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Originally Posted by RW99
I didn't say anything about punishing the other groups, please re-read my questions. I'm curious about how much of the over 0.8 group thinks they are below 0.8 AND would they think about it a bit more IF these rules were in place.
I'm liking this idea, but maybe more like 2-3 years for the .17 group.
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Don't both to use logic and show that less people would be drinking overall reducing the number of >0.08 on the road. That argument doesn't work. I've tried that. Apparently this law will only make the people in the 0.05-0.08 range and will have no effect on the above 0.08 range at all. Don't agree that stiffer penalties for the high range would be good also... they ignore that too, they'll argue it is the only way to limit drunk driving. But for example it has to noted that stiffer sentences on youth crimes lead to those being charged more likely to offend in the future, where as community and family support systems have shown to be effective. This is just an example about how stiffer laws don't always curb a problem.
There are plenty of people on the road that drive over 0.08 that think they are in the 0.05-0.08 range. This would lower that type of person on the road significantly.