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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Here's a much better metric to see if BC's law has worked in practice: how many people were caught driving above .08 in the year before the law versus the year after. As many, many people have noted (with stats to back themselves up), it is the drunk drivers who grossly exceed the legal limit who cause the vast majority of alcohol-influenced accidents. Has the new law actually done anything to deter those morons from thinking they're fine to drive home after a night of hard drinking?
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Well sales of alcohol are apparently down dramatically... This cannot be only because of the people in the 0.05 range. So I would infer some of that reduction in alcohol sales has dropped the amount of drivers that are above 0.08. it probably has got the people who assume they are fine with 3-4 drink but probably aren't to reduce their drinking, they think they are fine but remember their judgement of them feeling fine is impaired, and hardly anybody tests themselves before they drive.
That being said it would be interesting to see the stat you ask for. And you are right that the law probably has done little to scare morons, but people seem more scared of getting their car impounded that they are apparently drinking less in BC, so maybe it is working a bit. Maybe the morons are at 0.1 instead of 0.16 so even the idiots are driving a little better
as for Russia being zero tolerance... They need that rule, they are terrible drivers. driving 1000km across Siberia was scary...