We should just try Prohibition again...

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normiss

Excellent.

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Of these drunk drivers who get in wrecks and kill people and/or themselves, how many are blowing/testing .081%? My guess is the huge majority of people are not at or near .08% but much higher.

I don't see the point of lowering the threshold...unless of course you offer the state money for each person it catches breaking the law...then it makes total sense.

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Iago

If we're going to go that far we should have 'mental acuity checkpoints' to see if drivers had enough sleep the night before.

'What's the square root of nine?'

'If Sally has 12 apples and gives Bob 4, how many apples does she have?'

'If a train leaves Chicago and travels at 32 miles an hour to New York City, how long until the bar car runs out of booze?'

Follow the money.

I friend had this idea which has merit:

1. Scrap measuring blood levels for alcohol or any other drugs.


2. Build a device like a driving simulator which would measure coordination and reaction time.


3. Use this device when issuing/renewing drivers licenses, and for any traffic stops where impaired driving is suspected.

This would catch impaired drivers, regardless of whether is was from any kind of ingested chemical, lack of sleep, or age-related mental impairment.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Drunk driving: Why is MADD among critics of lower alcohol limit? (+video)

I don't think lowering the prima facia threshold is a bad idea, but I agree with MADD that there are better places to focus. Unfortunately, those areas cost money.

Honestly, we'll never have tough DWI laws in this country until there is a DWI tragedy to rival VATech or Sandy Hook. Don't know why? Think about it. Of all the myriad criminal offenses out there, which one are lawyers, judges, and politicians most likely to be caught and arrested for committing? So until there is national emotion and outrage leading to sustained will to effect change, we'll stay where we are. Hell, some people right in this forum want to make already lenient laws more lenient or do away with them.

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