

Plan would drop legally drunk from B.A. of 0.08 to 0.05


I. NTSB Says Its Time to Get Strict




II. Technology Battle Over Drunk Driving is Heated

Global blood alcohol limits
Global blood alcohol limits [Image Source: NTSB]


Drunk driver



Source: NTSB

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By In2Boost on 5/15/2013 6:06:36 PM , Rating: 2
Car & Driver did a story on this a few years back.
They found that the accidents/fatalities were caused by those who were "blotto," not those with .08 or under. This seems to be echoed by portions of this article and other posters as well.

Another poster also had a good point about a single micro-brew pushing a person over the edge. Businesses will lose money since people will drink less, or refrain altogether. They will have to make that money up somehow to stay in business, so prices of other items will rise.

Let's not fool ourselves. This is about money, not safety. Court fees and fines will exist where there were none before. It will ruin the lives of and make criminals of people who would not necessarily be one under the .08 law, and of people who pose no more of a threat than any other driver on the road.

I'm not advocating driving while drunk or impaired by any means, but this just seems like yet another reactionary response that is admittedly not thought out. We seriously should be able to do better than this.

