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Originally Posted by Locke
Why? You havent broken the law yet. Yet you should lose your license for 24 hours and have your car impounded and have to pay to get it back? For not breaking the law?
Realistically speaking, having a BAC of .05 instead of a BAC of .08 is actually being a responsible citizen. No crime has been committed, so why should there be any punishment at all?
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I'm of the opinion that you shouldn't drink at all if you are going to drive. At all, you want to enjoy a couple beers, fine, don't drive. You haven't broken the law at 0.05-0.08 but you're not doing the right thing. So you are not getting charged with an crime, but you are basically getting a ticket. And if there is a law that cops can impound your car between 0.05-0.08 than you are actually breaking that law if you are between the two... I agree you are not breaking the criminal law of being over 0.08 though.
also If I blow a 0.077 or something like that chances are I was above 0.08 when I started driving so I probably should get punished for that.