way in which they were formed.
Burglers do not respect the rule of law or the laws that prohibit what they do. I guess you agree with them also.
OH and Illegal aliens..same for them, Seems you agree with them too. They disagree BIG TIME with the law and how it was formed. They think it is wrong to apply the rule of law to them also.
See its easy to talk about other things.....
Take the high road and argue for me the MERITS of DRINKING and DRIVING and all that good that comes of it and put it up against the bad that is so OBVIOUS.
My bet is that you will not even TRY to argue the GOOD that comes from drinking and driving. But hey I could be surprised.
I am off to bed right now but I look forward to seeing what you write in response ....or what you don't.