In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980, and in 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law the nationwide .08 BAC limit—conditioning the provision of federal highway funds on state compliance with the new limit.
Drunk driving rates are far lower today than several decades ago—falling by around half since the early 1980s, according to the National Institutes of Health. Even so, controversy over the legal limit has found renewed life, with a campaign to push for even further reductions in the permissible BAC level for driving.
Not with the Haitians driving around now. For values of driving.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't enforce compliance 100% then compliance is voluntary. In the case of DUI, well, can you say impaired judgement?
This is a case of the "WHO" playing Simon Says, and looking to see who will fall in line... ...FUCK the WHO...
ReplyDeleteBackdoor prohibition. That's what we get for allowing a nation of Karens to drive legislation.
ReplyDeleteThe current system is a one size fits none approach . Some folks handle the booze better than others. I've met people who appeared cold sober but had a BAC that would leave me unable to crawl.
ReplyDeleteThe tests need to be based on the person's ability to respond at the level of intoxication. Frankly it should go back up to .012 for now.
Fuck Joe Biden!
DeleteIt will do nothing to lower DUI deaths, but it will do wonders for improving the income of lawyers, judges, and the po-po who stand to benefit from all the extra fines they'll be collecting. And like the article stated, the majority of DUI crash fatalities come from people who are already well over the legal limit and often are repeat offenders. Just follow the money cause this hasn't got anything to do with safety.
ReplyDeleteWinner winner chicken dinner!!!
DeleteStrictly a revenue-enhancing move. Bonus points for it being in an election year.
Delete"... poor and blacks most affected."
amen
DeletePeople with an 'agenda' are bored.
ReplyDeleteNo, it won't. But it will increase the number of fucking random stops 'because you were driving like you were intoxicated.' I wish I had a copy of the Road&Track from the 1980s/1990's where they ran an experiment in a parking lot with their writers. A cone road course and alcohol. Most of their writers got worse as the bottle when on, but one of them actually got better. Pity no one can afford to do an actual medically precise study to show that no two people's alcohol consumption vs imparement are the same.
ReplyDeleteKinda like Venus Flytrap on WKRP, huh?
DeleteDUI arrests have little to do with drunk driving. It is a tremendous money maker for counties, judges and lawyers.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading years ago that in the vast majority of accidents caused by alcohol, the drivers had BACs of something like 1.5 or above.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, who's going to vote against lowering the limit without being vilified and losing votes. I think people texting and driving should get the same penalty as someone blowing a .08. They prolly cause more accidents.