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Originally Posted by driveway
Taiwan just put in some new drunk-driving regulations.
Under 0.15 BAC - not impaired.
0.15-0.25 - $NT 15,000 fine ($500 CAD) - But only if you have held your license for less than two years, are diving without a license, or are a cab driver. If not, no fine.
0.25-0.4 - $NT 22,500 ($770 CAD)
0.4-0.55 - $NT 45,000 ($1500 CAD)
0.55+ - $NT 67,500 ($2300 CAD) and criminal charges.
Yes, that's right, in order to get criminally charged with a DUI in Taiwan you need a BAC of 0.55 mg or more, a level of intoxication which is characterized by wikipedia as having "A high risk of poisoning and possibility of death."
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Taiwan's limits are in mg/mL, whereas BAC is usually measured in percent. To compare them, you need to move the decimal point by one place (there are approximately 1000 mg in one mL, so divide the mg of alcohol by 1000 then multiply by 100 to get the percent alcohol), so you can actually be criminally charged with a BAC of .055 percent in Taiwan. That's basically what the US is proposing to set their limit at.
The 500 CAD fine in Taiwan starts at a BAC of 0.015, which is less than a single beer for pretty much everyone. Those limits would put every non-urban bar in North America out of business.