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Originally Posted by DementedReality
so the law is suggesting that if you blow at .05 you can have your car impounded but the legal limit is still .08?
that seems wack, i agree.
however, who cares about whether its confusing about having a drink at dinner or not. dont drink at dinner, is your pizza going to be ruined because you had water instead of beer?
if you dont like these laws, look at your buddies, brothers, dads and coworkers and say "hey thanks for abusing the right to have a drink at dinner, now no one can".
drinking and driving is still an epidemic and while i agree that police state legislation is scary, lawmakers are clearly at their wits end about how to get rid of this ridiculas problem.
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Lawmakers are approaching this from the wrong angle. They're criminalizing the behavior of the typical driver as opposed to harshly cracking down on those who have been proven to be the cause of the majority of alcohol related driving deaths. Go after people with a .12 BAC harshly and up the scale at every .01 thereafter, including incarceration. Impose mandatory incarceration for people involved in an accident with a BAC over .08 and lengthy terms for those where people are injured.