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Originally Posted by GFG4Life
If someone blows a .05, they are not at all "stone cold sober".
I went through a check stop not too long after they implied this law in Vancouver. I blew a 0.523 or something close to that. Immediately i was like "Oh god, i'm ****ed". As soon as I got that thought in my head, the officer said "alright, you're free to go". He went on to say if it had been a few weeks earlier he might have impounded my car and suspended my license, but apparently they increased the "warning" limit to .06. And off i drove. (when i made the initial decision to driveI knew I was under the legal limit, but didn't think i was close to .05. I had 3 pints, and not much to eat that evening)
But to be totally honest, that scared the #### out of me. Since then i've been much more stern on myself, capping it to 2 drinks if i'm driving, or making the decision to not drive at all if i'm worried in the slightest. So in my instance, the warning has served its purpose, even though i wasn't impounded or fined.
I do not mind the new change at all, and if it hurts a few restaurants because of people having a few less beers to make the roads a little safer, i support it.
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What purpose did it serve? You were fine to drive home at .0523 were you not?
Again, if the goal is to keep people off the roads who are over .05 lower the limit to .05. Don't backdoor your way to lowering the limit through a process that affords people no recourse.